Mark Brownlee

Shopify moving offices to Morguard’s Performance Court building

Morguard has signed up Ottawa-based Shopify to take over space in the soon-to-be-opened Performance Court building at 150 Elgin St., according to an industry source.

Feds in talks about vacating 500,000 square feet of office space

Non-Residential

The federal government is refusing to go into details regarding discussions with a landlord about vacating 500,000 square feet of office space in the National

Mystery builds surrounding Bona’s tenantless tower in Vanier

Non-Residential

A soon-to-be-completed but officially unleased office building in Vanier is sowing confusion among the city’s commercial real estate brokers about what’s driving the developer’s decision-making.

NCC cancels moving plans, causing ‘frustration’ for downtown landlords

Non-Residential

The National Capital Commission has cancelled a request to lease thousands of square feet of office space, further frustrating downtown landlords intent on filling empty

Meet the local companies digging out Ottawa’s LRT tunnel

Construction

While crews constructing the tunnel that will bring light rail to the city are exploring uncharted territory underneath downtown Ottawa, DST Consulting Engineers is discovering

U.S. outlet mall to take a little from everybody: Bayshore exec

Non-Residential

A large U.S. outlet mall’s expansion into Ottawa is going to hurt all local retailers once it arrives next year, the executive responsible for Bayshore

Ottawa spared from Lockheed Martin layoffs

Defence and Security

Ottawa employees will not be included among the layoffs announced this week at multinational defence firm Lockheed Martin, a company spokesman said Tuesday. The

Federal cuts to take seven years to hit local office market

Non-Residential

Local landlords won’t know the full effect of federal downsizing efforts until at least 2020, one of the government’s top real estate officials said Thursday.

Engineering concerns halt work on parkway footbridge again

Construction

For the second time in under two years, the City of Ottawa has stopped construction on a $5-million footbridge designed to span the Airport Parkway.

Ottawa’s newest landlords

Non-Residential

Fresh entrants bring varied real estate strategies It wasn’t so long ago that local firms owned most of Ottawa’s commercial real estate. That’s all changed