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Downtown office vacancy rate falls in Q2 after two highrises dropped from leasing inventory

Ottawa’s downtown office vacancy rate dropped more than a full percentage point in the second quarter as deals picked up and two highrises were taken off the leasing market, Colliers said in its most recent market report. The vacancy rate of office buildings in the core fell to 12.4 per...
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Richcraft Homes proposes new subdivision off Innes Rd. in Orleans

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