David Sali

Dave is OBJ’s senior writer and editor 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.

Stars aligned for banking industry shakeup, fintech titan says

Techopia

Even as a young computer science student at the University of Ottawa, Marwan Forzley was fascinated by the world of business – and in particular by enterprises that were turning

Ex-convention centre CEO travels new path

Tourism

For nearly a decade, Pat Kelly tried to entice business to Ottawa’s downtown convention centre as its CEO. Now, he’s on the other side of

Devcore boss ‘confident’ Senators will play at LeBreton

Construction

Before a gag order was imposed on the two groups vying to redevelop LeBreton Flats, Devcore president Jean-Pierre Poulin told OBJ the process was “fair”

Ottawa firm’s anti-corruption tools a worldwide hit

Techopia

From a modest office on Carling Avenue, Joe Gerard and his colleagues are running a global business helping companies around the world stop corporate corruption

Kanata North a “magnet for innovators and entrepreneurs,” says report

Techopia

Companies in Kanata North generate $7.8 billion in economic activity each year and employ more than 30,000 people, according to a new study. The tech

Defining moment for Ottawa’s SDN sector: Local firms making waves in field poised for explosive growth

Techopia

Among the three local firms on Deloitte’s annual Canadian Companies to Watch list released in November is one that garners few headlines but is ready to make

Ottawa chamber backs RendezVous LeBreton bid

Construction

Calling both plans to redevelop LeBreton Flats “very impressive,” the head of one of Ottawa’s most influential business organizations nonetheless didn’t hesitate to endorse the

Top brokerage team leaves Colliers to join Cushman & Wakefield

Non-Residential

In a development that is sure to shake up the local real estate scene, one of Ottawa’s top office leasing teams announced this week it

Apple to open facility in Kanata, sources say

Techopia

Apple has leased space at a Kanata office complex in preparation for setting up a facility in the National Capital Region, several sources have confirmed

‘Room to grow’ in the core: Industry observers say higher downtown vacancy rates not necessarily a bad thing

Non-Residential

Most analysts agree 2015 was a year of uncertainty in Ottawa’s commercial real estate sector, with a federal election and a topsy-turvy economy leaving everyone