Ottawa Business Journal

Panacis raises $1.8M for soldier battery pack

Ottawa-based Panacis Inc. is expanding its local presence to go full-steam ahead with commercialization of its new military battery system following financial contributions from investors and

Rideau Centre files expansion plans

Non-Residential

Cadillac Fairview’s plan to construct an addition to the Rideau Centre is approaching another key milestone at City Hall. The owner of the downtown shopping

Opinion: Ottawa’s sweetest business

Ottawa

I get to meet the most interesting women writing this column. I had never met a chocolatier until I met Jen Winter from Koko Chocolates.

Opinion: Shopping for new wheels: When to buy and when to lease

Retail

Are you still wondering whether it’s better to buy or lease a new vehicle? I believe it doesn’t matter much which you choose. What matters

Opinion: An office market in transition: Why Ottawa looks like no other city

Non-Residential

For most of the past decade, Ottawa’s downtown office vacancy rate was among the lowest in North America. So why have rents been so flat?

McCormick Rankin to design underpass improvements east of Ottawa

Construction

Engineering firm McCormick Rankin has received a contract from the provincial government worth close to $400,000 to help fix an underpass east of downtown Ottawa.

Local museum commissions Algonquin tech

Techopia

A team of Algonquin College students and faculty are developing technology for a national museum to display an ever-expanding amount of archival documentation not currently

Condo investors cast shadow over housing market

Residential

Threat to market stability debated By Mark Brownlee. Cranes and construction crews have been a constant presence along Ottawa’s skyline in recent years as parking

Gatineau Cégep plans $10M construction project

Construction

One of the largest colleges in Gatineau is planning a $10-million upgrade to its campus. The Cégep de l’Outaouais closed a construction tender on March

Claridge gets nod to build Ottawa’s tallest tower

Residential

A committee of city councillors has given Ottawa developer Claridge preliminary approval to construct the city’s tallest building in the south end of Little Italy.