• Public Works punts NCC proposal for former train station

  April 29, 2013 - 16 h 05

  Ottawa’s historic former downtown train station appears destined to remain a private meeting place for bureaucrats and politicians after government officials shot down a National Capital Commission request to consider alternative uses, documents...

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• Otis Group files proposal for Greely shopping centre

  April 26, 2013 - 15 h 42

  The City of Ottawa is considering an application to build a 96,875-square-foot shopping complex in rural south Ottawa.

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• Industrial vacancy rate edges down in Q1

  April 26, 2013 - 14 h 28

  Buoyed by leasing activity in the city’s eastern submarkets, Ottawa’s industrial vacancy rate fell 20 basis points in the first quarter to reach 5.5 per cent, according to a local real estate firm.

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• Skyline completes Sheffield acquisition

  April 25, 2013 - 12 h 19

  A Guelph-based real estate investment trust has closed it purchase of more than a million square feet of local commercial space, officially marking its entry into the Ottawa market.

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• Rideau Centre files expansion plans

  April 23, 2013 - 15 h 38

  Cadillac Fairview’s plan to construct an addition to the Rideau Centre is approaching another key milestone at City Hall.

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• Hydro Ottawa planning $80M consolidation

  March 28, 2013 - 16 h 39

  The city’s public utility is spending $80 million to construct two new suburban facilities so it can consolidate the locations it has scattered throughout Ottawa by 2016.

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• Gatineau puts vacant lot north of downtown up for sale

  March 21, 2013 - 11 h 42

  The City of Gatineau has issued a public tender for empty land it plans to sell north of downtown.

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• UPDATED: ‘Unique’ tenant needed for Rideau Centre theatre space: broker

  March 12, 2013 - 15 h 48

  The unconventional layout and orientation of the soon-to-be vacated movie theatres on the top floor of the Rideau Centre mean the mall’s owners may look to a non-retail tenant to fill the space, according to one local real estate expert.

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• Empire Theatres to close Rideau Centre location, reopen at Lansdowne

  March 11, 2013 - 15 h 55

  There will soon be a vacancy at one of Ottawa’s largest shopping centres as Empire Theatres announced Monday it will be leaving its space at the Rideau Centre before the end of March.

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• LEED’s need for speed: Green building certification process needs to be accelerated, officials concede

  March 8, 2013 - 15 h 46

  The organization responsible for doling out a much-coveted seal of approval for green buildings still has some work to do to reach its goal of speeding up the approvals process, one of its officials said.

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Other news

• February 26, 2013 City committee endorses proposed Kanata outlet mall
• February 15, 2013 DND’s Carling Avenue consolidation at a standstill
• February 13, 2013 Office developers running out of downtown land
• February 5, 2013 Place d'Orleans goes to H&R REIT in compromise
• January 31, 2013 Making their mark in the Market
• January 22, 2013 Land investments lose lustre
• January 22, 2013 True North REIT buys 340 Laurier
• January 10, 2013 Temple Hotels buys 50% stake in ByWard Market hotel
• January 9, 2013 Claridge proposes 14-storey hotel in ByWard Market
• January 8, 2013 Office vacancy rate climbs to 8.5%
• December 21, 2012 BTB buys Brewer Hunt buildings
• December 20, 2012 Deal of the year: Centennial Towers sale sets record
• December 18, 2012 Sun Life LRT station ‘not cast in stone’
• December 12, 2012 Commercial property assessments soar
• December 11, 2012 Office vacancy rate to inch up in 2013