Archive 1997-2016
By Alex Graham
“It was devastating.”
That’s what Ray Nesrallah has to say about January’s ice storm. It left his Elgin Street restaurant Gusto Bistro without power for more than a week.
Nesrallah had only gone into business in early January when disaster struck.
By Jason Brown
There is such a high demand for prime office space in downtown Ottawa that two companies, and soon possibly a third, have recently unveiled plans for new office towers, threatening to saturate the real estate market.
“I think there’s an issue of timing and absorption,” says David Patton, president of the Building Owners and Managers Association. “When you have two or three new buildings all looking for tenants, you don’t get offices filled very quickly.”
By Brian Publicover
The City of Ottawa is missing the boat with its new approach to the preparation of the 1998 municipal budget by failing to consult Ottawa’s business community.
Building the Budget ‘98 is a new program seeking public input on the upcoming budget. Workshops will be used as a tool to discern what taxpayers feel demands immediate attention. Participants will be provided with an opportunity to tell their elected representatives how municipal dollars should be spent.
A series of exercises will ask respondents to make certain decisions and rank them according to level of importance. Councillors will provide a synopsis of the results to council in time to finalize the budget by May.
By Jason Brooks
John Waring is much like a man sitting at home with a winning lottery ticket.
But it’s a swimsuit, not the lotto, that could make his fortune.
In the office of his business, Bolte Engineering, located upstairs in his suburban Orleans home, he’s waiting for a call.