The city says general contractor Mass Contracting Ltd., is facing one charge of causing encumbering of a street.

The funding will support 16 projects spanning a total of 10.2 kilometres.

The new health care facility will include improved equipment and facilities such as a 24-hour emergency department.

Construction of new rental options have been hampered by high interest rates and rising construction costs.

Lodging Econometrics reports that there were 80 projects and 10,603 rooms under construction across the country at the close of the second quarter of this year.