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Ottawa to remain a ‘strong seller’s market’ for homes in 2021, Royal LePage says

Residential

After a year that saw home average home prices jump 20 per cent, Ottawa homebuyers can expect little relief in the months ahead, according to

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Podcast: Sports retailers glide to record sales, ski hills suffering, immigrant entrepreneur pays it forward

Ottawa, Ottawa Business Journal Podcasts

Explore the top local business stories of the week.

Ottawa engineering firm J.L. Richards names eight new associates

Construction

Firm has appointed Tamara Gauthier, Robert Langlois, Matthew Morkem, Tracy O’Brien, Joël Primeau, Steve Saxton, Sarah Vereault and Jane Wilson associates.

Former U.S. ambassador to Canada to speak at upcoming Mayor’s Breakfast

Ottawa

What will a new U.S. president mean for Canada’s $30-billion-a-year trading relationship with its neighbour to the south?

Capital’s office vacancy rate jumps to 8.7% in Q4 2020 as sublease space grows: CBRE

Non-Residential

All told, tenants shed nearly 800,000 square feet of office space last year – the highest net negative absorption of real estate in Ottawa since

Ottawa’s InterRent REIT expands into Vancouver market as partner in $292M acquisition

Residential

Firm said Monday it’s teaming up with Toronto-based Crestpoint Real Estate Investments to acquire 15 properties with a total of 614 suites in Canada’s third-largest

Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate falls to 6.7% in December

Ottawa

The region’s labour force – which includes unemployed people actively looking for work – stood at just under 782,000, well below last January’s pre-pandemic total