Category: Real Estate
R4 zoning phase 2 is focused on helping improve affordable housing
The residential fourth density (R4) zoning review started in January 2016. This project was created because of the continual construction of unreasonably large apartments that were operating as unlicensed rooming…
Featured Series – Part 1 – Maria the realtor shares her stories
Ed Note – we are pleased to present to you Maria De Guzman. Maria is a licensed real estate agent by day and wants to share her real estate knowledge…
Proposed new development could bring 300 jobs to local area
A Site Plan application to build a five storey mixed-use office building with a ground floor restaurant has been received by the City of Ottawa. The proposed building would be located…
Stittsville Village Association gives feedback on 1531 Main Street proposed development
At the March 14th monthly Executive Meeting of the Stittsville Village Association (SVA), Alan Whitten, President and Founder of Huntington Properties was invited to outline the proposed new development planned…
Good turnout for open house on Stittsville Main development
A well-attended open house took place on March 6th, that Councillor Glen Gower, Ward 6 Stittsville, organized for a proposed new development on Main Street. The open house was held…
March 5 – Goulbourn Rec Complex to be renamed Cardelrec Recreational Complex-Goulbourn
Mayor Jim Watson, Stittsville Ward Councillor Glen Gower and Greg Graham, President Cardel Homes Ottawa, will officially unveil the new naming rights partnership of the Goulbourn Recreation Complex. This sponsorship…
Update: OPEN HOUSE on March 6 – 7:00-9:00pm – Goulbourn Rec Complex – Bold new development proposed for Stittsville Main
Attend this Open House to ask questions of the developer and architect who will both be in attendance to answer your inquiries. Whether you are in favour or opposed to…
Stittsville’s Wildpine Residence hosts high tea for community
(Frances de Beaumont, (l) General Manager of Wildpine Residence, pictured with costumed attendees at High Tea. Photo: Sarah Bradley) Wildpine Residence held a High Tea at the Ale Restaurant on…
Update: OPEN HOUSE on March 6 – 7:00-9:00pm – Goulbourn Rec Complex – Bold new development proposed for Stittsville Main
Huntington Properties have put forth a proposal, prepared by Fontenn Planning + Design, to the City of Ottawa to construct a new retail and apartment development on Stittsville Main at…
Jackson Stitt’s descendants preserve heritage through barn restorations
(Photo: Great Lakes Barn Restoration web site) In follow-up to our story about the Bradley-Craig barn and Darby Ace’s related thesis, Patricia Barlosky of the Goulbourn Township Historical Society (GTHS)…
Our Barns: Our Stories – A thesis on the Bradley-Craig barn
(Photo: Barry Gray) In 2017, Carleton University student, Darby Ace, was working on her Master’s degree in architecture. She had already achieved her bachelor’s degree in architecture, federal government experience in heritage…
January will be busy for the City’s Committee of Adjustment
On January 16, 2019, the City of Ottawa’s Committee of Adjustment will be meeting and on the agenda are numerous items that will affect Ward 6-Stittsville. The items are as…
New development – Carp and Hazeldean Roads
A Site Plan application has been submitted to the City of Ottawa from the Deschenes-Poitras Realty Corporation. The site proposed for development is located at the corner of Hazeldean and Carp…
Affordable rental housing units built in Stittsville since 1999: Zero.
Photo: A one-bedroom unit in this apartment building on Stittsville Main Street was offered for a monthly rent of $1,350 in October, far above the city average for a one-bedroom…
ANALYSIS: Rising home prices puts pressure on affordability
A story on the hot Ottawa housing market was recently featured in the Globe and Mail. I have been a Realtor for 14 years and I have never seen an…