Ottawa Business Journal

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Robert Beauchamp started Ottawa’s RjR Innovations in 2004 with a Visa credit card and a $10,000 laptop he bought to run virtual environments for clients. It started

Opposition mounts to new College of Trades

Construction

The electricians at Kanata-based Power-Tek Electrical Services don’t have formal training in carpentry, but that doesn’t stop them from cutting the odd piece of plywood

Hume looks at development charge hike to pay for light rail

Construction

The head of the city’s planning committee is warning developers that he wants to make them pay for a larger portion of the city’s $2.1-billion

UPDATED: ‘Unique’ tenant needed for Rideau Centre theatre space: broker

Non-Residential

The unconventional layout and orientation of the soon-to-be vacated movie theatres on the top floor of the Rideau Centre mean the mall’s owners may look

Empire Theatres to close Rideau Centre location, reopen at Lansdowne

Non-Residential

There will soon be a vacancy at one of Ottawa’s largest shopping centres as Empire Theatres announced Monday it will be leaving its space at

Ottawa housing starts down 14% in February

Residential

Ottawa’s new home construction sector slowed in February as the number of housing starts fell by 14 per cent, according to Canada’s national housing agency.

Construction permit values drop 42% in January

Construction

Construction intentions in the region slowed significantly last month, despite a high number of permits issued by the City of Ottawa, according to municipal records.

LEED’s need for speed: Green building certification process needs to be accelerated, officials concede

Non-Residential

The organization responsible for doling out a much-coveted seal of approval for green buildings still has some work to do to reach its goal of

Opinion: The Chinese are coming … to a winery near you

Construction

A gated community of million-dollar homes surrounding a world-class golf course is not what you would expect to find in eastern Ontario. It fits more

Ottawa home resales down year-over-year in February

Residential

Ottawa real estate agents sold 9.3 per cent fewer homes last month when compared to the same time a year ago amid signs of a