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.

Epic growth: T.O. firm dramatically expands Ottawa industrial real estate footprint with new deal

Company is a partner of one of the city’s biggest industrial acquisitions in years – the $155-million purchase of 18 small-bay properties totalling nearly 700,000 square feet. 

Epic, Woodbourne join forces to buy $155M Ottawa industrial portfolio from Skyline REIT

The transaction marks the first foray into the Ottawa market for Colorado-based Woodbourne, which will hold the majority stake in the 700,000-square-foot portfolio.

Crestpoint buys Amazon’s Barrhaven fulfilment centre from Broccolini for $494M

T.O.-based firm acquires 90 per cent stake in 2.8-million-square-foot warehouse, which opened last year and is the largest facility of its kind in Canada.

It happened in Vegas: Giatec Scientific’s new tech turns heads at Super Bowl of concrete industry trade shows

Ottawa software firm generated plenty of buzz in Vegas with its latest R&D breakthrough, a sensor that can collect data on the quality and consistency of concrete from as far as 300 metres away.

Click Armor reels in BDC as financing partner for ‘gamified’ anti-phishing training platform

Founded in 2019, Ottawa startup trains workers how to spot so-called phishing attacks – that is, fake emails and text messages that fraudsters use to steal money or sensitive data.

‘A plethora of empty rooms’: No Winterlude, no February, hoteliers lament

Bookings disappear, revenues dry up after city's biggest annual winter tourism event is put on ice for the second year in a row due to the pandemic.

‘Office space is going to evolve’: Why brokers remain bullish on the future

Local real estate experts say that while office space is here to stay, it will likely be configured very differently once people start returning to their cubicles en masse.

Online home auction platform Unreserved raises $34M to fund expansion bid

Ottawa startup’s employee count has tripled from 30 to 90 since August as it scrambles to keep up with the growing number of auctions on its docket.

Rental platform Ruckify shuts down after bid to acquire U.K. firm fails

Ottawa-based online marketplace has burned through nearly $20 million in capital since it was founded in 2017.

‘Potential everywhere’: Montreal buyer of Lansdowne properties going all in on Ottawa market

BRB REIT's portfolio in the National Capital Region now includes more than 650,000 square feet of space at nine office buildings and one industrial property.

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