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COVID-19 ‘uncertainty’ puts shackles on Ottawa real estate market in Q2, report says

A total of 50 office, retail, industrial, apartment and hotel properties changed hands in Ottawa in the second quarter, a 37 per cent drop from 2019.

Minto proposes nine-storey mixed-use building in Vanier north

U-shaped building would feature 251 residential suites and about 6,000 square feet of retail space fronting on Beechwood Avenue.

Feds look to start prequalifying contractors to bid on Supreme Court building overhaul

Building systems and components are “overdue” for rehabilitation following various emergency repairs and maintenance dating back to the 1990s.

City looks to relax infill housing restrictions

Changes would reduce the minimum required lot sizes and raise the four-unit cap that currently applies in some Ottawa neighbourhoods.

Feds pledge $168M for Gladstone Avenue affordable housing projects

Funds will go toward the construction of 698 residential units in four separate buildings at 811, 818 and 933 Gladstone Ave.

Housing starts in Ottawa-Gatineau soar 154% in August: CMHC

Builders in Ottawa began work on 1,619 new homes last month, a whopping 167 per cent increase over a year earlier, while new starts in Gatineau also rose.

Senators turn to veteran executive Weir to fill senior role at new community foundation

The longtime Ottawa resident spent more than a decade in communications and marketing posts with the new foundation’s predecessor, the Ottawa Senators Foundation.

Porter delays restarting flights again; plans to resume service in November

Airline said extension of mandatory quarantine order for travellers entering or returning to Canada, continued border closures and the ongoing Atlantic Canada travel bubble, were “key factors” in its decision to press pause on the restart.

Developer plans 29-storey apartment highrise at Holland Cross complex

LaSalle Investment Management says it wants to build a 300,000-square-foot tower with 337 rental units and ground-level commercial space.

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