Minto proposes 942 more homes on Barnsdale Road in southwest Barrhaven

Minto Group has filed plans for a 942-unit subdivision on a 47-hectare site on Barnsdale Road east of Highway 416, at the southwestern edge of Barrhaven, the Ottawa Business Journal and CTV News report. The Ottawa Business Journal reports the mix is 448 single-detached homes, 396 townhouses and 98 back-to-back townhouses, built as an expansion of the existing Quinn’s Pointe community. Plans filed with the City include a stormwater management pond, a retained woodlot, and a 2.27-hectare neighbourhood park created by combining the new municipal park with the existing Pointe Park. The Ottawa Business Journal reports the work is proposed in three phases starting at the north end and moving south toward Barnsdale Road, with the park and the stormwater pond in the first phase. CTV News reported the proposal July 21 and put the figure at 940 homes in its headline; the Ottawa Business Journal’s itemized breakdown totals 942 units, and the Bugle uses the itemized figure. The application has not yet been before council, and the Bugle has asked the City for the file number and the public comment deadline. Neither outlet reported a construction start date.