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Ottawa’s mid-tier malls face adapt-or-die retail landscape
With Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre set to be totally rebuilt, OBJ looks at whether community retail plazas still have staying power in a world of
Farm Boy buys Rideau Bakery assets to ‘keep great local brand alive’
Just over a week after it announced it was closing its doors for good, an iconic Ottawa business has found a “white knight” to revive
ByWard Market business owners keen on Mayor Watson’s CCTV proposal
The ByWard Market BIA’s safety and security committee endorsed the pilot project at its latest meeting on Tuesday afternoon
James Street Pub closing to make way for new development in fall
The prominent Centretown watering hole announced on its Facebook page Thursday that it would be closing down after one final summer to make way for
Ottawa’s Rideau Bakery closes its doors
An Ottawa institution has closed its doors for the final time. Over the weekend, Ottawa’s Rideau Bakery announced it was closed for good with a
Empire Co. to invest $70M in expanding Farm Boy network in fiscal 2020
Farm Boy’s new parent company revealed a few details Thursday about its plans to expand the Ottawa-born grocery chain’s network this coming fiscal year
Farm Boy to replace Sobeys on Metcalfe Street
The owner of two well-known grocery chains says it’s swapping its downtown Ottawa Sobeys store for a Farm Boy. Empire Co. says the 28,000-square-foot Sobeys at
Wolf Down: Startup-style restaurant bringing Berlin’s beloved street meat to Bank Street
Wolf Down, a new restaurant opening in Centretown this weekend, is taking a few lessons from the tech industry in bringing a German-style twist on
Pelican co-owner Jim Foster is hooked on the seafood business
On the Ottawa seafood scene, Jim Foster is what you’d call a big fish. For years now, the 55-year-old entrepreneur has been the friendly face
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