Catherine Mensour has never worked as an actor, but the local businesswoman sure felt like one when she opened her talent agency in Ottawa nearly 40 years ago.
With a decade of construction ahead in a downtown core struggling to come back to life, business officials are cautiously optimistic they’re equipped to handle whatever comes their way.
Members of Ottawa’s business community are in full support of the redevelopment of the downtown core, including the renovation of Lansdowne Park and the construction of a new hockey arena in the core.
Now 14 years into its mission, Giatec has commercialized academic research into a complete suite of solutions for the world’s $800-billion concrete industry.
A “scarcity mindset” and a sense of “permacrisis” have resulted in the confidence of Ottawa business owners dipping close to levels seen only in 2020 at the outset of the pandemic.
The federal government’s $125-million acquisition of a building at 181 Queen St. accounted for nearly half the value of all Canadian office transactions in the first quarter as investors shied away from big buys amid ongoing economic turbulence, a new report from Morguard says.