Ottawa

It’s time to get creative, developers say, when it comes to office conversions

With an overabundance of empty office space across the city, local experts say it’s time for developers to get creative when it comes to conversion projects. 

Montreal’s Englobe acquires Ottawa engineering firm Goodkey, Weedmark & Associates

Montreal-based engineering and environmental services firm Englobe announced this week it has reached an agreement to purchase local consulting firm Goodkey, Weedmark & Associates.

Firms behind Zibi project seek partner, float convention centre as ‘interesting’ idea for Gatineau land

The companies behind the Zibi development say they’re looking to join forces with another real estate firm...

Former Ottawa mayor Larry O’Brien starts ‘career No. 4’ with new fiction book

You may remember Larry O’Brien as the mayor who dared Ottawa to embrace its swagger.

Ottawa’s downtown office occupancy rate to ‘trend higher’ in fourth quarter, Colliers predicts

The capital’s return-to-office rate still lags other major Canadian cities, Colliers said in its third-quarter office market report released Tuesday, in which it noted the city’s downtown office vacancy rate jumped more than a full percentage point from the previous quarter.

This beer can give you gas — and that’s a good thing, says one pioneering Carleton student

Wastewater processing engineer and Carleton student Seyedomid Ahmadinejad is working on a prototype system to turn beer byproducts into renewable energy.

Growth cycle: TryCycle Data Systems cracks top 20 in Globe and Mail’s list of fastest-growing firms

Bolstered by a new CEO and an expanding line of product offerings, TryCycle Data Systems continues to...

Colonnade BridgePort proposes highrises of 14, 28 storeys near east-end Via Rail station

In a summary of the site plan control application for the project at 25 Pickering Pl., Colonnade BridgePort says it wants to build two towers of 14 and 28 storeys that will contain a total of 483 residential suites along with “associated underground parking” and ground-floor commercial space.

Lizardo Becerra of Raphaël Peruvian Cuisine moves on to national culinary championships

In what the judges called a “photo finish” face-off, Chef Lizardo Becerra of Ottawa’s Raphaël Peruvian Cuisine wowed the crowd and took home the win at the regional qualifiers for the Canadian Culinary Championships Thursday night. 

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