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‘Landmark’ Mizrahi condo building in Westboro slated to open this fall, developer says

Sam Mizrahi says the 12-storey, 93-unit building at 1451 Wellington St. W. is expected to be ready for occupancy by September. 

Experienced Ottawa angel Julia Elvidge helps Sarah Sedgman at LearnExperts rise to the top of the class

Sarah Sedgman, CEO of Ottawa-based LearnExperts, bootstrapped for the first few years. But when early adopters showed interest, she knew she’d need outside investment.

Growth plan that rocks: Ottawa-based ROCK Networks has lofty goals under new ownership

Under Joe Hickey’s guidance, ROCK Networks has become one of Canada’s fastest-growing telecommunications companies, with operations stretching...

Chinatown community watches nervously as Yangtze property draws interest from developers

With interest increasing in a “landmark” Chinatown restaurant Yangtze that was recently put up for sale, the local business community is holding out hope that the familiar eatery will carry on, even as potential buyers consider redeveloping the property.

‘It’s time to take a break’: Luc Levesque on leaving Shopify’s C-suite, his love for Ottawa and more

After stints as a senior executive at two of the tech industry’s biggest global players, Luc Levesque is pausing to take a well-deserved break for a bit of play himself.

When startup Friendlier came calling, Ottawa angel investor Nadine Martel saw it as a perfect fit

When Nadine Martel received a LinkedIn message from Kayli Dale and Jacquie Hutchings, the co-founders of Friendlier, a startup that aims to eliminate single-use packaging thereby reducing waste and emissions, she was intrigued. 

Business leaders divided on feds’ plan to modernize Parliamentary Precinct

The federal government’s proposal to turn a two-and-a-half-acre site across from Parliament Hill into an office and retail complex is a “great start” toward revitalizing the Parliamentary Precinct, a prominent Ottawa real estate executive said Friday – but other business leaders say they’re not convinced the project will give struggling downtown merchants the boost they need.

$125M acquisition of Queen Street office tower a ‘sound investment,’ PSPC says

The federal public works department says its purchase of a prominent downtown office building whose occupants include...

Decade-long plan to modernize ‘key part’ of Parliamentary Precinct to start this fall, feds say

In an email to OBJ this week, PSPC called the Block 2 redevelopment project “a “key part” of the federal government’s efforts “to restore and modernize” the Parliamentary Precinct.

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