
Ottawa homebuilders reach new heights in 2017; housing starts up 41%
Local homebuilders had their busiest year in more than a decade in 2017, thanks in large part to a surge in new apartment and condominium
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Ottawa homebuilders reach new heights in 2017; housing starts up 41%
Local homebuilders had their busiest year in more than a decade in 2017, thanks in large part to a surge in new apartment and condominium

Slips and falls: Tips for protecting yourself – and your business – this winter
Who’s responsible for compensating an injured person for their lost income and personal care needs?

Ottawa’s first Microtel by Wyndham hotel planned for Kanata
A local boutique developer and project management firm is laying the groundwork for a new budget hotel just north of the Canadian Tire Centre. City

Feds seeking roof repairs on Ottawa defense medical centre
The Government of Canada is looking to repair the roof of one of its buildings damaged in a storm last September. The east roof of

Château Laurier applies to demolish deteriorating parking garage
The Château Laurier’s aging parking garage may be torn down before its proposed expansion even begins, as the hotel’s engineers have deemed the unsightly structure

Ottawa home sales up 10% in 2017
A rebound in the condo market, combined with a year-end rush to beat new mortgage rules, helped drive local home sales in 2017 to the

Minto eyes eight-storey residential building on Fifth Avenue Court site in Glebe
Calling it “one of the most significant opportunities for intensification” along Bank Street in the Glebe, an Ottawa developer is looking to replace a 1980s-era

2018 lookahead: Tech migration driving ‘sea change’ in downtown office market
In a town where the federal government has been the dominant tenant in commercial real estate seemingly forever, Michael Church and his colleagues are starting

Foreigners have minimal interest in Ottawa condos, new housing data suggest
One of the most comprehensive pictures of foreign home ownership levels across the country suggests that non-residents play a minor role in Ottawa-Gatineau’s real estate

Modern Ottawa offices changing how companies work
Cubicles and generic floorplans are becoming an increasingly rare sight in some corners of Ottawa. A new generation of companies are no longer interested in
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