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Builders propose mixed-use highrise for corner of O’Connor and Nepean streets

Residential

Glenview Homes and Taggart Realty Management want to build a 27-storey tower with 295 apartment units and 1,300 square feet of ground-floor retail space.

Cleantech firm Thermal Energy closes fiscal year with record-setting orders

Techopia

Coming off a money-losing quarter in which its revenues fell significantly year-over-year, Ottawa cleantech firm Thermal Energy International closed the latest fiscal year with record-setting

Podcast: A new ByWard Market hotel, Ottawa Tourism prepares for 2022, Dairy Distillery’s fresh funding

Ottawa, Ottawa Business Journal Podcasts

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City committee backs developer’s bid for $350K brownfield grant for Westboro site

Residential

Azure Urban Developments wants to build a 25-storey highrise with 264 apartments and 160 underground parking spaces at 2070 Scott St.

Ottawa-Gatineau’s jobless rate jumps to 7.6% in May

Ottawa

The size of the region’s labour force – which includes people who are actively looking for work – increased by 9,500 to an all-time high

Home prices continue surge, but supply grows in May: OREB

Residential

The average residential-class property in the capital sold for $741,000 in May, an increase of 35 per cent over the same month a year ago.

Ottawa-based Avivagen sees Q2 revenues jump

Techopia

Life sciences firm produces supplements aimed at replacing antibiotics in cattle feed.

City committee approves proposed tax on vacant residences

Residential

Proposal would see owners of residential properties that are vacant more than 184 days a year pay a one per cent tax tacked onto their

Dramatic comeback: ByTowne Cinema to reopen under new ownership

Sports and Entertainment

“There’s light in the darkness,” the cherished Ottawa institution said Thursday, adding the beloved theatre will be back in business “when pandemic conditions permit.”