[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. :cool: currently a work in progress

City of Ottawa

Ottawa City Council Agendas (http://www.ottawa.ca/cgi-bin/docs.pl?lang=en) The best ones are Planning and environment, LACAC, Corporate services and economic development, Agriculture and rural affairs, transportation, transit
Ottawa.ca Public Consultation (http://www.ottawa.ca/public_consult/index_en.shtml) - A place to get lots of information on planning and transportation studies
Ottawa.ca Major Projects (http://www.ottawa.ca/city_services/major_projects/index_en.shtml) - lists ongoing major projects (like some large transportation and servicing projects)
Ottawa.ca Development Applications Search (http://app01.ottawa.ca/postingplans/home.jsf?lang=en) - you can search streets and wards to see the status and view documents on current proposals

Councillors with updates online
Alex Cullen (http://www.alexcullen.ca/index.html)- Bay
Christine Leadman (http://www.kitchissippiward.com/en/51.html) - Kitchissippi
Diane Holmes (http://www.dianeholmes.ca/) - Somerset
Jan Harder (http://www.janharder.com/)- Barrhaven
Shad Qadri (http://www.shadqadri.com/planning.htm)- Stittsville - Kanata West


Local sites
Barrhaven BIA (http://www.barrhavenbia.ca/)
Centretown Citizens Community Association (http://www.centretowncitizens.ca/)
Hunt Club Community Association (minutes) (http://hunt-club.ncf.ca/minutes/index.html)
New Edinburgh (http://www.newedinburgh.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=198&Itemid=50)
Ottawa East Community Association (http://www.ottawaeast.ca/)
Ottawa South Community Association (http://www.oldottawasouth.ca/)
Westboro Beach (http://www.westborobeach.org/)
Westboro Community Association (http://www.westborovillage.ca/)
West Wellington Community Association
(http://www.westwellington.ca/index.html)

Real estate

http://www.juteaujohnsoncomba.com/newsletters.html
real estate newsletter
New Homes and Condos Magazine (http://www.newhomesandcondos.com/default.asp?M=Magazine&MID=3)

Residential Developers

Ashcroft (http://www.ashcroft-homes.com/) ( Also builds under Alavida Lifestyles (http://www.alavidalifestyles.com/))
Avalon Homebuilders (http://www.avalonottawa.com/index_flash.html)
Brigil (http://www.brigil.com/en/propos/default.asp)
Cardel Homes (http://www.cardelhomes.com/public)
Charlesfort (http://www.charlesfort.ca/)
Claridge (http://www.claridgehomes.com/s/ottawa/condos/index.html)
Corvinelli Homes (http://www.corvinellihomes.ca)
Dharma Developments (http://www.dharmadevelopments.com/)
Domicile (http://domicile.ca/)
(Les) Habitations Bouladier (http://www.habitationsbouladier.com/en/propos_nous/default.asp)
Mattamy (http://www.mattamyhomes.com/ottawa/)
Mélanie Construction (http://www.melanieconstruction.com/)
Minto (http://www.minto.com/)
Monarch/Taylor Woodrow (http://www.taylorwoodrowna.com/index.cfm?method=Homes_Communities&divID=2&MetroAreaID=13)
Phoenix Homes (http://www.phoenixhomes.ca/)
(The) Regional Group (http://www.regionalgroup.com/)
Richcraft (http://www.richcraft.com/)
Routeburn Urban Developments (http://www.routeburn.ca/)
Tamarack Homes (http://www.tamarackhomes.com/)
Uniform Urban Developments (http://www.uniformdevelopments.com/design/index_core.htm?UniformDevelopments)
Urban Capital (http://www.urbancapital.ca)
Urbandale (http://www.urbandale.com/)

Commercial/Industrial Developers
Broccolini Construction Inc (http://www.broccolini.com/)Centrecorp (http://www.centrecorp.com/html/eastern_ontario.html)
C.Fleming Developments Ltd (http://www.flemingdevelopments.com/index.html)
Colonnade Development (http://www.colonnadedevelopment.com/)
First Capital Realty (http://www.firstcapitalrealty.ca/default.aspx)
North American Development Group (http://www.nadg.com/html/current_projects.html)
SmartCentres (http://www.smartcentres.com/)
Taggart (http://www.taggart.ca/)
Trinity Development Group (http://www.trinity-group.com/)

Newspapers/News websites
CBC Ottawa (http://www.cbc.ca/ottawa/)
(The) Centretown Buzz (http://www.centretown.net/)
Centretown News (http://www.centretownnewsonline.ca/)
CFRA (http://www.cfra.com/headlines/index.asp)
CTV Ottawa (http://www.ctvottawa.ca)
Daily Commercial News (http://www.dcnonl.com/)
Orleans Online (http://orleansonline.ca/)
Orleans Star/Weekly Journal (http://www.eastottawa.ca/)
Ottawa Business Journal (http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/)
Ottawa Citizen (http://www.ottawacitizen.com)
Ottawa Construction News (http://publishing.yudu.com/Freedom/Acl1k/OttawaConstructionNe/resources/1.htm)
Ottawa Sun (http://www.ottawasun.com/)

Other
BuildingHomes.ca - Ottawa forums (http://www.buildinghomes.ca/community/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=35)(lots of discussion and updates on new suburban homes)
Greater Ottawa blog (http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/greaterottawa/default.aspx)
NCC Watch (http://www.nccwatch.org/index.htm)
Ottawa's Newest Homes (http://www.ottawasnewesthomes.com/ottawa-new-homes-communities.php)
Ottawa Urbain (http://www.ottawaurbain.ca/) - urban issues blog

Transit

OC Transpo Livejournal (http://community.livejournal.com/octranspo/) - occaisional discussion of transportation planning, service cuts, future plans

OttawaTransit (http://www.ottawatransit.ca/)- a site founded by SSP forumer d_jeffrey, featuring the metrO proposal

Pictures
Southfacing (http://www.flickr.com/photos/23575605@N08/)
dugspr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dugspr/)
ottawagal (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ottawagal/)
harls (http://www.flickr.com/photos/blix613/)

[Cre47]

Here's Brigil's website, if you want to add that one to the list

http://www.brigil.com/en/propos/default.asp

And another site about the region's newest homes

http://www.ottawasnewesthomes.com/ottawa-new-homes-communities.php

[c_speed3108]

Under the news section:


Orleans Star/Weekly Journal

http://www.eastottawa.ca/


ctvottawa.ca is another useful one...

[waterloowarrior]

thanks!

[Cre47]

http://www.habitationsbouladier.com/en/propos_nous/default.asp

Site from les Habitations Bouladier - though only in French. They are doing projects mostly in Aylmer unless I'm wrong

[waterloowarrior]

from David Reevely's Greater Ottawa blog, a message from Alexandre Laquerre - http://www.ottawaurbain.ca/

When I was in Québec City (and still today, but less often) I used to read a blog called QuébecUrbain (www.quebecurbain.qc.ca). You might have heard of it. I would say it is an hybrid between Spacing Montréal which is more on the artsy stuff and your blog which promotes ideas and municipal news (sort of like yours).

I tried to find a similar type of blog on Ottawa, but I was not able (maybe you know one...) but I could not. For this reason, I decided to start my own blog with a similar concept than QuébecUrbain. I decided to call it OttawaUrbain (for now, it might switch to UrbanOttawa). I have been post content for the last few weeks and I am about to launch it soon even though it is still in Beta release

[harls]

A couple of Gatineau sites:

La Vie La Ville : http://lavie-laville.gatineau.ca/ (english version)

Gatineau - Vision Centre-ville (French) http://centrevillegatineau.com/

[waterloowarrior]

Here's another blog, The Ottawa Project (http://ottawaproject.wordpress.com/) - urban issues and transit

Transit Ottawa (http://www.transitottawa.ca/) is another one

[waterloowarrior]

Images of Centretown (http://centretown.blogspot.com/)


Miss Vicky's Offhand Remarks (http://www.offhand.ca/) (sometimes has development info)

[waterloowarrior]

Maria Cook of The Citizen now has a blog about architecture and design

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/blogs/banners/designingottawa_blog_banner.jpg
(http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/designingottawa/default.aspx)

[harls]

Peter Kovessy from the OBJ has a blog:

http://www.objdevelopment.blogspot.com/

[kwoldtimer]

Maria Cook of The Citizen now has a blog about architecture and design

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/blogs/banners/designingottawa_blog_banner.jpg
(http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/designingottawa/default.aspx)

Thanks for the tip. I see she has a piece on street clutter - a longtime pet peeve of mine as it keeps most of Ottawa, definitely the downtown core, looking distinctly second rate. New street furniture may help, but there is much more that should be done.

[waterloowarrior]

http://hamptoniona.wordpress.com/

I am very pleased to welcome everyone to Hampton Iona Community Group’s new website. Hampton Iona is located in the Westboro area of Ottawa. Our boundaries are Richmond Road to the north, Carling Avenue to the South, Tweedsmuir Avenue to the East, and Island Park Drive to the West. All who live within our boundaries are members of our community group.

[Jamaican-Phoenix]

http://hamptoniona.wordpress.com/

I am very pleased to welcome everyone to Hampton Iona Community Group’s new website. Hampton Iona is located in the Westboro area of Ottawa. Our boundaries are Richmond Road to the north, Carling Avenue to the South, Tweedsmuir Avenue to the East, and Island Park Drive to the West. All who live within our boundaries are members of our community group.

I always thought this was West Wellington Village... :shrug:

[waterloowarrior]

Federation of Citizens' Associations of Ottawa-Carleton (http://www.fca-fac.ca/)

[kwoldtimer]

I always thought this was West Wellington Village... :shrug:

I think that is more a real estate marketing term than an actual neighbourhood designation.

[waterloowarrior]

Ken Gray now has a blog too
http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/bulldog/default.aspx

[Jamaican-Phoenix]

I think that is more a real estate marketing term than an actual neighbourhood designation.

Ah, I see. Thanks for clearing that up, much appreciated. :)

[waterloowarrior]

West Side Action
http://westsideaction.blogspot.com/

[waterloowarrior]

Urbsite...Ottawa urban design blog
http://urbsite.blogspot.com/