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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Kanata’s Syntronic pulls trigger on third acquisition in last eight months

As layoffs in the tech industry mount amid plummeting valuations and an overall economic slowdown, Syntronic is flipping the script and adding to its footprint in the National Capital Region.

Demand for local industrial space ‘still huge’ despite rising availability, real estate leaders say

The capital’s industrial availability rate hit 2.6 per cent in the fourth quarter, CBRE said in its latest national market report, up 90 basis points from a year earlier. 

Ottawa’s office vacancy rate tops 11% in Q4 as experts forecast ‘bumpy road’ ahead for landlords

That’s up from 10 per cent in the previous quarter and more than four percentage points higher than it was in late 2019, before the pandemic triggered a dramatic shift to remote work that hollowed out office towers across North America.

Morguard acquires 50% stake in ‘trophy-calibre’ Slater Street office complex for $28.1M

Mississauga-based real estate firm said Monday it finalized a deal late last month to purchase a 50 per cent share in Telus's Ottawa headquarters at 215 Slater St. from TD Asset Management.

‘We’re busy’: Convention industry’s comeback in full swing as bookings approach 2019 levels

Ottawa Tourism says that while the industry hasn’t fully recovered from the effects of the pandemic, all indicators suggest it is gaining momentum.

Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate holds steady at 4.5% in December: Statistics Canada

The Canadian economy added 104,000 jobs in December as the unemployment rate fell slightly to 5.0 per cent, Statistics Canada said Friday.

Hoppier eyes 2023 breakout as digital gift-card provider embraces lean business model

Nearly a year after it slashed its headcount to five people from 21 in a last-ditch bid for survival, the Ottawa-based tech venture is back on a “very nice staircase upwards,” in the words of co-founder Cassy Aite.

Ottawa home sales down 30% in December as fall from record 2021 continues: OREB

Overall, home sales in Ottawa fell 25 per cent in 2022 from the previous year, with a total of 15,288 properties changing hands, compared with 20,289 in 2021.

To meet or not to meet? Shopify’s new policy spotlights major HR issue, biz leaders say

Business leaders are applauding Shopify’s decision to temporarily scrap most meetings so workers can devote more time to other tasks – but they also caution that decluttering employee calendars might be easier said than done.

Canadian firms raised $8.2B in venture capital in 2022, down 42% from 2021: Report

CPE Analytics total is still well above the $7.5 billion Canadian companies secured in 2019 before the pandemic triggered widespread economic uncertainty.
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