"We went last week, they remodelled it, it’s like a new Shangri-La. Some Ottawa employees who work in similarly renovated spaces say the change has been an incentive to come back to the office more frequently. "In the past, the average is between two and five per cent," Jenicek said.
In Ottawa, in the third quarter, Colliers found a 10.6 per cent vacancy in the city. According to the report, the vacancy rate is on average 13 per cent, up from eight per cent pre-pandemic. It’s still seeing a massive shortage of tenants and of people compared to pre-pandemic levels," Jared Jenicek, a commercial real estate agent with Real Strategy said.Īccording to the latest National Market Snapshot, investment company Colliers took stock of office vacancy rates in 12 Canadian cities. "Downtown hasn’t recovered the way it has in the past. "We’re not hoping people come in to do quiet work we’re hoping they come in to connect, collaborate, create new ways of working together," Bainerman said.Ĭommercial real estate experts say they’re far from the only company trying to revitalize their space in an effort to fill the gap left in offices and the downtown core, but the amount of empty spaces is alarming.
While still under construction, the newly designed space was made in collaboration with the company’s employees in an effort to transition from remote work to a hybrid setting focused on flexibility, and weekly in-person team meetings. We’re asking people not to come in here and put their heads down and work as they would at home," Corey Bainerman, Director of People and Culture at Orangutech said. "The whole office is physically designed for connection and collaboration in bigger groups. One Ottawa office is hoping renovations can be the catalyst for a downtown revitalization.Īt Orangutech Inc., new office on Metcalfe Street, the Ottawa tech firm has left cubicles behind, opting instead for a large, open, communal space.
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