Real Estate

Coverage commercial, industrial and residential real estate, breaking news on land development, major projects, and trends impacting real estate in the Ottawa area.

Ottawa architectural firm Chuck Mills Design merges with Amsted Design-Build

Residential

Two local companies with decades of experience in Ottawa’s custom home building sector are joining forces. Chuck Mills Design, which specializes in high-end custom homes

Brigil gets go-ahead for increased density in Kanata housing community

Residential

Despite the opposition of residents as well as local Coun. Marianne Wilkinson, the city’s planning committee approved an amendment that will allow developers to increase

Rising home prices push average Ottawa mortgage debt up to $187K

Residential

Ottawa residents are carrying increasingly large mortgages as the city’s home prices rise, but so far don’t appear to be having problems servicing their growing

Extended Stay hotel, Rideau Street LCBO land sales lead first-half Ottawa investments

Non-Residential

Despite a soft second quarter, commercial real estate experts say they’re expecting 2017 to be “one of the most significant years on record” for investment

Ottawa’s InterRent REIT buys $14.2M stake in Bayview Station high-rise development

Residential

A major Ottawa real estate investor has purchased a stake in a proposed three-tower mixed-use development at the intersection of the Trillium and Confederation light-rail

Colonnade Bridgeport looks to add more retail amenities on vacant Kanata North land

Non-Residential

Local Ciena and BlackBerry QNX employees could see several retail stores appear outside their office if city councillors give the green light to a development

Stantec study estimates new Civic site cleanup could cost up to $12.1M

Construction

The price to clean up the former Sir John Carling Building lands for a new Ottawa Hospital appears to be higher than previously known, according

Kanata, downtown Ottawa office markets ‘turning the corner’: Avison Young

Non-Residential

A new report is painting a bullish outlook for Ottawa’s office market, arguing that the city’s light-rail line is renewing investor and tenant interest in

Cushman & Wakefield enters Ottawa property management with 20 VIC acquisition

Non-Residential

Cushman & Wakefield’s latest acquisition puts a few local properties under new management and continues an expansion of the global brokerage firm’s Canadian services. The

16-storey tower proposed for ‘gateway’ Bank Street property on edge of Ottawa’s urban core

Residential

An Ottawa infill developer is looking to turn a used car lot near Billings Bridge Shopping Centre into a 16-storey mixed-use development, according to planning