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Ottawa home listings surge in September – but so do prices

Residential

The average house price in the capital jumped 28 per cent year-over-year to $622,557, the Ottawa Real Estate Board says.

EY’s Ian Sherman re-elected chair of Ottawa Board of Trade

Ottawa

It was the organization’s first official board election since the former Ottawa Chamber of Commerce merged with the West Ottawa Board of Trade and the

City committee OKs fee cuts aimed at boosting small businesses

City Hall

Proposed changes would make it easier and less expensive to have properties rezoned for certain types of businesses.

Ottawa airport unveils revamped passenger screening checkpoints

Tourism

Airport says changes will speed up passenger flow and allow for more physical distancing while travellers and their carry-on items are being screened.

OSEG slashes 40 per cent of business operations staff: Report

Sports and Entertainment

Organization that owns the CFL’s Redblacks and OHL’s 67’s reportedly blames COVID-19 pandemic for cuts.

Ottawa’s office vacancy rate jumps to 8% in Q3

Non-Residential

Economic slump prompted more tenants to shed space or take a wait-and-see approach to jumping into the market in the third quarter, real estate firm

Podcast: Picking a CEO of the Year, intensification outside the core, a retail giant’s legacy

Ottawa, Ottawa Business Journal Podcast

Go behind the headlines of Ottawa’s top local business stories of the week.

Kinaxis boss John Sicard named Ottawa’s 2020 CEO of the Year

Ottawa

Veteran executive’s company has quietly become one of the Canadian tech sector’s biggest success stories in his fifth year on the job.

Prescott’s HFI Pyrotechnics rockets to new heights

Eastern Ontario Business Journal

Company supplies products to NATO, is the sole provider for the U.S. Navy and recently signed a deal with the Canadian military.

Developer reduces height of proposed apartment building near Museum of Nature

Residential

Colonnade BridgePort shrunk proposed project on Argyle Street from 21 storeys to 10 after consulting with city officials, the ward councillor and community representatives.