The Confederation Line of the Ottawa Light Rail Transit has been opened since September 2019 and the overall feeling has been positive. The next phases of the Confederation Line expansion are also quite exciting and will allow residents to commute to one end of the City to another quite rapidly and with ease.

We are quite familiar with the popular LRT stations such as the Rideau Station located in the Byward Market and in proximity to the Rideau Centre, the uOttawa Station which serves as a gre...

Shopify is one of Ottawa's top employers and is located in Ottawa's downtown core. Shopify e-commerce platform is well known across the world with over 600,000 merchants using its platform.

With all this growth the company had to expand and rent more space. Shopify's offices are now located in two Ottawa downtown buildings 234 Laurier Avenue and 150 Elgin Street. The company has more growth goals and it says that the company's headquarters in Ottawa could employ approximately 3,000 employees...

Beechwood Village is the area surrounding Beechwood Avenue in Ottawa's East end. Located minutes to Downtown the Beechwood area is seeing lot's of new developments including numerous infills and new condo developments.

Neighbourhoods surrounding Beechwood Avenue are those of Vanier, New Edinburgh, Lindenlea and Rockcliffe. In the Lindenlea neighbourhood which is bordered by Beechwood Avenue to the South, Springfield Road and Rideau Terrace to the West, Maple Lane to the North and Acadia Avenu...

Housing starts in Ontario have increased to 205,925 units according to the latest report published by CMHC (Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation).

Economist had expected 200,000 units start in October but we saw an additional 5,925 units. The largest increase in housing starts was in the urban core which climbed 8.6% in October 2018 compared to the same period last year.

Single family urban starts have fallen as land increases in price builders are choosing to built condominiums, apartmen...

The new distribution centre in Ottawa's East end is now under construction. The builder Broccolini is building the largest warehouse in the Ottawa area. The warehouse will be over a million square foot.

The goal is to have the facility built for the 2019 Christmas season which is a busy time for Amazon. The facility will be creating over 600 middle-class jobs for Canadians.

If you are looking at real estate in Ottawa's east end be sure to visit properties nearby the Amazon Distribution Centre...

Ottawa's summer is coming to an end and this means students from Ottawa's Universities and Colleges are back in Ottawa looking for apartments for the school year to come.

Those who were able to secure apartments before the summer started are feeling a sigh of relief as they will not have to compete with those looking for spaces for September 1st. The latest CMHC data from October 2017 shows Ottawa's vacancy rate at 1.7%. Average rent for the City at that time was $1,136.

According to PadMapp...