Ottawa

CMHC says plans for vacant Montreal Road buildings still up in the air

A spokesperson for CMHC confirmed Friday that two of the three buildings at the Crown corporation’s 700 Montreal Rd. headquarters – Building A, which has a total of 165,933 square feet, and Building B, which covers 56,805 square feet – are no longer occupied.

‘We need to finish what we started’: OSEG and city press ahead with $419M Lansdowne project

The updated Lansdowne 2.0 proposal cuts back on density, but not cost, with an increased price tag of $419.5 million, compared to the original estimate of $332 million.

Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate rises to 4.9% in September

The Canadian economy added 64,000 jobs last month as the country's population continues to rapidly grow.

Airport hotel on track for 2025 opening, Group Germain says

Group Germain plans to start laying the groundwork next week for construction of a 178-room Alt Hotel that will be attached to the airport terminal, the company’s vice-president of operations, Hugo Germain, told OBJ on Thursday afternoon.

The ‘little parking lot that could’ wins international award for Vanier BIA

The Vanier BIA has been recognized with a prestigious award for its work turning an underused parking lot into a one-of-a-kind community space. 

Ottawa housing starts down 18% in first half of 2023 despite apartment-building boom: CMHC

The housing agency says builders started work on 2,164 new apartment units, including condominiums and rentals, between January and the end of June, up 38 per cent from the same period in 2022.

Ottawa condo sector ‘gaining momentum’ heading into final quarter of 2023: Re/Max

A total of 2,454 condos changed hands in the capital between January and the end of August, down from 2,964 in the same period in 2022, Re/Max said in its annual condominium report released Tuesday.

Ottawa industrial rents keep rising as market tightens in third quarter

Available space in Ottawa’s industrial buildings fell slightly in the third quarter as small-bay tenants continued to...

Ottawa’s office vacancy rate stabilizes in Q3 as conversion trend spreads, reports say

Ottawa’s reeling office rental sector showed signs of stabilizing in the third quarter as several downtown highrises...

Three downtown Ottawa professionals share their back-to-office experiences

As more workers return to the office, larger employers based in Ottawa’s downtown core have noticed that the experience of working in the area has changed dramatically since the pandemic. 

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