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The Regional Group has acquired the Postmedia office building off Iris Street that houses the Ottawa Citizen and Ottawa Sun for an undisclosed amount. The purchase, which closed Tuesday, will see the Ottawa real estate developer take ownership of the 186,000 square-foot building as well as the 7.83 acres of land that it sits on. […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 18, 2018, (Ottawa, Ontario) — Today, Regional Group is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Postmedia building located at 1101 Baxter Rd, in Ottawa, home to the Ottawa Citizen and Ottawa Sun. The well-located, 186,000 square-foot building sits on 7.83 acres adjacent to the 417 Queensway and is in the […]

Amazing Year Reflected By Big Wins   Builder eQ Homes has been piling up the accolades this fall. Fresh off big wins at the Housing Design Awards in October, where the company was named production builder of the year and its Greystone Village development won for the best planned new community, eQ has now scooped […]

A reader of this column who works as a property assessment analyst posted an interesting question to me recently: As commercial cultivation of cannabis commences across Canada in repurposed facilities zoned for industrial use, what is the impact on property valuation and assessment across jurisdictions? Cultivation and production of cannabis at either a commercial or […]

I always say taxation is the price of freedom. By the same token, no single property owner should pay more than their fair share. Why am I reaffirming these points in December? We may be only half-way through the current assessment cycle in Ontario, but the Municipal Property Assessment Corp. (MPAC) has been sending out […]

Changes in the Markets   The residential real estate markets in Toronto and Vancouver can only be described as surreal. The homebuyers just keep coming, regardless of price. We’ve had the debate in recent years about whether inflationary pressures have been sparked by foreign buyers looking to park or launder money or take advantage of […]

November 8, 2018/by BrownieAwards Celebrating the rehabilitation and reuse of brownfield properties across Canada. November 8, 2018, TORONTO, ON – The Canadian Brownfields Network (CBN) and Actual Media Inc. are pleased to announce the finalists for the 18th annual Brownie Awards. A landmark national event for anyone involved in the renewal and revitalization of derelict properties, the Brownie Awards will take […]

Greystone Village’s River Terraces Ground Breaking on Oct 3, 2017. From left to right: David Kardish, Josh Kardish, Mayor Jim Watson.   I vividly remember the Greystone Village Grand Opening, way back in September of 2015.  It was an eagerly anticipated event — a “plum” parcel of historic Ottawa was going to change shape. What exactly […]