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Condo to replace derelict garage
Plans to build a 121-unit condo complex on the corner of Kent Street and Gladstone Avenue are filling local business owners with hope, but also some concern.
Evgeniya Kulgina, Centretown NewsThis 30-year-old garage is now locked and abandoned, and will be replaced by a condo complex.
Holmes criticizes office space move
Somerset Ward Coun. Diane Holmes is calling the federal government’s recent decision to move one million square feet of federal office space out of Centretown bad news for area businesses.
Small-business owners’ concerns fall on deaf ears
Ottawa’s small business owners have been losing confidence in the city every month since May, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.
Sarah Everest, Centretown News Rosa Pino, owner of Simply Biscotti on Preston Street, is among the 77 per cent of Ottawa business owners found to be unhappy with city hall in a survey conducted by the Canadian Federation of