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Will readers fall in love with Ottawa’s new romance-only bookstore? A retail expert weighs in

A new store in the Glebe is tantalizing Ottawa’s romance book community – but one retail analyst...

Gallery: OBJ 30th Anniversary Party

For 30 years, Ottawa Business Journal has told the stories of the people and businesses that define this city. To mark its 30th anniversary, OBJ brought together current and past employees who made that work possible.

New senior living facility proposed at site of shuttered Madonna Nursing Home

Nearly four years after the closure of the Madonna Nursing Home in Orléans, the company that operated the facility has submitted a plan to renovate and expand the vacant site into a 224-bed retirement and long-term care home.

Op-ed: The office isn’t “coming back.” It’s becoming something else entirely

Every quarter, like clockwork, the same prediction resurfaces. Office vacancy is high, yes, but recovery is just...

Welcome to OBJ’s new website!

OBJ relaunched its website today with a clean new design and several important upgrades. Since its launch in...

Ottawa’s office vacancy rate jumps as feds, Giant Tiger put space back on market

Ottawa’s office vacancy rate jumped roughly a full percentage point in the first quarter as the federal...

Tulmar Safety Systems creates sewing academy to help it make in-demand military gear

As defence spending around the globe increases, a Hawkesbury-based manufacturer of military gear has had to address an increase in demand for one skill that has nearly disappeared from the labour market: sewing.

Luxury handbag rental firm Zero Collective chooses Ottawa as promising market to expand

A luxury handbag rental firm is expanding into Ottawa, hoping to tap into what it sees as...

ByWard Market businesses create ‘Nashville-style’ festival to entice more traffic to the area

Two local restaurateurs are looking to liven up the ByWard Market in what is typically a slow...

Toronto-based operator buys five Ottawa retirement homes as activity in sector heats up

An executive from a retirement living company that recently bought five properties in Ottawa says the acquisitions are part of increased activity in the sector being fuelled by an aging population.

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