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.
Calian Group’s CEO says the Kanata-based firm is doubling down on its defence business as it projects demand for its cybersecurity, training and space technology to soar in the face of growing geopolitical instability.
With new retail construction at a virtual standstill in recent years as escalating costs and rising interest rates kept developers on the sidelines, the supply of available quality space has all but dried up, CBRE said in its recent Canada retail rent survey.
Windmill Development Group says it hopes to start construction later this year on a 24-storey highrise at 384 Arlington Ave., just west of Bronson Avenue, as well as two buildings at 2475 Regina St., just north of Richmond Road on the west side of the Kichi Zibi Mikan Parkway.
Forum Asset Management’s $183-million acquisition of a 579-unit student residence near the University of Ottawa topped the list of the capital’s most valuable commercial real estate transactions in 2024 as trading volumes held steady with the previous year.