--- title: "Gloucester / Ottawa East, Ottawa — Class A submarket" description: "Government services and back-office belt." canonical: https://classa.info/cities/ottawa/gloucester-east-end pageType: neighborhood lastUpdated: 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z license: "CC BY 4.0 with attribution to Class A Atlas (https://classa.info)." --- > Gloucester / Ottawa East is a established-tier Class A submarket of Ottawa with average asking rent around C$28/sqft/yr · ≈ $20.7 PSF/yr USD. ## TL;DR - Government services and back-office belt. - Established tier — ~C$28/sqft/yr. - Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks. # Gloucester / Ottawa East, Ottawa — Class A submarket *Government services and back-office belt.* · Tier: established · Avg rent: C$28/sqft/yr · ≈ $20.7 PSF/yr USD ## TL;DR - Government services and back-office belt. - Established tier — ~C$28/sqft/yr. - Active [Class A](/glossary/class-a) leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks. ## Overview Gloucester and Ottawa's east end anchor the federal back-office and defence procurement belt — CSIS, DND, CBSA, and Shared Services Canada tenancy dominates. ## Tenant profile Federal back-office, defence procurement, IT shared services, professional services. ## Typical specification 15–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock; 9'+ slab-to-slab and modern MEP common. ## Transit Blair, St-Laurent (O-Train Confederation Line). Multi-modal transit captures the metro's principal professional catchment. ## Amenities Place d'Orléans, Cyrville retail, NCC Greenbelt trails. ## Comparable buildings - **1550 Alta Vista** [](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=1550%20Alta%20Vista%2C%20Gloucester%20%2F%20Ottawa%20East%2C%20Ottawa%2C%20Canada) - **Confederation Heights** [](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Confederation%20Heights%2C%20Gloucester%20%2F%20Ottawa%20East%2C%20Ottawa%2C%20Canada) - **Merivale Park Office** [](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Merivale%20Park%20Office%2C%20Gloucester%20%2F%20Ottawa%20East%2C%20Ottawa%2C%20Canada) ## Where Gloucester / Ottawa East sits in Ottawa Gloucester / Ottawa East is one of 4 Class A submarkets we cover in Ottawa, classified as established tier with an average asking rent around C$28/sqft/yr · ≈ $20.7 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Ottawa Class A stock, Gloucester / Ottawa East typically attracts Federal back-office, defence procurement, IT shared services, professional services and competes most directly with the city's other established submarkets on building specification, transit access, and [amenitisation](/glossary/amenitisation). Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Gloucester / Ottawa East: [Centretown / CBD](/cities/ottawa/centretown-cbd), [Kanata North (Tech Corridor)](/cities/ottawa/kanata-north), [Gatineau / Hull (Quebec Side)](/cities/ottawa/gatineau-hull). The full Ottawa submarket atlas is at [/cities/ottawa](/cities/ottawa). ## Topic deep-dives for Gloucester / Ottawa East For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Gloucester / Ottawa East, the highest-leverage analyses to commission next are the rent benchmark, the concession-package comparable, and the ESG performance baseline. Class A Atlas covers each as a dedicated topic page for this submarket: - [Gloucester / Ottawa East — ](/cities/ottawa/gloucester-east-end/rents-and-availability) - [Gloucester / Ottawa East — ](/cities/ottawa/gloucester-east-end/tenant-profile) - [Gloucester / Ottawa East — ](/cities/ottawa/gloucester-east-end/transit-and-commute) - [Gloucester / Ottawa East — ](/cities/ottawa/gloucester-east-end/amenity-and-lifestyle) - [Gloucester / Ottawa East — ](/cities/ottawa/gloucester-east-end/trophy-and-comparables) - [Gloucester / Ottawa East — ](/cities/ottawa/gloucester-east-end/fit-out-and-spec) ## Related glossary Terminology specific to Ottawa Class A leasing and to the established tier: [Class A](/glossary/class-a), [Trophy asset](/glossary/trophy-asset), [Effective rent](/glossary/effective-rent), [Concession package](/glossary/concession-package), [TI allowance](/glossary/ti-allowance), [Submarket tier](/glossary/submarket-tier). ## Editorial provenance Reviewed by [**Class A Atlas Editorial Desk**](/about/authors/class-a-atlas-editorial-desk) — House byline · global editorial team. Last updated 2026-04-15. See our [methodology](/about/methodology) and [editorial standards](/about/editorial-standards). ### Primary sources for this page - [CBRE Marketview reports](https://www.cbre.com/insights) — CBRE - [JLL Office Insight](https://www.jll.com/en/trends-and-insights) — JLL - [Cushman & Wakefield Marketbeat](https://www.cushmanwakefield.com/en/insights) — Cushman & Wakefield - [Savills World Research](https://www.savills.com/research_articles/) — Savills - [Colliers Global Office Outlook](https://www.colliers.com/en/research) — Colliers [Full sources index](/about/sources) · [Submit a correction](/about/corrections) ## Related topics - [**Class A Lease Negotiation**](/topics/class-a-lease-negotiation) — How to negotiate a Class A office lease — the playbook from LOI to signed deal. - [**Hybrid Workplace Strategy**](/topics/hybrid-workplace-strategy) — How to size, structure, and lease a Class A office for a hybrid workforce. - [**ESG / LEED for Tenants**](/topics/esg-leed-tenants) — How tenants evaluate, negotiate, and report on ESG performance in a Class A office lease. - [**Cross-border Expansion**](/topics/cross-border-expansion) — How to run a coordinated Class A office search across multiple geographies. - [**Fit-out Capex**](/topics/fit-out-capex) — How to budget, sequence, and govern Class A office [fit-out](/topics/fit-out-capex)">fit-out capex. - [**Lease vs Flex**](/topics/lease-vs-flex) — When premium flex (coworking, [managed office](/glossary/managed-office)) beats a conventional Class A lease — and vice versa. --- Citation: Source: Class A Atlas (https://classa.info/cities/ottawa/gloucester-east-end), updated 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z.