David Sali

Dave is OBJ’s senior writer and editor 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.

Taggart’s two-tower Carling Avenue proposal too much for councillor

Residential

Jeff Leiper says developer’s plan to tear down office building and replace it with pair of highrises will cause traffic headaches and overshadow nearby homes.

Q&A: New CEO has high hopes for Spartan Cube after family trust buys biotech firm’s COVID-testing IP

Techopia

Spartan filed for creditor protection and laid off two-thirds of its 90 employees after facing continued questions about the reliability of its COVID-detecting lab-in-a-box.

‘Flight to quality’ office space fuels dip in vacancy rate for first time since 2019: CBRE

Non-Residential

The city’s overall office vacancy rate fell to 9.7 per cent, marking the first net absorption of office space in the capital since the fourth

Ford to open 531,000-square-foot distribution centre in Casselman

Eastern Ontario Business Journal

Automaker will be anchor tenant in new 1.1-million-square-foot industrial hub off Hwy. 417 east of Ottawa.

Big screens, big deal: Ross Video acquires California LED tech leader D3

Techopia

U.S. firm’s big-name customer list includes ABC Studios, MLB Network, the Gap, Victoria’s Secret and the Smithsonian Institution.

PwC acquires Ottawa IT firm Avaleris in bid to boost cybersecurity offerings

Techopia

“It seemed to be the right time (to sell),” Ottawa firm’s CEO Ron Mac Donell said. “It was all very natural.”

Social commerce platform Millions.co gets millions in VC funding

Techopia

Ottawa-based sports marketing platform announced this week it has scored $US10-million in series-A financing from a group led by Boston’s Volition Capital.

Rewind on a roll: Ottawa software firm lands US$65M series-B round

Techopia

Data protection software company raises its 2021 funding haul to US$80-million as it looks to push into new markets.

Bayshore stake sold in deal that values shopping centre at $387-million

Non-Residential

KingSett Capital is now sole owner of the region’s second-largest shopping mall after purchasing Ivanhoe Cambridge’s 50 per cent stake in the west-end plaza.