Retail

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...

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...

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.

New Planet Fitness opens in Sun Life Centre as office complex beefs up offerings for tenants

Planet Fitness has opened a new location in the Sun Life Centre as the downtown mixed-use complex...

Whole Foods, including Ottawa’s Glebe location, partners with food waste app Too Good to Go

The Lansdowne location of Whole Foods is participating in a new partnership with the popular service Too...

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