
Gatineau building boom tails off as region’s housing starts fall 22% in April
Multi-unit starts on the Quebec side of the river dropped from 547 in April 2021 to just 163 last month, a decline of 70 per

Gatineau building boom tails off as region’s housing starts fall 22% in April
Multi-unit starts on the Quebec side of the river dropped from 547 in April 2021 to just 163 last month, a decline of 70 per

InterRent REIT ‘basically back to pre-pandemic performance,’ executive chair says
Ottawa firm said its funds from operations rose nearly 18 per cent compared with the first quarter of 2021, while its same-property occupancy rate jumped

Innovative green technology comes online at Zibi community
Local politicians and business leaders gathered Tuesday morning to mark the opening of the region’s new district energy system: the Zibi Community Utility (ZCU).

Minto Apartment REIT posts net income of $34.6M in Q1 as economy rebounds, rental demand grows
Ottawa-based REIT’s overall revenue grew 8.4 per cent year-over-year to $32.5 million as the occupancy rate of its unfurnished suites ticked up to 94.2 per

UPDATED: Ottawa-Gatineau’s jobless rate falls to 4.6% in April amid strong growth
Statistics Canada says a number of signs point to an increasingly tight labour market in recent months, including a drop in the number of part-time

Rising interest rates, ‘buyer frustration’ combine to cool off housing market, OREB says
A total of 1,889 residential properties changed hands in April, the Ottawa Real Estate Board says, a 21 per cent decline from a year earlier

Ottawa housing starts hit five-decade high, but still don’t meet demand: CMHC
Builders began work on more than 10,000 new housing units in the capital last year – but that flurry of new construction still wasn’t enough

Introducing Ottawa’s 2022 Forty Under 40 recipients
This year marks the 25th edition of the awards, which have become widely recognized as the region’s most sought-after business accolade for people under the

OSEG floats $330M ‘Lansdowne 2.0’ proposal with new arena, residential highrises
Organization vows that the plan, which also calls for the aging north-side stands at TD Place to be completely rebuilt, would be “tax-neutral.”

With provincial election looming, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce is also calling for “bold action” to remove barriers to interprovincial trade and make it easier
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