Links for Ottawa planning, development, and real estate news and info

[waterloowarrior]

Please post any sites you know that have Ottawa-area planning, real estate and development news or updates (or other related topics like transportation), so I can update the list. currently a work in progress

City of Ottawa

Ottawa City Council Agendas The best ones are Planning and environment, LACAC, Corporate services and economic development, Agriculture and rural affairs, transportation, transit
Ottawa.ca Public Consultation - A place to get lots of information on planning and transportation studies
Ottawa.ca Major Projects - lists ongoing major projects (like some large transportation and servicing projects)
Ottawa.ca Development Applications Search - you can search streets and wards to see the status and view documents on current proposals

Councillors with updates online
Stephen Blais - Cumberland
Mark Taylor - Bay
Katherine Hobbs - Kitchissippi
Diane Holmes - Somerset
Jan Harder - Barrhaven
Shad Qadri - Stittsville - Kanata West
Steve Desroches - Gloucester-South Nepean
Keith Egli - Knoxdale-Merivale
Tim Tierney - Beacon Hill-Cyrville
Councillors on Twitter

Local sites
Federation of Citizens' Associations of Ottawa-Carleton
Barrhaven BIA
Centretown Citizens Community Association
Dalhousie Community Association
Hampton-Iona Community Group
Hintonburg Community Association
Hunt Club Community Association (minutes)
New Edinburgh
Ottawa East Community Association
Ottawa South Community Association
Westboro Beach
Westboro Community Association
West Wellington Community Association

Real estate

http://www.juteaujohnsoncomba.com/ - real estate newsletter
Bennett Real Estate Professionals - they list a lot of the big new condos
Ottawa Citizen homes section
Ottawa Condo Blog - Johanna Ngoh - Real Estate Broker (Great blog with project updates and rumours)

Residential Developers

Ashcroft ( Also builds under Alavida Lifestyles)
Avalon Homebuilders
Brigil
Cardel Homes
Charlesfort
Claridge
Corvinelli Homes
Dharma Developments
Domicile
les Immeubles Eugene Tasse
(Les) Habitations Bouladier
Mattamy
Mélanie Construction
Minto
Monarch
Phoenix Homes
(The) Regional Group
Richcraft
Routeburn Urban Developments
Tamarack Homes
Uniform Urban Developments
Urban Capital
Urbandale
Windmill Development Group

Commercial/Industrial Developers
Broccolini Construction Inc
Centrecorp
C.Fleming Developments Ltd
Colonnade Development
First Capital Realty
North American Development Group
SmartCentres
Taggart
Trinity Development Group

Newspapers/News websites
CBC Ottawa
The Centretown Buzz
Centretown News
CFRA
CTV Ottawa
Daily Commercial News
Orleans Online
Orleans Star/Weekly Journal
Ottawa Business Journal
Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa Construction News
Ottawa Sun

Blogs
Greater Ottawa blog
The Bulldog (Ken Gray)
The Ottawa Project (blog)
Images of Centretown
Miss Vicky's Offhand Remarks (sometimes has development info)
West Side Action (Eric Darwin)
Urbsite - lots of historical images\
Spacing Ottawa
Reinventing Ottawa - kevinbottawa
Mid-Century Modern Ottawa - lots of neat pics
Modern Ottawa
ChildFree (lots of Richmond/West Wellington updates

General
BuildingHomes.ca - Ottawa forums (lots of discussion and updates on new suburban homes)
NCC Watch
Ottawa's Newest Homes
OC Transpo Livejournal - occaisional discussion of transportation planning, service cuts, future plans

Pictures
Southfacing
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ottawagal
harls