
Prime Benefits Group gives employers ‘competitive hiring advantage’
Two long-time leaders in the employee benefits sector are joining forces to provide business owners flexible insurance plans.
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Prime Benefits Group gives employers ‘competitive hiring advantage’
Two long-time leaders in the employee benefits sector are joining forces to provide business owners flexible insurance plans.

Condos on OREB’s ‘watchlist’ as inventory jumps in November
Board says the number of condos listed for sale is 25 per cent higher than a year ago, and properties are staying on the market

Minto Apartment REIT makes first move into B.C. by backing Vancouver-area project
The REIT is providing $11.9 million for a joint venture between Minto Properties, and a subsidiary of B.C.-based Darwin Properties to build the first phase

Average Ottawa home price to rise 7% in 2021, Re/Max forecasts
The average sale price of a home in Ottawa was $524,956 in the first 10 months of 2020, brokerage said Tuesday, up 19.2 per cent

Claridge eyes six-tower, 2,000-unit housing project near Carling and Clyde
The 6.65-acre property is now home to an abandoned industrial building previously owned by dairy giant Saputo.

Ottawa’s office vacancy rate to remain among Canada’s lowest in 2021: Report
Avison Young is forecasting the local vacancy rate at around seven per cent, the second-lowest among major Canadian cities behind Vancouver.

Trinity to preserve heritage gas station as part of Westboro development
Developer is proposing a nine-storey mixed-use building that will incorporate the shuttered 1930s-era gas station at 70 Richmond Rd. into the design.

Even in crisis, major donors are stepping up
How will major donors react to this pandemic? Without the cocktails, dinners and performances, will the wealthiest among us still take out their foundation chequebooks?

Real estate giant CAPREIT acquires pair of Ottawa rental properties for $95.5M
Firm says it’s buying a 50-suite apartment building at 141 Augusta St., just east of the ByWard Market, and the Surrey Place and Hunter’s Point

KPMG welcomes Andrew Newman as Ottawa office managing partner
Newman joined the Ottawa office of KPMG in 1992 and became an audit partner in 2005.
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