David Sali

Dave is OBJ's senior features writer with two decades of experience in the newspaper industry working for a variety of publications from community weeklies to major dailies. He is a four-time award-winning journalist by the Alliance of Area Business Publishers (AABP). He has received awards for best news feature, best scoop and best overall writer among medium-sized business publications.
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Ottawa home sales to fall in 2022 and beyond, but prices will stay high: CMHC

Rising interest rates and job uncertainty will combine to cool down Ottawa’s red-hot home resale market a few degrees in 2022 – but not enough to put the brakes on price hikes, agency says.

‘I’m losing sales’: As Ottawa’s inflation rate soars, businesses are feeling the pinch

Capital's annual rate of inflation hit 7.5 per cent in March, Statistics Canada said Wednesday, and local entrepreneurs say it's getting harder and harder to pass those extra costs on to customers.

Cloud migration means sunny days for Pythian as firm’s big-ticket customer count grows

Ottawa-based big-data analytics and cloud services provider has seen its revenues surge over the past 12 months, thanks in part to its acquisition of a U.S. firm last spring.

New Civic campus project will have big-time economic impact, but big-time challenges loom

Four-year build is expected to pump nearly $2 billion into Ottawa's economy and create thousands of jobs, Deloitte says, but rising inflation and labour shortages could boost price tag.

Meal-kit giant Goodfood to hire 200 workers in Ottawa amid move into grocery-delivery space

Montreal-based company plans to grow its number of fulfilment centres from six at the end of this month to as many as 20 by the close of 2022.

MindBridge’s fraud-busting AI now a ‘need-to-have’ as firm brings new partner Equifax on board: CEO

In the wake of Ottawa software firm’s latest blue-chip customer win, Leyton Perris believes MindBridge is taking another step closer to the mainstream.

Minto Apartment REIT boss bullish on future as firm spends $200M on pair of acquisitions

To say the past 24 months weren’t kind to companies like Minto that rent apartments in urban cores would be an understatement – but Michael Waters says that's all about to change.

Jobless rate holds steady at 4.9% in March as employment surges, labour force grows

Ottawa-Gatineau’s jobless rate held steady at 4.9 per cent in March as a surge in employment was offset by a big jump in the number of people hunting for work.

Space-starved industrial tenants won’t see much relief until 2023, brokerage firms say

While Ottawa’s pipeline of new industrial real estate construction is growing, many of those projects won’t be finished until at least next year, according to a pair of new reports.

‘Multiple’ bids submitted for major attractions at LeBreton Flats, NCC says

Crown corporation says it hopes to sign a letter of intent with the preferred proponent in June, but wouldn't reveal if any of the pitches include plans for an NHL arena at the Flats.
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