"Booth Street Complex one step closer to designation under the Ontario Heritage Act".

 Heritage Ottawa, February 11, 2019.

The Booth Street campus is now included in the Public Land Bank. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney created the National Interest Land Mass in 1988---to prevent the City of Ottawa, NCC, developers etc. from using federal land and buildings as a land bank. And to stop the mass privatization of military bases, post offices, Dominion Buildings... 

I mentioned before that the Booth Street campus is protected by the designation National Interest Land Mass and will be owned by the citizens of Canada in perpetuity.

The Booth Street Complex and the Experimental Farm cannot be sold. They are connected.

The Natural Resources Canada complex and the Farm are protected by the designation National Interest Land Mass. Booth Street Complex "The site is bounded by Rochester Street to the west, Orangeville Street to the north, LeBreton Street South to the east and Carling Avenue to the south. The site area also includes the parcel at 299 Carling Avenue. The site is largely occupied by federal office and research facilities with some surface parking. The site borders Commissioner's Park to the south, residential uses to the east, Highway 417 and the residential land uses to the north, and mixed-uses including residential, office and retail uses to the west. The site is bisected by the local road network including Booth Street.

• Land Area: 10 hectares/26 acres
• Owner: Public Services and Procurement Canada, Natural Resources Canada
• National Interest Land Mass: Yes
• Existing Land Use: Agricultural Research and Federal Facilities/Employment
• Long-term planned use: Agricultural Research and Federal Facilities/Employment (Information is from NCC Federal Site Review for the New Civic Campus of the Ottawa Hospital,  page 27/256.)

NCC Federal Site Review for the New Civic Campus of the Ottawa Hospital, November 2016.

Central Experimental Farm---Baseline Rd-Merivale Rd

• Land Area: 25 hectares/62 acres
• Owner: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• National Interest Land Mass: Yes
• Existing Land Use: Agricultural Research
• Long term planned use: Agricultural Research

Central Experimental Farm---Carling Ave (West)

• Land Area: 22 hectares/56 acres
• Owner: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• National Interest Land Mass: Yes
• Existing Land Use: Agricultural Research
• Long term planned use: Agricultural Research

Central Experimental Farm---Carling Ave (Central)

• Land Area: 26 hectares/65 acres
• Owner: agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• National Interest Land Mass: Yes
• Existing Land Use: Agricultural Research and Federal Facilities/Employment
• Long term planned use: Agricultural Research and Federal Facilities/ Employment

Central Experimental Farm---Carling Ave (East)

• Land Area: 20 hectares/50 acres
• Owner: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Public Services and Procurement Canada, NCC
• National Interest Land Mass: Yes
• Existing Land Use: Federal Facilities/Employment, Informal Greenspace, Parking
• Long term Planned Use: Federal Facilities/Employment, Greenspace (Information is from the NCC Federal Site Review for the New Civic Campus of the Ottawa Hospital, pages 26/27 of 256 pages.)

Definition of a National Interest Land Mass "Land forming part of the NILM will be retained by the National Capital Commission on behalf of the government in perpetuity, for purposes which lie at the core of the NCC's mandate; and will be managed by the NCC with little or no further involvement by the Treasury Board Secretariat." (1988-09-15-TB-re-NCC Land Holdings.)

"The Central Experimental Farm, 960 Carling Avenue in Ottawa. The CEF National Historic Site is designated in its entirety as part of the National Interest Land Mass." (CEF National Historic Site Management Plan, Part 7/20.)

 National Historic Sites of Canada Act of 1985 - 

A Recognized Federal Heritage Building

Geological Survey of Canada Building, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa. Designation Date: 1997-11-27.

The photo is by Joseph Ting.

"Heritage buildings play a crucial role in preserving the cultural heritage of a community and provide a tangible connection to the past. They serve as symbols of cultural identity, reminding us of the rich history and tradition that have shaped our communities." (History or Heritage and what's the difference anyway? From the Internet.)

1992

 

Federal properties that were under review in 2006. (Recommended for disposal.) Updating.

Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street Ottawa. A brand-new archives building is envisioned for the Lebreton Flats. 

Sir Charles Tupper, 2720 Riverside Drive Ottawa.

John. G. Diefenbaker, 111 Sussex Drive Ottawa.

Lester B. Pearson, 125 Sussex Drive Ottawa.

East Memorial---Veterans Affairs, 284 Wellington Ottawa.

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National Printing Bureau, 45 Sacre-Coeur, Gatineau Quebec 

• National Film Board Headquarters, 3155 Cote-de-Liesse Road and 120 Houde Street, Montreal Quebec. "The former National Film Board headquarters in Saint-Laurent, Montreal, will be redeveloped into a mixed-use site. The redevelopment will include 600 to 700 apartments. Building F at 125 Houde will provide a minimum of 110 residential units. (Federal Land Initiative---Former NFB Building, August 24, 2024.)

Privatized Crown properties.

Canada's Farm in Ottawa was established in 1886.

Why is a military hospital on the Public Land Bank list.

 The National Defence Medical Centre is 3 minutes away from the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and the Ottawa General Hospital. The Ottawa Hospital needs more land for the General, Riverside and Civic hospitals: (Google: Untitled Greenspace Alliance of Canada's Capital---Planning and Support Services--Land Planning Matrix, May 28, 2007.)Health care institutions cannot be encroached upon--- by housing units or commercial establishments.

Directory of Federal Real Property National Defence Medical Centre, 1867 Alta Vista Drive Ottawa.

Property Number: 08635

Custodian: National Defence

Interest: Crown Owned

Restriction: No Restriction

Primary Use: Military

Address, Place Name and Municipality: Ottawa

Province/Territory: Ontario

Federal Electoral District: Ottawa South

Census Classification: Rural

Land Area: 18.4056 ha or 45 acres

Floor Area: 35, 202 sq. m.

Record Created On: May 29th, 1990

Record Last Modified On: October 28th, 2023

The City of Ottawa planned to redevelop the 45 acres:

Hospital Lands Area Plan----City of Ottawa, September 2008.

The Civic, General and Riverside hospitals need more land.

 "The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) has developed a Master Plan which provides options and scenarios for future expansion and/or redevelopment of the Civic, General and Riverside campuses." (Planning and Support Services--Land Planning Matrix, May 28, 2007---Google: "Untitled Greenspace Alliance of Canada's Capital.")

Future Expansion--Flexibility for future expansion over and above what is currently planned.  Possible land options in 2007, NCC Options.

• Experimental Farm - Across from Existing Civic
• Experimental Farm - Across from Nepean Sportsplex
• Experimental Farm - Baseline and Fisher (Cross Road)
• Experimental Farm - Sir John Carling Building
• Hurdman Station
• Tunney's Pasture
• Bayview Yards - Adjacent to LeBreton Flats
• Woodroffe at Baseline - Beside Algonquin College
• Nortel Site - Carling at Moodie
• Confederation Heights - Riverside/Heron; Canada Post
• Booth Street 
• Hunt Club South Corner

A military hospital in Toronto was given away to the University of Toronto: House of Commons Ottawa July 12, 1966: Mr. Thomas Speakman Barnett, Comox-Alberni, B.C. (Co-operative Commonwealth Foundation CCF): "I should like to ask the Minister of Industry whether since the federal government has sold Sunnybrook Hospital to the University of Toronto for one dollar, the government will consider like action and selling a much less valuable property in Alberni for a like amount."