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.
Citing data from research agency Environics Analytics, Colliers Canada said Tuesday that Ottawa’s office occupancy rate is currently at 54 per cent of pre-COVID levels.
The provincial government’s pledge this week to invest more than $1.8 billion to help build at least 1.5 million homes across Ontario by 2031 will be a welcome boost as Ottawa scrambles to address its housing shortage, a group representing the city’s biggest homebuilders says.
Andrew Holmes launched his company, Sleep Efficiency, nearly a decade ago as a side hustle while serving as head of the Queensway Carleton Hospital’s sleep laboratory.