With the rate of available space once again approaching historic lows, Ottawa has become Canada’s most expensive industrial real estate market east of Vancouver, according to a leading brokerage firm.
Colliers says Ottawa continues to see strong leasing demand from e-commerce and distribution companies. Amazon’s 2.8-million-square-foot fulfillment centre was recently completed by developer Broccolini at 222 Citigate Dr. in Barrhaven, and the e-commerce giant also leased nearly 105,000 square feet at 1000 Legacy Road, just off Hawthorne Road, that it will occupy in the fourth quarter, according to Colliers.
While the citywide availability rate was flat at 2.3 per cent, rental rates continued to rise and reached $11.41 per square foot. That’s up four per cent over the first quarter and 8.6 per cent year over year, putting Ottawa behind only Victoria and Vancouver for the most expensive industrial market in Canada.
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Avenue 31, a real estate development company, has been in talks with the Township of South Stormont to develop a 680-acre lot being pitched as a logistics centre for railway cargo and trading routes, according to the company website. The company acquired the parcel in 2020, but doesn’t indicate whether it has secured a client for any of the land.
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The company is marketing the South Stormont land as the Long Sault Logistics Village. It also owns two other vacant parcels being marketed for development one across from the new Amazon distribution centre along Highway 417 in Sarsfield, with another parcel straddling Hunt Club Road in Ottawa, adjacent to Highway 417.