
Thumbs up or down? Planning committee, NCC rule on city-wide development proposals
A series of developments including plans for a controversial hotel in the ByWard Market and LeBreton Flats received judgment in a busy week for city
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Thumbs up or down? Planning committee, NCC rule on city-wide development proposals
A series of developments including plans for a controversial hotel in the ByWard Market and LeBreton Flats received judgment in a busy week for city

New Ottawa central library designs revealed; construction to start spring 2021
Ottawa residents got their first preview of the city’s new central library Thursday as officials revealed the design of the $192.9M project

Federal government consolidation, employment driving trends in Ottawa office market: reports
Two of the city’s largest brokerage firms released separate market outlook reports this week that highlighted the federal government’s central role in the city’s commercial

City staff support controversial four-building proposal in Sandy Hill
A local developer’s controversial plan to build four mid-rise apartment buildings that would add more than 300 rental units to a small Sandy Hill neighbourhood

InterRent REIT to convert Albert Street office building to apartments
An office tower on the western edge of downtown Ottawa will soon be gutted and undergo a facelift to prepare the building’s units for residential

Employment Law Minute: How much severance are terminated employees owed?
‘Wrongful dismissal’ doesn’t mean what you probably think it means – and those misperceptions can be costly.

Bayshore owner plans two apartment towers as high as 30 storeys next to west-end mall
The owner of Bayshore Shopping Centre says it wants to build two new apartment highrises next to the west-end mall, a proposal that would add

Declining apartment vacancy rate pushing rent higher in Ottawa: CMHC
Tenants in Ottawa paid an average of $108 a month more for an apartment in 2019 compared with a year earlier, thanks to “robust demand”

City considers heritage designation for Trinity’s Gladstone development property
The site of a proposed three-tower development atop a forthcoming LRT station might soon receive heritage status to ensure it’s preserved

Ottawa’s office vacancy rate to remain tight in 2020: Avison Young
Commercial tenants struggling to find room to grow in Ottawa’s tight office market likely won’t have a much easier task this year than they did
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