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T.O. real estate firm, Colonnade BridgePort partner to buy Metcalfe Street office tower

Non-Residential

Deal for 12-storey office building at 81 Metcalfe Street is valued at nearly $12.5 million.

Average Ottawa home prices jumped 20% in 2020: OREB

Residential

Overall, nearly 19,000 homes changed hands last year, a slight increase over 2019’s total of about 18,600.

The post-pandemic industries to watch in Ottawa

Ottawa

Tech sector’s relative strength may help it address its long-standing labour shortage by attracting students to the industry.

Air-traffic control company NAV Canada names new CEO

Ottawa

Ottawa-based private, non-profit company has announced that longtime executive Raymond Bohn will take over as leader on Feb. 1.

Podcast: Entrepreneurial ‘resilience’ to drive Eastern Ontario’s economic recovery

Eastern Ontario Business Journal, Ottawa Business Journal Podcast

How the businesses that made headlines over the past year will shape the region in 2021 and beyond.

Scarabelli Realties eyes 16-storey residential tower on northern edge of Glebe

Real Estate

Proposed Chamberlain Avenue project is the latest infill plan along the Queensway corridor in the Glebe and Centretown.

Ottawa’s inclusion in province-wide shutdown to be reviewed after 14 days: MacLeod

Ottawa

Ottawa’s top provincial politician said the forced closure of non-essential businesses in the city could be reviewed after two weeks. Nepean MPP Lisa MacLeod said

Ottawa Public Health issues new COVID-19 directives to businesses

Ottawa

The measures, which are to take effect first thing Wednesday morning, were announced before reports emerged that the provincial government was poised to announce sweeping

First Capital sells 50% stake in trio of Gatineau retail properties

Non-Residential

REIT says it’s agreed to sell a 50 per cent non-managing interest in retail centres Carrefour du Versant, Place Nelligan and Place Cité des Jeunes

Province gives $3.8M boost to struggling Shaw Centre

Tourism

Downtown convention facility that attracted more than 63,000 out-of-town visitors in the 2019-20 fiscal year has seen its revenues plummet during the pandemic.