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Outlook for new home sales and housing starts clouded by tariffs, economic uncertainty

Sales and construction of new homes got off to a good start last month, but the outlook for 2025 has been clouded by growing economic uncertainty.

How these four Ottawa small businesses are prioritizing hiring people with disabilities

From discrimination to inaccessible hiring practices, people with disabilities often can face barriers that prevent them from...

Former Martello CEO John Proctor helping thwart cyber threats in new role at PwC

When John Proctor left Kanata’s Martello Technologies in late 2023 after six years as CEO, he did...

OCOBIA eliminating executive director role as organization plans to ‘return to the roots’

The Ottawa Coalition of Business Improvement Areas (OCOBIA) is eliminating its executive director position in order to reallocate its financial resources elsewhere, the organization told OBJ Friday.

Remember that corner office? From hierarchy to collaboration, how office design has changed

There aren’t many people who can get nostalgic about a fax machine, but Jeff Snyder is one...

Brothers Trevor and Travis Hill help some of Ottawa’s biz elite fulfill their need for speed

If you’ve ever wondered what Shopify’s Tobi Lütke, Ron Tomlinson of Tomlinson Group, and tech exec Richard...

It’s one thing after another, but Ottawa’s Spark Beer is surviving and thriving in Chinatown

Ottawa’s Spark Beer has only been in business for a few years, but already has survived a...

Retail rents rising as space crunch grows in Ottawa, new report says

With new retail construction at a virtual standstill in recent years as escalating costs and rising interest rates kept developers on the sidelines, the supply of available quality space has all but dried up, CBRE said in its recent Canada retail rent survey.

Windmill eyes mid-2025 start date for pair of major rental development projects

Windmill Development Group says it hopes to start construction later this year on a 24-storey highrise at 384 Arlington Ave., just west of Bronson Avenue, as well as two buildings at 2475 Regina St., just north of Richmond Road on the west side of the Kichi Zibi Mikan Parkway.