
Fengate to build 1,900 residential units at pair of prime Ottawa development sites
Toronto firm says it has purchased a one-acre site at 1209 St. Laurent Blvd., across from the St. Laurent Shopping Centre, as well as property
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Fengate to build 1,900 residential units at pair of prime Ottawa development sites
Toronto firm says it has purchased a one-acre site at 1209 St. Laurent Blvd., across from the St. Laurent Shopping Centre, as well as property

T.O.-based Crown Realty acquires Gloucester’s Park of Commerce
Deal comes just a few months after company purchased a 50 per cent stake in the downtown Place de Ville office complex.

Ottawa rents rise 2.2% in 2021, vacancy rate holds steady, CMHC says
While a “considerable number” of new units were added to the city’s rental housing stock last year, the agency said demand rose enough to keep

Rimap Development’s proposal calls for about 270 rental units and 230 hotel rooms on prime piece of downtown real estate just south of the Lyon

Housing starts dip slightly in January, CMHC says
Developers launched 640 new builds last month, agency says, down three per cent from the 661 starts recorded in January 2021.

Developer wants to raze vacant Bells Corners restaurant, build rental complex
The new development would include 51 apartment units and 59 parking spots, with 56 of those spaces in a two-level underground garage.
Three reasons your home value is still on the rise
Ottawa, once known as a “sleepy” city with a slow real estate market, has seen unprecedented growth over the past two years. While you might

U of O grads on a mission to improve student housing
Founders’ company, TCU Development Corp., currently has about 750 units under development, with 89 projects completed to date.

Million-dollar threshold no barrier as high-end home sales surge, OREB says
Detached home sales topping the million-dollar mark accounted for 14 per cent of local transactions in January – up substantially from 2020, when they made

Navigating the return-to-office rollercoaster
The longer we wait for a full-scale return to the office, the harder it will be to entice staff to return at all.
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