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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InterRent REIT acquires stake in two-building GTA apartment complex

Ottawa firm purchased share of Brampton development in a joint venture with Toronto’s Crestpoint Real Estate Investments and New Brunswick-based Vestcor.

LeBreton Flats remains ‘destined choice’ for new Sens arena, biz leaders say

Speculation about alternate locations heated up last week when Mayor Mark Sutcliffe suggested the prime parcel of development land just west of downtown “is not the only option” for a new rink.

Semiconductor industry trailblazer Ranovus lands $36M in federal funding

The money will go towards a planned expansion of the firm’s manufacturing facilities in Canada that will see its headcount grow to more than 200 full-time employees and 150 co-op students.

Ottawa software firm Rewind lays off more than 25% of staff

Amid slowing revenue growth, local tech enterprise whose platform backs up data for Shopify merchants and other customers gave 37 of its 135 employees pink slips last week.

‘Significant milestone’: FDA approves Genomadix’s rapid genetic-testing device for sale in U.S.

The company’s flagship product, dubbed the Genomadix Cube, is a coffee cup-sized lab-in-a-box that is engineered to extract, amplify and identify genetic material in about an hour.

Ottawa ‘needs more of this stuff’: Colonnade BridgePort, CanFirst launch Barrhaven industrial park

The Ottawa company in charge of developing and leasing a four-building industrial park near Amazon’s warehouse in Barrhaven says it expects a flood of calls from potential e-commerce and logistics tenants eager to capitalize on the city’s close proximity to major markets.

Business leaders ready to pitch downtown arena to NHL commissioner next week

Some of the biggest boosters of a new downtown Sens arena will get a chance to express their support for the project directly to NHL boss Gary Bettman next week.

PM meets Kanata tech workers, touts new federal organization aimed at scaling startups

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he hopes a new Crown corporation that aims to help Canadian startups commercialize their products can ratchet up efforts to incubate the next generation of Shopifys.

C-COM rides ‘significant’ rise in U.S., Asian sales to 27% bump in 2022 revenues

Ottawa firm generated revenues of $11.6 million in the fiscal year ending Nov. 30, 2022, a 27 per cent increase from fiscal 2021. 

Brewed awakening: Bridgehead’s sales rise 20% in fourth quarter

In financial filings released Monday, parent company Aegis Brands said Ottawa-based coffee retailer posted revenues of $4.05 million for the three-month period ending Dec. 25, 2022, up from $3.38 million the previous year.
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