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Tamarack proposes 3,000-home mixed-use community in Orleans

Residential

Local developer Tamarack Homes is seeking the green light from Ottawa city councillors to add a massive new development of housing and store space to

Councillors pre-emptively approve greater density for Barrhaven properties

Residential

The city has cleared the path for new development southwest of downtown Ottawa by agreeing to rezone several properties clustered together on Woodroffe Avenue, north

Remaking Somerset Street’s skyline

Residential

Chinatown landowner expects condo project to spur additional developments By Mark Brownlee. There’s an old saying that “a single spark can start a prairie fire.”

Opinion: How Ottawa can lead the 3D printing revolution

Techopia

Last year, The Economist heralded the breakthroughs in digitized manufacturing as The Third Industrial Revolution. By Luc Lalande. Of the many technological advances driving this

Unlicensed homebuilders emerging in Ottawa: regulator

Residential

The organization responsible for administering homebuilding laws on behalf of the provincial government is sounding the alarm about illegal construction in the Ottawa area. By

Opinion: An office market in transition: Why Ottawa looks like no other city

Non-Residential

For most of the past decade, Ottawa’s downtown office vacancy rate was among the lowest in North America. So why have rents been so flat?

Condo investors cast shadow over housing market

Residential

Threat to market stability debated By Mark Brownlee. Cranes and construction crews have been a constant presence along Ottawa’s skyline in recent years as parking

Claridge gets nod to build Ottawa’s tallest tower

Residential

A committee of city councillors has given Ottawa developer Claridge preliminary approval to construct the city’s tallest building in the south end of Little Italy.

Opinion: Halogen’s IPO: Looking beyond the balance sheet

Techopia

Mark McQueen, CEO of well-respected Wellington Financial, told BNN viewers last week that Halogen Software is the best high-quality Canadian initial public offering prospect in the

Ogilvy building demolition to cost $2.7M

Construction

Tearing down the former Ogilvy’s department store will cost the owners of the Rideau Centre approximately $2.7 million, according to municipal records. By Kane Van