Overflow storage in Ottawa.

Ottawa's industrial vacancy runs 3 – 5%, and new supply is limited. That makes it hard to find a short lease when a peak hits, and brokers often will not show space for less than a multi-year term. Overflow storage through an operating facility avoids the lease entirely, since the pallets are billed month to month at $10 – $21 per pallet instead of at a full-building rate of $1.15 – $1.65 per sq ft per month all-in.

Network capacity sits where Ottawa's industrial base does: Ottawa South and Nepean (3 facilities, about 280,000 sq ft), Gloucester and Ottawa East (3 facilities, about 260,000 sq ft), and Kanata and Stittsville (2 facilities, about 180,000 sq ft). Kanata carries a premium for its proximity to the tech corridor, so a government or tech supplier whose staff or customers are in the west end can pay more there, while Nepean and Gloucester have the most availability.

Ottawa distribution serves Eastern Ontario and the Outaouais, with the Highway 416 and 417 corridors connecting to Toronto and Montreal. Overflow here is often the second site for a Toronto or Montreal operation that needs a regional buffer, and it has full outbound capability: pick, stage, and dispatch with WMS visibility into pallet counts and locations. There is no minimum duration, and operator matching starts at 100 pallet positions or 5,000 sq ft.