Now that it’s out there, I can talk about it.  A very important Ottawa sports professional is moving into the hood. I knew it was going to be one of the Ottawa Senators, but ….

I was thinking Alfie, not Spezza.  The $6 million dream home is on Mayfair at Iona, the other side of the tramtracks. So I know it’s not really our hood, but we could still go “trick or treating” with Timbit. I’m sure Spezza would get a kick out of seeing the little guy in his sweater. Here’s what Ottawa’s most expensive property gets you:

This is your front door and and entrance.

No, this isn’t the front entrance. It’s the stairs from the basement going up!

Your backyard, with inground pool

And probably it was this room in the basement that really got Spezza to sign the dotted line!

3 flights up

And the weight room in the basement

At the corner of Mayfair and Iona

Also new (source Kitchissippi Times) is a new Bytowne-type theatre is planning to move into the current location of Mostly Danish Furniture. THAT would be a welcome addition to the neighbourhood. Too bad they didn’t think of it before the church bought the old movie theatre near Parkdale.

The Piccadilly is 50% leased!

And I’ve been meaning to most this pic for a while: One half of The Piccadilly is leased. Rumour was that it woud be a Starbucks. But that’s old news. Thanks to Rob, we now know it will be Interscapes.

Their web site (www.interscape.ca) isn’t up and running yet, but they will be a purveyor of fine stone and tile apparently. Great … just what we needed!!

Anyhow, off to free movie night at the beach this evening. But more on that later.