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Developer floats plan to turn pair of buildings in Centretown heritage zone into apartment complex
Zyer Developments wants to restore the building at 285 McLeod to its “original appearance and detailing” and build a new eight-storey apartment development over top
Techopia Live: ‘You are the average of the people around you’
BluWave-ai uses sophisticated artificial intelligence technology to help utility companies around the world boost the amount of renewable energy in their grids.
Two-building proposal calls for mix of student rentals, other units near Carleton University
Katasa Group’s plan is anchored by a 26-storey highrise that would feature more than 80 rental units targeted at students and an additional 150 rental
Ottawa-Gatineau housing starts plummet 50% in August: CMHC
It’s the third month in a row that new builds lagged behind their pace of a year ago.
‘Robust’ Q2 puts city on pace to top $2.2B in commercial real estate investment in 2021: CBRE
Investors spent a total of $767-million on Ottawa commercial properties from April to June, the real estate firm said in its latest report.
How Ottawa’s VC scene might emerge from its ‘nuclear winter’
The Ottawa Business Journal spoke with industry veteran Leo Lax about how he is interpreting the data in the latest edition of Behind the Headlines
Podcast: What triggered a record-breaking Ottawa real estate deal
Watch on YouTube or listen on Spotify, SoundCloud and other audio platforms.
Region’s unemployment rate falls to 6.2% in August as labour force shrinks amid job losses
Employers in Ottawa-Gatineau shed a net total of 3,300 jobs in August, and the unemployment rate dropped mainly because of a mass exodus of 12,100
Ottawa’s housing supply “continues to remain scarce”
Overall sales in Ottawa were down compared with 2020 for the second straight month.
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