A higher number of permits helped boost the year-over-year increase in the value of newly approved construction projects last month, according to City of Ottawa figures.
The municipality gave out 703 permits worth nearly $214 million in March, an increase over the 506 permits that valued at slightly more than $176 million a year ago.
Included in last month’s permits were a technology park in Bells Corners, a new Target store at the Bayshore Shopping Centre and a Toyota car dealership.
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The top permits by value were:
Bells Corners Technology Park
(1931 and 1935 Robertson Rd.)
Description: Construct a three-storey
office building and interior alterations to an adjacent. one-storey office building
Contractor: Doran Contractors Ltd.
Size: Two projects, each 65,843 square feet in size
Value: Two projects, each valued at $8,446,361
Target – Bayshore Shopping Centre
(100 Bayshore Dr.)
Description: Tenant fit-up on the first, second and third floors of a three-storey shopping mall.
Contractor: Unknown
Size: 127,587 square feet
Value: $7,100,000
1101 Polytek St.
Description: Construct a one-storey industrial building (shell only).
Contractor: Belrock Design Build Inc.
Size: 122,666 square feet
Value: $5,116,379
80 Bolton St.
Description: Construct a four-storey, 22 unit
apartment building with one level of underground parking.
Contractor: Unknown
Size: 32,148 square feet
Value: $4,035,279
Toyota car dealership
(2035 Mer Bleue Rd.)
Description: Construct a two-storey auto dealership.
Contractor: Unknown
Size: 44,947 square feet
Value: $3,985,275
Stirling Park by Claridge – tower B
(1687 Merivale Rd.)
Description: Construct a one-storey parking garage for a 12-storey condominium (foundation only).
Contractor: Claridge Condos (Stirling Park) Inc.
Size: 55,611 square feet
Value: $3,099,757
Horticulture Building – Lansdowne Park
(525 Marche Way)
Description: Construct a two-storey building.
Contractor: City of Ottawa
Size: 17,663 square feet
Value: $2,603,877
Shopify
(150 Elgin St.)
Description: Tenant fit-up on the sixth to 11th floor of a 21-storey office building.
Contractor: The Lake Partnership Inc.
Size: 111,029 square feet
Value: $2,500,000
200-226 Pembina Priv.
Description: Construct a three-storey 14-unit stacked dwelling.
Contractor: Urbandale Construction
Size: Fourteen projects, each 19,389 square feet in size
Value: Fourteen projects, each valued at $2,161,486
4100 Strandherd Dr.
Description: Construct a three-storey mixed-use building (building one).
Contractor: AK Global Construction & Development Inc.
Size: 22,515 square feet
Value: $2,072,172
