Real Estate

To convert or not to convert? That’s the office-to-residential question for some developers

When it comes to the merits of turning obsolete offices into residential complexes, Jason Shinder doesn’t need...

Retirement boom: Ottawa firm proposes 188-unit seniors’ residence at site for former CFB Rockcliffe

An Ottawa-based company wants to build a six-storey retirement home on the site of a former Canadian Forces base near the Canada Aviation and Space Museum.

New senior living facility proposed at site of shuttered Madonna Nursing Home

Nearly four years after the closure of the Madonna Nursing Home in Orléans, the company that operated the facility has submitted a plan to renovate and expand the vacant site into a 224-bed retirement and long-term care home.

Op-ed: The office isn’t ‘coming back.’ It’s becoming something else entirely

Every quarter, like clockwork, the same prediction resurfaces. Office vacancy is high, yes, but recovery is just...

Ottawa’s office vacancy rate jumps as feds, Giant Tiger put space back on market

Ottawa’s office vacancy rate jumped roughly a full percentage point in the first quarter as the federal...

Toronto-based operator buys five Ottawa retirement homes as activity in sector heats up

An executive from a retirement living company that recently bought five properties in Ottawa says the acquisitions are part of increased activity in the sector being fuelled by an aging population.

Brigil proposes development with 429 rental units on Parkdale Ave. near Tunney’s Pasture

Gatineau-based developer Brigil plans to expand its presence in Mechanicsville with a proposal for two mixed-use buildings on Parkdale Avenue, just down the street from another of its recent developments.

Ottawa’s infill developers seek to be part of the solution to the city’s housing shortage

While many multi-tower projects with hundreds of residential units are being built across Ottawa, urban infill could be another part of the solution to the city’s housing shortage.

Third tower proposed at Maison Riverain development in Vanier, adding 426 units

A third tower is being proposed for a residential development on Montreal Road on the site of the former Eastview Shopping Centre.

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