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Carleton Tavern to be demolished and rebuilt as part of highrise development on Parkdale Ave.

The Carleton Tavern on Parkdale Avenue will be torn down and rebuilt as part of a proposal to build a 38-storey residential tower in Hintonburg.

Mayor unveils plans for ByWard Market, including ‘re-imagining’ 70 Clarence St. parking garage

A new plan for the ByWard Market announced by Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe will bring many benefits...

‘Leap of faith’: Why the founder of Gatineau agritech startup Plantaform relocated to Saudi Arabia

Founded in 2020, Plantaform specializes in “smart indoor gardens” that use a technique pioneered by NASA to grow leafy greens, herbs and other vegetables in a “fog” of nutrient-enriched water vapour rather than soil.

Expansion of Andaz Hotel in ByWard Market moves another step closer to approval

The city planning and housing committee has approved an application by local developer Claridge Homes to expand the Andaz Hotel in the ByWard Market by adding a second tower.

People on the move: David Hodgins heads to Knak and Heidi Hauver joins Ranovus

David Hodgins, who has worked for some of Ottawa’s best-known tech companies, has joined SaaS firm Knak as its new director of business development.

Toronto developer Toboggan Flats plans co-living conversion of downtown Ottawa office building

A Toronto-based developer looking to convert vacant office buildings into co-living communities in cities across Canada has...

Op-ed: Ottawa has culture. What it doesn’t have is a cultural economy strategy

As Ottawa prepares to make major investments in redeveloping its downtown core, there is a problem few seem to be naming: we are planning the physical transformation of downtown without a coherent strategy for the cultural economy meant to animate it.

Ex-Nortel designer Kevin Bailey: The man who kept building things you can actually hold

In the winter of 1994, Kevin Bailey was working at a Daimler-Benz research campus outside of Stuttgart,...

Minto looks to build apartment tower on Isabella near Bank in ‘hostile pedestrian environment’

Minto Group is looking to build a 19-storey apartment tower near the corner of Bank and Isabella streets in the Glebe, just south of the Queensway.

Two Ottawa ‘data nerds’ start Canada-first logistics firm to get equipment to remote workers

Self-proclaimed “data nerds” Steph Barlow and Wesley Goodhoofd used to enjoy tracking shipments, always interested to see...

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