OBJ staff

The value of local construction permits was up $2 million, year-over-year, in January, according to municipal records. The city issued 483 permits with a combined

417 widening to be folded into LRT project

Construction

The contract to build Ottawa’s light-rail line is slated to become far more lucrative for the successful bidder. City staff are now proposing to bundle

Public Works preps for watermain reconstruction

Construction

The federal government is looking for construction companies to complete a six-figure reconstruction of the watermain servicing the Cliff Heating and Cooling Plant. Solicitation documents

Downtown Islamic centre poised for redevelopment

Non-Residential

The owners of the Islam Care Centre on Lisgar Street are proposing to demolish the century-old building and replace it with new place of worship

Local retail vacancy falls

Non-Residential

Retail vacancy declined by 40 basis points in the second half of 2011 to reach 2.3 per cent, according to brokerage firm Cushman & Wakefield

Delcan receives $1.2M bridge replacement design contract

Construction

The Ottawa office of infrastructure engineering firm Delcan Corp. has landed a contract worth nearly $1.2 million from Public Works for design work to replace

Association buys Montreal Road property

Construction

A local French-language organization displaced by the city’s light-rail project said it has acquired a vacant building lot in Vanier, where it plans to construct

Condo surge leads Ottawa housing starts

Residential

A more than four-fold increase in apartment-style housing starts boosted the overall numbers year-over-year in January, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. The

Macdonald-Cartier Bridge rehab contract awarded

Construction

MMM Group Ltd. and CIMA+ SENC garnered a $1.8-million engineering design contract to rehabilitate the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge. The contract, stated Public Works in a press release,

Construction permits soar 132% in December

Construction

The value of local construction permits jumped by $150 million, year-over-year, in December, according to city records. Municipal officials issued 681 permits, with a total