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.
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Sparks Street biz group no fan of feds’ offer to take over Sparks, Wellington streets

The head of a prominent downtown business organization says the federal government’s offer to take over a stretch of Wellington Street and keep it closed to motorized vehicles should be a no-go.

Professional services firm TAAG acquires marketing agency gordongroup

By bringing a well-established marketing agency under its umbrella, the organization better known as TAAG joins a growing number of professional services firms that are stretching beyond their accounting roots into other fields of business.

Hexo sale part of ‘inevitable’ consolidation push in crowded cannabis sector: Experts

Deal marks the end of the line as an independent entity for the Gatineau firm that was launched in 2013 under the name Hydropothecary and later became the subject of an award-winning book that chronicled the lives of founders Adam Miron and Sebastien St-Louis.

‘Significant number’ of Ottawa office buildings feasible for housing conversions, study says

As a record amount of office space sits vacant in Ottawa’s downtown core, a new study says the capital is well-positioned to turn some of its empty towers into residences.

Intouch Insight’s revenues rise 47% in 2022 amid retail resurgence

The Ottawa firm, which specializes in customer survey and data collection software, reported revenues of $23.5 million in the 12-month period ending Dec. 31.

ProntoForms signs medical equipment manufacturer to $3M deal

The contract win comes less than two months after the Ottawa firm appointed veteran tech executive Philip Deck as co-CEO to lead its pursuit of bigger customers.

Ottawa’s Cleland Jardine Engineering acquired by Montreal firm

Ottawa firm – which, as the story goes, was hatched after its founders weighed the pros and cons of starting their own business over beverages at the Lieutenant’s Pump on Elgin Street – has become a leader in its field, with clients across Canada and beyond. 

Sunny forecast: Enurgen’s solar farm ‘operating system’ gaining traction with global giants

Six-person Ottawa cleantech startup is one of nine companies from around the world that’s taking part in a three-month accelerator program in Oslo, Norway, backed by international investment firm Techstars and Norwegian energy company Equinor.

Downtown Ottawa’s office vacancy rate hits record high of 13.2% in Q1: CBRE

Several prominent local real estate experts say they expect vacancies to keep rising as businesses rethink their space requirements.

Going west: Developers plan major new industrial projects in red-hot Kanata market

More than half a million square feet of industrial space is in the works at two sites in west Kanata as developers scramble to satisfy demand for warehousing and light-manufacturing facilities in the city’s tightest submarket.
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