The Journey Starts Here: Introducing Gateway Industrial Park
Colonnade BridgePort is now pre-leasing up to 900,000 sq.ft. at Gateway Industrial Park, a multi-building development in south Ottawa, ideally suited to logistics, distribution, and eCommerce businesses.
Return to Office: Creating Spaces Where People Want to Be
Tech company’s remodeling of floor at 81 Metcalfe entices employees back to the office How commercial space is utilized and valued is forever changed following the pandemic. Colonnade BridgePort CEO Hugh Gorman advises that landlords and tenants need to work together more than ever to bring employees back to the office. “The shared objective must […]
Tripling the Value of A Struggling Commercial Plaza
In 2012, Mapleridge Plaza – a commercial plaza located in Peterborough, ON, a city of approximately 85,000 residents and a short drive from Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal – was struggling. Despite being located on a main commercial artery, Mapleridge was challenged with outdated infrastructure and vacancy issues, and the 20-unit plaza was dealt a particularly […]
Ottawa’s Downtown Core – Getting Back to Work Needs to Happen Sooner than Later
CEO Hugh Gorman shares his thoughts on Return to work as commercial real estate in the city’s core waits to find out its “new normal” On March 23, 2020, as COVID-19 infections spread across the country and around the world, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Canadians to “go home and stay home”. Now, after 2+ […]
Optimizing a Property’s Financial Performance to Position It for Sale
Aligning with a client’s goal to optimize a property’s financial performance and prepare it for disposition is a key component of Colonnade BridgePort’s extensive real estate service offering. Brought on to manage and lease 400 Cumberland St. by the owner in 2017, the asset was at risk of losing its major federal government tenancy that […]
Colonnade BridgePort Announces Justin George as Senior Vice President and Head of Development
Justin’s combination of local and international experience developing complex, large-scale projects is an ideal fit for both Colonnade BridgePort and the world-class cities it is helping to build.
Colonnade BridgePort announces 2.6 Million sq.ft of its managed assets are now certified BOMA BEST®.
Colonnade BridgePort is proud to announce that 2.6 million sq.ft. of managed assets are now certified under the BOMA BEST® green building certification program.
Colonnade BridgePort Welcomes New Institutional Management Client, Marlin Spring
Colonnade BridgePort in partnership with Marlin Spring, is pleased to announce the successful acquisition of a 12-storey office building located at 81 Metcalfe Street in Ottawa, Ontario.
‘PEOPLE-FIRST STRATEGY’ PROVES ITS WORTH DURING PANDEMIC
We were delighted to be asked to contribute to this Ottawa Business Journal article about our people-first strategy and why we chose to work with Stratford Managers to help develop and implement it.
Catastrophic Roof Failure and Replacement
Roof failure involved a significant section of the 100K sf roof lifting and tearing off the industrial building. Disaster response protocols initiated, the property was immediately secured with involvement from roofing and affiliated contractors.