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.

Windmill to build nine-storey condo at former All Saints church site

Windmill Development Group says it’s working on a proposal that would see a nine-storey condominium with about 100 units constructed next to the 123-year-old church on Chapel Street.

Ross Video spending $236M to develop cloud-based platform as firm eyes IPO

Ross Video is spending nearly a quarter of a billion dollars to develop a full suite of cloud-based video-production software as it hopes to generate new revenue streams in anticipation of going public by 2025.

Change of office: Veteran real estate exec Shawn Hamilton joins Proveras Commercial Realty

Proveras Commercial Realty announced Thursday that the 54-year-old Hamilton has joined the firm as its newest partner, bringing 30 years of commercial real estate experience to a firm that already includes well-known brokers Alan Doak, Nick Maiorino and Bruce Wolfgram. 

Region’s annual rate of housing starts plummets in May, CMHC says

The annual pace of housing starts in Ottawa-Gatineau plummeted 71 per cent in May as new builds of condos, apartments and other types of multi-unit housing projects fell sharply, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. reported Thursday.

Game for an IPO: New Sens investor David Ross looks to take Ross Video public by 2025

As Ross Video approaches its 50th birthday next year, David Ross is also nearing a significant milestone. He’ll turn 60 in April 2025 – the date by which he’s vowed to take the family- and employee-owned company public, a pledge he made to his shareholders nearly a decade ago.

New Senators’ ownership group’s strong local flavour bodes well for franchise, observers say

A group led by Toronto-based businessman Michael Andlauer has reached an agreement in principle to purchase the NHL's Ottawa Senators for close to US$1 billion.

‘Wow effect’: Toronto developer proposes three-tower project near Orléans Town Centre

In a move that would dramatically reshape the east-end skyline, a Toronto-based developer has applied to build a trio of mixed-use highrises in Orléans that would include more than 1,100 residential units along with retail and office space.

Sky’s the limit: Former Chapters location ‘prime’ spot for a mixed-use highrise, broker says

Michael Church, the managing director of Avison Young’s Ottawa office, called the former Chapters space at 47 Rideau St. a “prime” site for a highrise multi-residential project.

Minto REIT declines option to buy Glebe rental complex, citing high costs of capital

Minto Apartment REIT will not exercise its option to purchase a major rental development in the Glebe from sister company Minto Properties because rising interest rates have made the cost of financing the deal too expensive, the Ottawa-based REIT said this week.

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