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Construction industry backs plan to evaluate city contractors

Ottawa’s construction industry is largely supporting a city plan to implement a rating system to grade the work done by construction companies that receive contracts

Ottawa housing sales, starts expected to decline: Conference Board

Residential

Ottawa’s housing market is expected to weaken over the next two years, according to a new report by the Conference Board of Canada, with declines

Another developer proposes private student residence in Sandy Hill

Residential

A Toronto-based developer is proposing a nine-storey apartment building for students in Sandy Hill. By Jacob Serebrin The proposed building at 45 Mann Ave. is

Despite slow sales, developer still believes in commercial condos

Non-Residential

Interest in two commercial condo developments from local firm Huntington Properties is picking up after a slow start to sales, according to an executive with

Capital condo construction to slow in 2014: CMHC

Residential

Activity in Ottawa’s condominium market will slow down in 2014 as developers wait for buyers to snap up already-finished units before going ahead with new

Opinion: When bureaucracy assassinates innovation

Techopia

“Innovate or die” is a motto that successful entrepreneurs of Ottawa’s heyday not only promoted – for a good reason – but also embraced, lived

Housing sales to increase then taper off in middle of next year: CMHC

Residential

Ottawa housing sales are going to rise over the next few months before slowing down again in mid-2014 due to an expected increase in mortgage

Opinion: The apprentice programmer

Techopia

I dropped out of school when I was 16 years old. By Tobi Lütke. School was not for me. To me, computers were so much

Royal LePage acquires two Prudential Realty offices in Ottawa

Residential

Royal LePage has added to its Ottawa operations with the acquisition of the local offices of Prudential Town Centre Realty, the firms announced this week.

Opinion: Council gambles away economic progress over casino file

City Hall

City councillors may have put the decision about the location of a potential casino in Ottawa behind them, but that doesn’t mean the resulting damage