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The building, named after Major-General George R. Pearkes, [3] was constructed between 1969 and 1974, and was originally intended for use by the Department of Transport.When a planned National Defence Headquarters complex on the LeBreton Flats was not built, however, DND acquired the Colonel By Drive structure.
The Major-General George R. Pearkes Building. Canada portal; National Defence Headquarters (NDHQ) (French: Quartiers généraux de la Défense nationale (QGDN)) was created through the integration of the Canadian Armed Forces Headquarters (CAF HQ) with the civilian Department of National Defence (DND) staff in October of 1972.
In 1966, rail service was controversially relocated to the new Ottawa Station about 3 km (1.9 mi) southeast in an industrial area in the east end of the city as part of an urban renewal plan, leaving the area on the eastern bank of the canal open for development. The Colonel By Drive was built in part on this newly-available rail right-of-way. [3]
The campus, located at the intersection of Carling Avenue and Moodie Drive, consists of 11 interconnected buildings with a total of 207,000 square metres (2,230,000 sq ft) of space. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The property was acquired by Public Works and Government Services Canada from its original tenant, Nortel , in December 2010, and now houses National ...
CA$50 million came from the Canadian government, CA$50 million from the Ontario government, $40 million from the City of Ottawa and the remainder of $30 million was borrowed by the centre itself. [8] The new building was designed by Ritchard Brisbin (bbb architects Ottawa) and features a curved glass facade on the Colonel By Drive front.
[71] [72] Colonel By Drive was extended from Hawthorne Avenue to Rideau Street in 1967, connecting with the southern end of Sussex Drive and Mackenzie Avenue. [ 73 ] [ 74 ] [ 75 ] In 1973, plans were announced to rebuild the Sussex Drive, Mackenzie Avenue, St. Patrick Street and Murray Street intersections and make the roads into one-way pairs.
Alta Vista Drive: Ottawa Road 72 (Smyth Road) Ottawa Road 30 (Industrial Avenue) Ottawa: Ottawa: 105 Listed in official City of Ottawa registers, but its location is unknown. 107 Uplands Drive Ottawa Road 79 (Airport Parkway) Ottawa Road 32 (Hunt Club Drive) Gloucester Gloucester: 109 Cameron Harvey Drive Ottawa Road 9 (Dunrobin Road)
Bronson Avenue (Ottawa Road #79) is a major north-south arterial road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It starts at the south end as a continuation of the Airport Parkway , which is an expressway to the Macdonald-Cartier International Airport .