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Real estate brokerage Royal LePage cuts Ottawa home price forecast for 2022

Firm says it now expects the aggregate price of a home in Ottawa will be up 10 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2022 compared with a year earlier, down from its previous forecast of 13 per cent.

On the grow: EOBJ seeking Eastern Ontario’s Fastest-Growing Companies

The competition is a unique opportunity for local enterprises to be recognized for substantial, sustainable and profitable growth.

Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate falls below 4% in June

That marks the lowest rate in at least two decades and comes even as the local economy's job-creation engine stalled last month.

Rate hikes, inflation throw cold water on housing resale market in June: OREB

Members of the Ottawa Real Estate Board sold 1,508 residential properties last month, a drop of nearly 30 per cent from June 2021.

Eastern Ontario Business Journal Podcast discusses rural high-speed Internet

If you live in some of the more rural or remote regions of our province, the topic of high-speed internet access can be a thorny one. This edition of the Eastern Ontario Business Journal Podcast digs into this issue.

Windmill plans new group home, residential towers near former site of Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre

Builder known for its environmentally friendly projects wants to construct three buildings with a total of 510 residential suites near the northwest corner of Richmond Road and the SJAM Parkway. 

Costco repeats as capital’s top revenue-generating company

Last year’s biggest locally based revenue gainer, e-commerce powerhouse Shopify, lost that title to the Royal Canadian Mint, which saw its revenues soar 73.9 per cent to $2.5 billion in 2021.

Entrepreneur Mark Sutcliffe vows to bring ‘new leadership’ to city hall as he enters mayoral race

Sutcliffe, a founder and former publisher of OBJ, has deep connections to Ottawa’s business community.

OBJ celebrates Ottawa’s Fastest Growing Companies with in-person event

After leading their ventures to new heights despite the pandemic, the founders of some of Ottawa’s top companies took time out to kick back, relax and celebrate their accomplishments on Monday night.

Nash Distribution opens first warehouse outside of U.S. in Ottawa

The 5,200-square-foot warehouse, located at 2764B Sheffield Rd., is positioned to serve not only Ottawa, but other nearby metropolitan areas, the company said in a news release.

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