Real Estate

How Ottawa merchants can survive and thrive amid COVID-19

New product offerings, a shift to online sales and better use of digital marketing are some of the strategies Ottawa merchants are employing to engage customers in new ways.

Brigil buys downtown Gatineau Sheraton hotel with eye to developing nearby land

“It’s a very important site for the post-COVID economic growth of the (city) centre,” says Brigil’s vice-president of development, Jessy Desjardins. 

ClubLink to appeal court decision that maintains Kanata golf course as greenspace

Course owner says club is no longer financially viable and wants to partner with Minto Communities and Richcraft Homes to construct more than 1,500 homes on the 71-hectare property.

Ottawa building contractors roll out new procedures to respond to evolving demands

Cleaning firms, security personnel and tradespeople all adapt to new reality

Ottawa home prices soar in February as sales hit record heights

The average price of a residential-class property jumped 27 per cent to nearly $720,000 last month compared with February 2020.

Brick-and-mortar retail leasing in the time of the pandemic

How is the tenant-landlord dynamic likely to change?

Home sales shifting towards pricier housing in Ottawa, CMHC says

While nearly half of all homes trading hands in the capital sold for less than $400,000 in 2019, less than a third of all transactions last year were in that price bracket, agency says.

Carleton researchers exploring how to efficiently operate buildings with reduced occupancy

Research could also help to reduce airborne transmission of COVID-19 in indoor environments, such as commercial office buildings

Council OKs controversial Chateau Laurier addition

Proposal calls for an 11-storey and a 10-storey tower with a total of 159 suites.

Tenant downsizing will fuel rise in Ottawa’s office vacancy rate this year: CBRE

Real estate brokerage predicts shift toward hybrid work model will lead to more space coming on the market as 2021 rolls on.

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