The high volume and value of construction permits continued last month with the strongest August in at least three years, according to municipal records.
With 875 permits granted by the city, August saw permit values total $178.5 million – a 54-per-cent leap year-over-year.
Behind August’s strong numbers was a $60.4-million permit to fitup the five-storey building on Ogilvie Road for Communications Security Establishment Canada. The project will be completed by a consortium led by PCL Constructors Canada Inc. and Plenary Properties Ltd. and is expected to create 4,000 to 5,000 jobs in the Ottawa area, according to CSEC’s website.
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Also topping the charts was a $13.7-million permit to construct the 10-storey Kanata Lakes Apartments on Canadian Shield Avenue.
The top permits in August by value are:
Communications Security Establishment Canada
(1929 Ogilvie Rd.)
Contractor: Unknown
Description: Tenant fit-up in a five-storey
office building
Value: $60,430,679
Kanata Lakes Apartments
(Building B)
(1025 Canadian Shield Ave.)
Contractor: Groupe Lepine
Description: Construct a 10-storey residential building with a two-storey underground parking garage
Value: $13,700,000
Canada-Ontario Affordable
Housing Program
(241 Centrum Blvd.)
Contractor: Terlin Construction Ltd.
Description: Construct the superstructure for a four-storey, 41-unit apartment building
Value: $4,968,327
Target
(300 Eagleson Rd.)
Contractor: Unknown
Description: Tenant fit-up in a one-storey retail building
Value: $4,600,000
3020 Hawthorne Rd.
Contractor: VCL Construction
Description: Construct a one-storey
industrial building
Value: $3,675,000
South Nepean Muslim Community
Masjid and Community Center
(3020 Woodroffe Ave.)
Contractor: Unknown
Description: Construct a two-storey mosque and community centre
Value: $2,632,570
Cathedral Hill
(428 Sparks St.)
Contractor: Broccolini Construction (Ontario) Inc.
Description: Construct a 21-storey residential condominium building (excavation and shoring only)
Value: $2,500,000
Gotham Ottawa
(224 Lyon St. N.)
Contractor: Paul Daoust Construction & Associates Ltd.
Description: Construct a 17-storey, 240-unit apartment building (excavation only)
Value: $2,500,000
House of Commons assembly building
(144 Wellington St.)
Contractor: EllisDon Corp.
Description: Construct a two-storey addition and interior/exterior alterations to a one-storey office building (excavation and shoring only)
Value: $2,000,000
South Nepean Catholic Elementary School
(3490 Cambrian Rd.)
Contractor: Unknown
Description: Construct a one-storey institutional building (foundation and shell only)
Value: $1,900,000
150 Laurier Ave. W.
Contractor: Unknown
Description: Interior alterations in a five-storey mixed-use building
Value: $1,650,000
Thunderbird Sports Centre
1927 Richardson Side Rd.
Contractor: Unknown
Description: Construct a one-storey recreational building
Value: $1,500,000
Horticulture Building
(1015 Bank St.)
Contractor: EllisDon Corp.
Description: Construct footing/foundation and podium slab for a one-storey mixed-use building (excavation and foundation only)
Value: $1,500,000
401 Coventry Rd.
Contractor: Unknown
Description: Construct a one-storey addition at the side of a one-storey warehouse building.
Value: $1,320,000
Pharma Plus
1725 Walkley Rd.
Contractor: Laurin & Co. (152610 Canada Inc.)
Description: Construct a one-storey retail building
Value: $1,200,000
Carleton Mushroom Farms Ltd.
(6280 Dalmeny Rd.)
Contractor: Unknown
Description: Construct an agricultural building (foundation and superstructure only)
Value: $1,100,000
Embassy of Japan
(255 Sussex Dr.)
Contractor: Unknown
Description: Construct a one-storey addition to a three-storey office building.
Value: $1,042,873
