
Annualized pace of local housing starts increases 1% in December
Despite a flurry of activity in December, Ottawa-Gatineau’s annual pace of housing starts stayed fairly flat, increasing one per cent compared with November, per the
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Annualized pace of local housing starts increases 1% in December
Despite a flurry of activity in December, Ottawa-Gatineau’s annual pace of housing starts stayed fairly flat, increasing one per cent compared with November, per the

Local experts see a new report on Ottawa’s downtown as evidence that multiple sectors and levels of government are capable of collaborating to fix the

Ottawa aggregate home prices rose 4.8% in 2023 but fell in Q4, Royal LePage says
The aggregate price of a home was $754,700 at the end of December, the real estate company said. While that was up from the start



Ottawa’s industrial vacancy rate rises in Q4 as new buildings boost inventory
The amount of vacant industrial space in Ottawa rose at the end of 2023, two major brokerages reported this week – but experts say most

GOHBA breakfast with mayor draws sell-out crowd from homebuilding industry
Members of the Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association (GOHBA) scored quality time Thursday morning with Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, who’s sticking to his promise to speak

Redeveloping L’Esplanade Laurier a ‘critical priority’ for downtown Ottawa, task force report says
Converting L’Esplanade Laurier into a mixed-use residential complex with a public park and an attraction such as an amphitheatre is among the suggestions in a

Much-anticipated downtown task force report lays out blueprint for action in the core
There’s no one fix for Ottawa’s downtown core, but a new report by the Downtown Ottawa Revitalization Task Force aims to be the first step

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