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Retail rents rising as space crunch grows in Ottawa, new report says

With new retail construction at a virtual standstill in recent years as escalating costs and rising interest rates kept developers on the sidelines, the supply of available quality space has all but dried up, CBRE said in its recent Canada retail rent survey.

‘A very volatile future’: Lee Valley Tools exec on how talk of tariffs is upending his industry

Nearly 50 years after Lee Valley Tools began as a mail-order retailer of woodworking equipment, the firm...

Sparks Street BIA replaced by Downtown BIA with expanded boundaries, new brand

The Sparks Street BIA will rebrand as the Downtown BIA and see its boundaries expand to include...

Hollywood awards season means big business for Ottawa’s ByTowne and Mayfair theatres

Award shows are some of the most elegant and exciting times of the year in Hollywood. Movie...

Paused investments, cancelled orders: Ottawa businesses feeling the tariff pain

Equispheres CEO Kevin Nicholds is nervously wondering what the future will hold after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Sunday applying 25 per cent tariffs to most Canadian goods, including his company’s high-tech powder, starting Tuesday.

Jon Martin and Liz Ellwood look for new owners for three Ottawa Maverick’s Donuts locations

Maverick’s Donuts franchisees Jon Martin and Liz Ellwood are stepping away from their Ottawa locations after nearly...

Ottawa will lose out on major events if city infrastructure isn’t revamped, Sutcliffe says

Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe said Thursday the city needs to press ahead with major projects such as...

Thousands of Reddit comments help this Ottawa cafe owner open his downtown coffee shop

When Daniyal Zafar opened his cafe in downtown Ottawa with his brother, he had what many marketers...

New retail construction expected in Ottawa in 2025 as market remains hot, CBRE says

According to CBRE’s 2025 real estate market outlook released Tuesday, there was no new inventory added to Ottawa’s retail footprint in 2024 and just 90,000 square feet of new construction the previous year.
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