Claridge Icon

{{Short description|45-storey condominium tower under construction in Ottawa}}

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| status = Topped-out

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| address = 805 Carling Ave

| location_city = Ottawa

| location_country = Canada

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| groundbreaking_date = 2015

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| topped_out_date = 2019

| completion_date = 2022

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| floor_count = 45

| floor_area = {{Convert|22047|m2|abbr=on}}

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| architecture_firm = Hariri Pontarini Architects

| developer = Claridge Homes

| engineer = Smith + Andersen

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| main_contractor = Bellai Brothers Construction

| unit_count = 320

| parking = 303

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| footnotes = {{cite web |title=Development Application Search - Application Details # D07-12-13-0108 |url=https://app01.ottawa.ca/postingplans/appDetails.jsf?lang=en&appId=__9PR9NV |website=app01.ottawa.ca |publisher=City of Ottawa |accessdate=1 August 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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The Claridge Icon is a 45-storey condominium tower in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located at the intersection of Carling Avenue and Preston Street in Little Italy.{{cite web |title=Claridge Icon - The Skyscraper Center |url=https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/claridge-icon/14238 |website=www.skyscrapercenter.com |publisher=Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat |accessdate=1 August 2019}}{{cite web |title=Claridge Icon Condo Ottawa |url=https://ottawascondominiums.com/condo/claridge-icon-condo-ottawa-505-preston-st/ |publisher=Ottawa's Condominiums |accessdate=1 August 2019 |language=en-CA}} When the structure topped out in 2019, it became the tallest building in Ottawa since 1971 and the tallest in Ottawa-Gatineau since 1978.

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The building was designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects and built by Claridge Homes. It has suffered lengthy delays. When first announced in 2012, Claridge aimed for opening in late 2016.{{cite web |title=Ottawa's tallest building planned for Little Italy |url=https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/ottawa-s-tallest-building-planned-for-little-italy-1.803548 |website=ottawa.ctvnews.ca/ |publisher=CTV News |access-date=8 February 2022 |language=en |date=1 May 2012}} Once construction had begun in 2015, it was planned to be ready for occupancy in 2018.{{cite web |author1=James Bagnall |title=Can Ottawa support the new and proposed high-rise condos along its LRT line? |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/business/local-business/can-ottawa-support-the-new-and-proposed-high-rise-condos-along-its-lrt-line |website=ottawacitizen.com |publisher=Ottawa Citizen |access-date=8 February 2022 |date=28 January 2020}}

Early during construction in March 2016, a worker was struck and killed by a {{Convert|12|m|ft|adj=on}} chunk of ice that fell from the side of the construction pit.{{cite web |author1=Kristy Nease |author2=Judy Trinh |title=Ice concerns raised before Ottawa construction worker killed, labour leader says |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-construction-worker-pit-rescue-1.3503634 |website=cbc.ca |publisher=CBC News |accessdate=1 August 2019 |date=23 March 2016}} This resulted in a year-long delay and charges against the developer and main contractor (which were fined $325,000 each in May 2019).{{cite web |author1=Gary Dimmock |title=The deadly cost of Ottawa’s tallest condo: Olivier Bruneau, 24, killed in unsafe job site |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/claridge-homes-and-subcontractor-plead-guilty-to-labour-safety-charges-in-2016-workplace-death |website=ottawacitizen.com |publisher=Ottawa Citizen |accessdate=1 August 2019 |language=en |date=30 May 2019}} Construction work was halted again in March 2018 when a worker fell {{Convert|3|m|0}} from a platform and suffered a head injury.{{cite web |title=Stop work order issued at Claridge Icon construction site |url=https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/stop-work-order-issued-at-claridge-icon-construction-site-1.3859197 |website=ottawa.ctvnews.ca |publisher=CTV News |accessdate=1 August 2019 |date=26 March 2018}}

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