Building Investments Inc.

Building Investments Inc. Building Investments is a real estate investment and development company that buys, builds, rents, and holds multi-family apartment buildings in Ottawa.

The Corporation:
Building Investments Inc. is a real estate development and investment firm that buys, develops, rents, and manages multi-family and mixed-use apartment buildings in fast growing Ontario real estate markets. We specialize in Market Research, Land Acquisition, Planning & Design, Financing, Construction, Property Management, and Private Investment Opportunities. The Expertise:
If y

ou are looking to buy, invest, or build a rental property in Ottawa or Hamilton, we can help you get through the process. We design, build, and manage luxury rental properties that is sure to yield the maximum passive income and equity growth. The Passion:
We have a passion for renovating, designing and building large investment properties of high quality for current and future generations. Ultimately, our focus and promise is to provide the best properties to the best people, being our clients, tenants, and communities. The Uniqueness
We are unique in that for every project, we layer three levels of economic overview—market, neighborhood, and property economics—with an engineering approach to the development process, to ensure your real estate asset provides stability, predictability, and profitability.

This aluminum product looks amazing, and just like wood. It's called LUX planks. What do you think?
06/06/2025

This aluminum product looks amazing, and just like wood. It's called LUX planks. What do you think?

$2.1M Lease Agreement Secured. True story:1.5 year before commercial tenant plans to move out, landlord approaches tenan...
11/07/2024

$2.1M Lease Agreement Secured.
True story:

1.5 year before commercial tenant plans to move out, landlord approaches tenant to renew their 5 year lease now, so in 1.5 years from now it continues on.

Tenant sees leverage, and asks an enormous amount of Tenant Improvements now (not at renewal, but now) from landlord, to even potentially consider renewing their lease. They use the fact the office market in Ottawa is soft to make high demands, and threatnen to move out at end of lease. The landlord holds on and says he will do the Tenant Improvements (TI) after a new lease is signed.

There are a few items that need repairs, and as per lease contract, the tenant is responsible for paying for them. Tenant begrudgingly does the minor repairs.

The Tenant gives his 12 month notice, for intent to vacate at the end of the lease. Landlord sweats, stresses, panics, as his mortgage renewal is now, and no new lease renewal, and a vacating tenant.

BAD scenario.

Tenant advises landlord that they started to look for a new office space.

Landlord, rolls their sleeves, create some marketing material, and begins advertising the office space, for a large single tenant occupier. The market is limited in supply for these types of tenants, but nonetheless, there is a bit of interest.

Landlord starts to notify tenant of showing requests, and performs 2 showing visits.

Meanwhile, tenant realizes there is no other office property that meets their criteria, as best as the current space they occupy.

So Tenant slides a word to the Landlord they might decide to stay in the property, after all, but that they would like to have their rent reduced by 20% to match the approx 15% office market rent decrease.

The landlord prepares 3 lease renewal options with varying Tenant Improvements, all of them at a higher price then what the current tenant paid.

Tenant frustrated woth the options, they don't want to sign a renewal and threathens to still move out.

Landlord... cont'd

Take aways from attending the Ottawa RE Forum conference, Oct 2024- expecting a 1% rate drop in next 12 months (likely 2...
10/02/2024

Take aways from attending the Ottawa RE Forum conference, Oct 2024

- expecting a 1% rate drop in next 12 months (likely 25 bps per quarter).

- rate cuts is a mitigation of recession risk, meaning still a few years of sluggish growth
- many downtown Ottawa rental supply coming online. Many inveators starting looking outside downtown rental neighboorhoods, as the burbs doing well.

- office market struggling. Federal will "flood, add supply of vacancy" the office market over the next 10 years with excess office buildings they want to divest. Some will go for conversion to residential.

- rental demand strong, but flattening, from flattening of immigration numbers, and constant supply of new rental buildings opening.

- Construction costs recovering, as interest rates go down and the end buyers can buy homes.

- people downsizing is not a big rental pool. Most retired are staying in their homes, and few (2000-3000/yr) downsizing. Most are staying in home until the retirement home. Meaning. Focus on the 25-45 age tenant group (if outside of the student market).

- the 25-45 age group want to upgrade their rental quality from their "student" quality rental they had. Those downsizing also want to end their lives in better quality buildings. So don't cheap out on unit quality, and style.

- industrial buildings, and multi-family assets will remain the top 2 assest classes in Ottawa.

New roof is 65% completed! Using one of the most durable flat roof product and technique for long term durabilty. 2ply...
07/30/2024

New roof is 65% completed! Using one of the most durable flat roof product and technique for long term durabilty. 2ply modified bitumen with light colour cap sheet will last 40-45 years if properly maintained.

Fourth floor is done, and roof is 70% completed. Monday roofing starts!! 💪Getting multi-family projects done quickly and...
07/06/2024

Fourth floor is done, and roof is 70% completed. Monday roofing starts!! 💪

Getting multi-family projects done quickly and below the Ottawa average cost! DM for details.

3rd floor is almost done. Record speed framing.
06/18/2024

3rd floor is almost done. Record speed framing.

The 2nd floor is taking shape. Soon we will get the 3rd, 4th floor and roof, of our mid-rise apartment building. Time to...
06/01/2024

The 2nd floor is taking shape. Soon we will get the 3rd, 4th floor and roof, of our mid-rise apartment building.

Time to build more rental housing.
www.buildinginvestments.ca

Steel is up!Green walls are mostly done.Second floor starting next week.
05/10/2024

Steel is up!
Green walls are mostly done.
Second floor starting next week.

The structural slab is ready, structural anchors ready. Slab M&E conduits ready. Rebar inspection passed. 💪
02/02/2024

The structural slab is ready, structural anchors ready. Slab M&E conduits ready. Rebar inspection passed. 💪

Warmer weather helps! Let's go!
01/23/2024

Warmer weather helps! Let's go!

Last section of foundation wall done. Skydeck for horizontal slab 70% completed. Almost done concrete.
01/23/2024

Last section of foundation wall done. Skydeck for horizontal slab 70% completed. Almost done concrete.

Let's get this concrete done. 💪
01/18/2024

Let's get this concrete done. 💪

Address

190 Bronson, Unit 3
Ottawa, ON
K1Z7K8

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

Telephone

+16138906890

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