The value of construction intentions rose in Ottawa last month, due in large part to ongoing renovation to the Rideau Centre as well as plans for an east-end retirement residence.
The total value of the permits increased to $128,872,882 from $116,962,640 the year before.
There were 423 construction permits issued in January, a decrease from 507 during the same month a year earlier.
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The top permits by value were:
Nordstrom – Rideau Centre
(50 Rideau St.)
Description: Tenant fit-up to a four-storey retail building (levels three and four), interior alterations to the first and second garage-level elevator lobbies, and second-level shipping and receiving area.
Contractor: Govan Brown & Associates Inc.
Size: 600,000 square feet
Value: $28,670,000
2305 Pagé Rd.
Description: Construct the superstructure
for a four-storey seniors’ complex.
Contractor: Pomerleau Inc.
Size: 145,178 square feet
Value: $22,959,937
Hilton Garden Inn Ottawa Airport
(2400 Alert Rd.)
Description: Construct an eight-storey addition at the side of an eight-storey hotel.
Contractor: Bona Building & Management Co. Ltd.
Size: 107,445 square feet
Value: $15,875,249
KPMG – Performance Court office building
(150 Elgin St.)
Description: Tenant fit-up on the 15th through 18th floors of a 21-storey building.
Contractor: Contractor unknown
Size: 62,635 square feet
Value: $4,300,000
101-129 Chaperal Pvt.
Description: Construct a three-storey block of 15 rowhouse dwellings
Contractor: Tamarack Developments Corp.
Size: 24,189 square feet
Value: $2,601,857
Toys “R” Us
(3742 Innes Rd.)
Description: Tenant fit-up in a one-storey retail building
Contractor: Contractor unknown
Size: 44,935 square feet
Value: $1,669,785
88-96 Stockholm Pvt. and 116-124 Nutting Cres.
Description: Construct a three-storey block of 10 rowhouse dwellings
Contractor: Richcraft Homes Ltd.
Size: 10 different projects, each measuring 14,180 square feet
Value: $1,580,786
Epocal Corp.
(2060 Walkley Rd.)
Description: Interior alterations in a two-storey industrial building
Contractor: Contractor unknown
Size: 14,424 square feet
Value: $1,400,000
431-437 Sweetflag St.
Description: Construct a two-storey block of four rowhouse dwellings.
Contractor: Cardel Homes Ltd. Partnership Ottawa division
Size: 8,207 square feet
Value: $1,080,538
