
City poised to open 72 acres of Urbandale’s Leitrim land for development
The community of Leitrim in south Ottawa could see more than 500 new homes in the coming years if city councillors accept the advice of

City poised to open 72 acres of Urbandale’s Leitrim land for development
The community of Leitrim in south Ottawa could see more than 500 new homes in the coming years if city councillors accept the advice of

Kanata startup FileFacets moves into bigger digs amid expansion
SaaS-based privacy compliance and enterprise analytics startup FileFacets moved into a new office space this summer that gives the firm more room to continue growing.

Ottawa home sales up 3.9% in August
Ottawa’s hot residential real estate market showed signs of stabilizing, despite local realtors setting a new record for August home sales last month. The Ottawa

Ottawa’s InterRent REIT buys $65M worth of properties in Montreal, Hamilton
One of Ottawa’s largest residential landlords is expanding its footprint in two of its key markets, purchasing downtown apartment buildings benefitting from transit lines. InterRent

Hard Rock clears hurdle to operate Rideau Carleton Raceway as Ottawa casino
Florida-based Hard Rock International inched closer to taking over operations of the Rideau Carleton Raceway this week after a city committee voted to turn the

Ottawa cleantech firm Thermal Energy sells first cogeneration unit in $1.46M order
Ottawa-based Thermal Energy International (TSX-V: TMG) says it’s received an inaugural order for its cogeneration technology, a system that works with Thermal’s existing products to

Inspiration Village closes with 340K visitors to ByWard Market exhibition
Ottawa 2017 Bureau says 49% of surveyed attendees were visitors to Ottawa.

Ottawa-area flooding caused $223M in insurable damages: industry
The Insurance Bureau of Canada has placed a price tag on some of the damage caused by a pair of storms that hit eastern Ontario

Ottawa-area pot firms beef up executive teams
With their expansion plans in high gear, two of the region’s marijuana firms are strengthening their executive teams with several high-profile appointments. Gatineau’s Hydropothecary (TSX-V:THCX),

Cavanagh Construction eyes 111-acre expansion of west Ottawa quarry
A local construction firm is resurrecting plans to open a new quarry off Highway 7, west of Stittsville, to excavate aggregate materials used in road
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