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.

Plan to replace James Street Pub with new mixed-use building goes to committee

Urban Capital filed an application last fall to demolish the well-known Centretown watering hole and build a 128-unit apartment complex.

Plan to rebuild fire-damaged ByWard Market eatery goes before committee

Owners of the Vittoria Trattoria restaurant want to rebuild the William Street property with a four-storey addition that would feature 16 hotel units.

Manulife boosts industrial footprint in Ottawa with $11.5M Bantree Street acquisition

It's the second major deal for an Ottawa-area property the global investment firm has announced this week.

Carleton breaks ground on new $16M Engineering Design Centre

New 25,000-square-foot facility will feature a makerspace as well as design studios, workshops and meeting areas.

Manulife buys luxury Gatineau apartment complex for $63M

Le Vibe, a Gatineau development that includes 181 rental suites, is Manulife Investment Management's first residential purchase in the National Capital Region.

Ottawa chefs prepare for return of meetings and conventions with new culinary offerings, services

With many conferences and conventions rescheduled, several of the city’s top chefs are hard at work planning new ways of using food to bring people together.

Housing starts stall in October as multi-unit builds drop dramatically

Builders started work on 930 new dwellings last month, a drop of more than 20 per cent from the 1,196 starts recorded in October 2019.

City planners urge committee to put kibosh on Kanata golf course redevelopment plan

ClubLink’s proposal calls for more than 1,500 housing units on the current site of the Kanata Golf and Country Club.

Feds, province give $4M boost to diocese’s plan to replace Bells Corners rectory with affordable housing

Diocese wants to tear down the structure at 3865 Old Richmond Rd. and replace it with a four-level mixed-use building that will include 35 affordable housing units.