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Something has gone refreshingly right with planning a major transformation of a strip plaza in east Ottawa.

The blueprint for the future of Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre at 1910 St. Laurent Blvd. isn’t perfect in the eyes of the community, but it’s a big improvement from the original design 18 months ago.

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Council’s planning committee on Tuesday approved the proposed transformation of the aging commercial property.

RioCan Management has a demonstration plan that calls for three 16-storey buildings, a nine-storey building and three standalone commercial buildings.

The plan would allow the tallest buildings along St. Laurent Boulevard. The nine-storey building would be allowed at the northern tip of the site, while the strip along Othello Avenue would be allowed to have two-storey buildings. There would be a new 3,150-square-metre park at the southern tip of the property.

There would be 570 residential units in total, an underground parking garage for the homes and surface parking for the commercial units.