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Going west pays off for InterRent REIT as firm’s Vancouver portfolio sees big occupancy gains

The Ottawa-based real estate investment trust said its funds from operations – a key cash-flow metric – rose 12.3 per cent in the third quarter compared with a year earlier.

T.O.-based Pivot Airlines to launch Waterloo-Ottawa route next February

Airline says it chose Waterloo as its southern Ontario base rather than Toronto because smaller terminals “offer a better, more seamless and hassle-free alternative for regional travel.”

Environmental research firm sold to T.O. company

LGI Copy Service Canada helps clients conducting environmental assessments research land-use patterns to determine if a property might be contaminated.

Rental surge could be factor in housing supply crunch, OREB says

Board president suggests owners of rental properties who might have put them on the resale market in the past are retaining homes and condos “for investment purposes.”

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Ottawa’s hotel bounceback to lag behind recoveries in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal: report

CBRE is projecting Ottawa’s average hotel occupancy rate to rise to 48 per cent next year, up from 30 per cent in 2020 and a forecasted 34 per cent in 2021.

Osgoode Properties floats plan for 30-storey highrise near Carlingwood mall

Proposal calls for 293 rental units at 1071 Ambleside Dr., just north of Richmond Road and about 400 metres west of the future New Orchard LRT station that’s now under construction.