
True North REIT buys downtown Ottawa Narono building in $24.5M deal
A Toronto-based real estate investment trust has purchased an office tower on Laurier Avenue in a bid to beef up its presence in Ottawa’s downtown
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True North REIT buys downtown Ottawa Narono building in $24.5M deal
A Toronto-based real estate investment trust has purchased an office tower on Laurier Avenue in a bid to beef up its presence in Ottawa’s downtown

Ottawa-Gatineau housing starts plummet in January amid flurry of ongoing builds
Ottawa-Gatineau builders had so many ongoing projects heading into 2019 that few resources remained to start new builds – thereby driving down the number of

City staff endorse 20-storey second phase of RioCan’s Blair project
Municipal staff are recommending that the city’s planning committee approve a proposed zoning change that would allow a new east-end apartment project near Blair Station,

January home sales up 16% amid hot Ottawa housing market: OREB
A record accumulation of snow did nothing to put a chill in Ottawa’s red-hot housing market in January. Local realtors sold 820 residential properties last

Ottawa homebuyers banking on alternative lenders: experts
Michael Hapke has a perfect vantage point from which to witness a dramatic shift in the way Canadians are borrowing money to buy homes. A

Developer mixes hotel, apartment units in 24-storey tower proposed for Rideau Street
A Montreal developer is proposing to build a hotel and residential tower on the site of the former Beer Store on Rideau Street. In an

Group Germain plans $40M, 180-room hotel at Ottawa airport
Group Germain Hotels has landed on what it thinks is the perfect location to make its 20-20 business vision a reality: the Ottawa airport. The

RioCan applies to demolish Lincoln Fields mall, setting stage for larger development
RioCan is eyeing major changes to another mall in Ottawa, this time targeting Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre for demolition. In documents filed with the city

Planning committee votes down Thai embassy proposal for Island Park Drive
Efforts to rebuild the Royal Thai Embassy’s long-time home in a Westboro neighbourhood have hit a roadblock at Thursday’s planning committee, as the ward’s councillor

Kanata, downtown office availability rates continue to tighten at end of 2018: Colliers
Companies continue to struggle finding class-A space in the capital as availability rates fell in Ottawa’s largest office markets in the final quarter of 2018,
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