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

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 2002.

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

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 city.

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

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 of about 822,000.

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

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

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

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-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

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

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’s top provincial politician said the forced closure of non-essential businesses in the city could be reviewed...
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