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Downtown vacancies come and go

Downtown vacancies come and go

Photo by Elliot J. Sutherland/The Ottawa Herald

A customer makes her way Wednesday morning into Sutton’s Jewelers in the 200 block of Main Street in downtown Ottawa. Though Sutton’s and several other Main Street establishments are doing well, some storefronts in downtown Ottawa are vacant. Look for affordable downtown Ottawa commercial properties. Click the “Community” link on this Web site and find the Commercial Properties Guide on the right-hand side of the Web page.

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