The City of Ottawa is poised to purchase a former downtown hotel for use as transitional housing for families experiencing homelessness. In a report prepared for the city’s finance and corporate services committee on March 3, city staff recommend buying 377 O’Connor St., located on the southeast corner of O’Connor and Gladstone Avenue, to help relieve the strain on the family shelter system.
The recently renovated building was not publicly listed for sale. It has been both a hotel and an extended-stay apartment building, but has been vacant since last year when hospitality chain Sonder declared bankruptcy.