Ottawa City Council has given the go-ahead to a massive redevelopment plan at its downtown Lansdowne Park.

The Lansdowne 2.0 redevelopment and construction plan calls for the construction of a new event centre, new north side stands for the TD Place stadium, a new retail space and two residential towers.

City councillors voted 15-10 in favour of the plan on November 7 after passing several amendments, including promises to improve transit service to the site and work on a solution to keep the Ottawa Charge women's hockey team in the city. The project is valued at $419 million, and will deliver:

• a new municipally-owned event centre with capacity for 6,600 for hockey games and more than 7,000 for concerts, located behind the eastern end zone of TD Place Stadium
• a new municipally owned north side stands for TD Place Stadium with seating for 12,400, bringing the total stadium capacity to over 23,000
• 12,700 square metres of public green space and 6,280 square metres of public plaza space, including a six-metre high, 2,850 square metre hill for sledding and concert viewing
• 4,550 square metres of municipally owned retail space located within the two-storey base of two residential towers and featuring a grand entrance to the new stands

The arena and stadium designs are expected to achieve LEED Silver certification.

Earlier this year, the city named EBC Inc. to lead construction of the event centre, north side stadium stands, city parking and public realm enhancements. The company’s bid was the lowest of three the city received.

The development plan also calls for construction of two residential buildings on the site. Construction of those will be led by Mirabella Development Corporation.

The buildings are expected to include 770 dwellings in towers up to 40 storeys in height, situated above the two-storey retail podium.

The redevelopment will be completed in three phases. Phase one will begin later this month, with the construction the new event centre and great lawn to continue through July 2028. The project’s second phase calls for the redevelopment of the north stands and surrounding infrastructure between November 2028 and November 2030. The final phase will begin in 2031, and see the construction of the retail podium and towers, with the grand entrance and event centre parking expected to be completed by the end of 2033. The residential towers are expected to be substantially completed by the end of 2034.

Independent research and analysis provided to the city suggest that that Lansdowne 2.0 could lead to a boost of $590 million in the local gross domestic product over 10 years from construction and ongoing operations, the creation of 4,900 new jobs during construction and ongoing operations, and an estimated increase of $4.5 million in municipal property tax revenues from the new residential, hotel and retail developments.