Ottawa Business Journal

Dozens of local construction firms, labour leaders and tech companies put their products and expertise on display Thursday, vying for work on the city’s $2.1-billion

Condo surge leads Ottawa housing starts

Residential

A more than four-fold increase in apartment-style housing starts boosted the overall numbers year-over-year in January, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. The

New government builds to add pressure to class-B landlords

Non-Residential

With the first of five new government office buildings scheduled for completion this year, local real estate observers are watching which departments are starting to

Home prices up 5.6% in January

Residential

Local home prices continued to outstrip the rate of inflation last month as the average residential resale price climbed 5.6 per cent to hit $349,415,

Feds renew Centennial Towers lease with Morguard

Non-Residential

The city’s largest private-sector landlord has renewed a lease with the federal government for more than 378,000 square feet inside a downtown office tower, according

Opinion: Focusing on finding financial success in film from Ottawa

Ottawa

I recently interviewed screenwriter Sharon Buckingham, best known as the writer/producer and creative force behind Sticks & Stones, a CTV made-for-TV movie. It won both

Macdonald-Cartier Bridge rehab contract awarded

Construction

MMM Group Ltd. and CIMA+ SENC garnered a $1.8-million engineering design contract to rehabilitate the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge. The contract, stated Public Works in a press release,

Construction permits soar 132% in December

Construction

The value of local construction permits jumped by $150 million, year-over-year, in December, according to city records. Municipal officials issued 681 permits, with a total

U of O fast-tracks new sports stadium

Construction

University of Ottawa officials intend to kick off bidding to construct a new $8-million sports stadium in the coming weeks with an aggressive goal of

Opinion: An opportunistic acquisitions strategy

Techopia

One would expect a company with 31,000 employees and revenues of $4.32 billion – making it the seventh-largest systems integrator in the world – to