
Roberto Aburto, partner, Gowling WLG
Business: Law firm Born: Toronto Biggest business achievement: Rose to partnership quickly and helped build one of the largest municipal law teams in eastern Ontario.

Roberto Aburto, partner, Gowling WLG
Business: Law firm Born: Toronto Biggest business achievement: Rose to partnership quickly and helped build one of the largest municipal law teams in eastern Ontario.

Scuttled in April, Room Service Concert Series a go for June and July
Shows slated to be broadcast in selected local hotels were postponed after the Ontario government imposed tougher restrictions to combat the spread of COVID-19.

Real estate veteran Karam named new head of CBRE’s Ottawa office
The University of Montreal graduate has spent nearly a decade with the firm in various project management roles.

Province moves up reopening date of retail, outdoor activities to Friday
Ford government pointed to rising vaccination rates and continuing improvements in “key indicators” such as the seven-day average of daily cases of COVID-19 as factors

Builders propose mixed-use highrise for corner of O’Connor and Nepean streets
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
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
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City committee backs developer’s bid for $350K brownfield grant for Westboro site
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
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
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.
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