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.

Greely firm wins $16M Lansdowne contract

Construction

Ottawa firm D&G Landscaping has beat out three other qualified bidders to win the right to build the urban park that’s part of the City of Ottawa’s

Price-sensitive tenants sticking to suburbs: Colliers

Non-Residential

Ottawa’s suburbs were “abuzz” with office leasing activity in the second quarter, in contrast with a slowing downtown market, according to local brokerage firm Colliers

Carling building finally coming down

Construction

After sitting empty for four years, a decrepit federal office building near Dow’s Lake is finally being dismantled, according to Public Works. The demolition of

Ottawa home prices inch up: Royal LePage

Residential

Ottawa homeowners saw a modest increase in the price of their properties over the last year, according to a new survey from Royal LePage. The

Housing starts up 4.5% in June

Residential

Housing starts in Ottawa rebounded in June after a marked decline in May, but were still up only slightly over the same period in 2012

Brigil inches ahead with St. Laurent apartment project

Residential

A Gatineau-based homebuilder is preparing to present updated plans to nearby residents for a 12-storey apartment building on St. Laurent Boulevard, according to the city’s

Claridge proposes demolishing Union of Canada building

Non-Residential

The developer with plans to turn the Union of Canada building in the ByWard Market into a hotel now wants to raze it instead, city

City committees to weigh Arts Court redevelopment proposal

Non-Residential

An overdue proposal to redevelop the Arts Court complex just east of the Rideau Centre will arrive before two city committees in the coming weeks.

Home sales down 4.1 per cent in June

Residential

The Ottawa home resale market is no closer to jumping out of its 2013 slowdown after June numbers showed a year-over-year drop in sales of

City preparing Main Street reconstruction plans

Construction

A major roadwork project proposal that would see the traffic capacity on a part of Main Street reduced to make way for cycling lanes will