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Construction permits up 11% in January

The value of local construction permits was up $2 million, year-over-year, in January, according to municipal records. The...

417 widening to be folded into LRT project

The contract to build Ottawa's light-rail line is slated to become far more lucrative for the successful...

Public Works preps for watermain reconstruction

The federal government is looking for construction companies to complete a six-figure reconstruction of the watermain servicing...

Downtown Islamic centre poised for redevelopment

The owners of the Islam Care Centre on Lisgar Street are proposing to demolish the century-old building...

Local retail vacancy falls

Retail vacancy declined by 40 basis points in the second half of 2011 to reach 2.3 per...

Delcan receives $1.2M bridge replacement design contract

The Ottawa office of infrastructure engineering firm Delcan Corp. has landed a contract worth nearly $1.2 million...

Association buys Montreal Road property

A local French-language organization displaced by the city's light-rail project said it has acquired a vacant building...

Condo surge leads Ottawa housing starts

A more than four-fold increase in apartment-style housing starts boosted the overall numbers year-over-year in January, according...

Macdonald-Cartier Bridge rehab contract awarded

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

Construction permits soar 132% in December

The value of local construction permits jumped by $150 million, year-over-year, in December, according to city records. Municipal...

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