Commercial

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Holiday Inn Express
Queen St. Fare – Food Hall
90 Elgin
73 Leikin Drive
395 Terminal Avenue
Ernst & Young Centre
245 Cooper Renovation
Carling Square I & II Renovations & Fit-up
JDSU Product Realization Centre
269 Laurier Ave. West Office Building
1600 Star Top Road
Queensway Corporate Campus
Riverside I & II
100 Constellation
Skyline Laboratories Campus
Auriga Office Buildings
2 Constellation
Barrister House, Ottawa
KOIN Centre

Holiday Inn Express

The construction of a new Holiday Inn Express hotel included a nine storey tower with a gross building area of 15,000 m2, three outdoor roof terraces, a drive-through carriageway and three levels of below grade parking for 100 cars. The building is located at 235 King Edward Avenue with site lines to the downtown core,… Learn More

Queen St. Fare – Food Hall

The renovation of an existing 836 m2 space to become Ottawa’s first Food Hall located within the Sun Life Financial Centre at 50 O’Connor Street. RECL was the Construction Manager for this project, under contract with the Owner, BentallGreenOak. With a base building expansion and seven simultaneous unique food vendor fit-ups, this fast-paced construction project… Learn More

90 Elgin

The 90 Elgin Street project features an eight storey pavilion of noble character fronting Elgin Street. Sympathetic in scale and materiality to the context of Confederation Square, this pavilion is visually anchored by means of green pedestrian bridges to a seventeen storey tower. This plan configuration produces facades both abutting and recessed from Slater Street… Learn More

73 Leikin Drive

In 2007, RECL commenced the first phase of the Base Building renovations at 73 Leikin Drive. This 92,902m2 office complex consists of eight interconnected buildings. The initial work included the demolition of previous tech labs in preparation for the future fit-up of office space. This was a multi-phased, six year project that included two base… Learn More

395 Terminal Avenue

RECL was the Construction Manager, acting on behalf of Ottawa Train Yards J.V. Ltd., for 395 Terminal Avenue, a new Lease Accommodation for Public Works and Government Services Canada. The site plan was designed to optimize the efficient use of this long and narrow property. The eight storey, 28,177m2 commercial office building form is oriented… Learn More

Ernst & Young Centre

Construction development for the Ernst and Young Centre began in November 2010 and was ready for use by the target date of January 1, 2012. This centre is a one storey 20,438m2 building comprising of four exhibition halls (totaling 13,935m2), meeting rooms and banquet facilities including a fully equipped kitchen. Each exhibition hall is able… Learn More

245 Cooper Renovation

245 Cooper is a seven storey, 3,252m2 office building located in the heart of downtown Ottawa. A comprehensive base building renovation project was completed for the building in 2007. In addition to a complete upgrade of the mechanical and electrical systems, the project included full replacement of windows, alterations to the building’s exterior appearance, installation… Learn More

Carling Square I & II Renovations & Fit-up

Carling Square is a landmark office complex located on the north side of Carling Avenue, between Bronson Avenue and Preston Street. Tower One, a six storey building (5,284m2), was built in 1973. Tower Two, a ten storey building (8,680m2), was built in 1974. A single storey link at grade between the two buildings was completed… Learn More

JDSU Product Realization Centre

In the summer of 2006, Minto Commercial Properties Inc. retained RECL as their Construction Manager and Project Leader for the construction of a new 13,935m2 high tech office building in the Merivale Road Business Park. The building includes a 2,323m2 lab on the ground floor, full service cafeteria, fitness centre, customer presentation centre, and office… Learn More

269 Laurier Ave. West Office Building

In September 2003, RECL, as a Project and Construction Manager for GWL Realty Advisors, began the base building phase of 269 Laurier Avenue West. This consisted of a 19 storey, 35,210 m2 office building with a 4 storey, 222 car underground parking garage. RECL coordinated the Project Teams’ efforts to produce a building that met… Learn More

1600 Star Top Road

In February 2003, RECL started the base building phase at 1600 Star Top Road, a 21,925m2 build to suit lease project for PWGSC. RECL, acted as the Project and Construction Manager for a consortium of Owners. Creative sequencing and phasing allowed the construction of the base building to be completed in only 11 months. Following… Learn More

Queensway Corporate Campus

RECL, as the Project and Construction Manager for GWL Realty Advisors, completed this 5 storey, Class A, suburban office in 2002. The building, constructed in the parking lot of an existing commercial office park has a 1,858m2 floor plate and ample surface parking available. The building is a concrete structure, clad in precast with both… Learn More

Riverside I & II

In 1999, Cognos Inc. retained RECL as the Project and Construction Manager for the expansion of its World Headquarters in Ottawa. The project consisted of a new 16,723m2, ten storey, curtainwall clad office building, with a two storey atrium connected to the existing 7,432m2, six storey office building. A bridge connection was constructed between the… Learn More

100 Constellation

In March 1997, RECL began this complex, multi-phased project. The initial challenge was to establish the appropriate location for the Phase I building, which would be connected by a common core, to a future mirror image building. Proceeding with a phased building permit process, the design and procurement processes ran concurrently for both the Base… Learn More

Skyline Laboratories Campus

The Skyline Laboratories Campus site was a complex, multi-phased project. Since 1975, when Phase 1 was constructed, there has been in excess of $60 million dollars of base building construction. Throughout the eight phases, RECL had the multifaceted role of Owner Representative, Design-Builder, and Project and Construction Manager. The completed project consists of 74,344m2 of… Learn More

Auriga Office Buildings

62 and 65 Auriga were built in 1987. The 65 Auriga business centre is comprised of two two-storey pods and one one-story pod. Each pod has a rentable area of approximately 929m2. The building features a two-storey atrium, showers, and is fully handicap accessible. The 62 Auriga business centre is a one-storey business centre with… Learn More

2 Constellation

RECL, as the Project and Construction Manager for Arnon Corporation, completed this 11,079 m2 commercial office building in 1986. The building is a concrete structure with a brick fa§ade, a central HVAC system, and surface parking. Since its construction RECL has managed various fit-up projects for the building use by high tech firms, municipalities, and… Learn More

Barrister House, Ottawa

At the time of its construction, Barrister House was a state of the art commercial office building that included the highest quality mechanical and electrical systems and architectural finishes. This 8,742m2 facility includes five floors of indoor parking (112 parking spaces). The building’s functions have been divided so that the parking levels are serviced by… Learn More

KOIN Centre

The Koin Centre is a multi-use building covering an entire block in the heart of the Central Business district of Portland, Oregon. It consists of 2,137 m2 of retail and entertainment space on the first three levels; 30,100m2 of office space on floors 4 through 19; and 44 condominiums on the uppermost 11 floors. There… Learn More