Ottawa Business Journal

Condos push housing starts up 4% in June

Residential

Growth in apartment-style housing starts pushed the overall Ottawa market up almost four per cent in June, according to recent numbers. The Canada Mortgage and

Housing resales down 3.4%

Residential

The number of resold homes decreased by 3.4 per cent year-over-year in June, according to numbers from the Ottawa Real Estate Board. Members of the

Richcraft remains Ottawa’s top residential landowner

Residential

Despite seeing its land supply drop by nearly 50 hectares, Richcraft continues to hold the largest supply of vacant urban property among Ottawa homebuilders, according

Canderel selling 12 acres of Kanata land to city

Non-Residential

A new transit park-and-ride is slated to be constructed on land once earmarked for a large office development in a Kanata technology campus. City staff

Public Works seeks 18,000 square feet of warehouse space

Non-Residential

Government department Public Works is looking for more warehouse space on the east side of Ottawa. A few days after putting out a tender for

Public Works seeks 16,000 square feet of warehouse space

Non-Residential

Public Works is on the hunt for a leaseable warehouse space on the east side of Ottawa, available for the next five years. The government

Seniors’ housing vacancy drops in Ottawa

Residential

The amount of available space inside seniors’ housing in Ottawa dropped by more than 20 basis points this spring, according to a report by the

Developer asks to double height allowance on Richmond Road

Construction

A new 14-storey mixed-use building could be built at the corner of Richmond Road and Woodroffe Avenue if the city’s planning committee approves a rezoning

Charges laid in ICI Construction investigation

Construction

An Ottawa couple faces 21 criminal fraud charges for allegedly stealing assets from their construction company, ICI Construction Management, according to an RCMP statement released

Opinion: Applying the Toyota model to the world of startups

Techopia

A few years ago in this column, I reviewed Getting to Plan B by John Mullins and Randy Komisar. That book offered entrepreneurs a structured