There are scores of independently owned businesses throughout Centretown, and for documentary filmmaker Satheesh Gopalan they are all tiny empires – each one only a slight push away from expansion into new territory. 
Krystina Caponi, Centretown NewsFormer business consultant Satheesh Gopalan produced his own documentary about business strategies with his own money.
Category: Business
New baseball team may be boon to business
Ottawa’s business community hopes to see increased activity when an independent baseball league team starts playing at Ottawa stadium next year. A new lease agreement with the CanAm league, signed by the city last week, will bring 50 games a year to the home stadium on Coventry Road.
Closing up shop on Elgin Street
There are only a few empty tables at Elgin Street’s newest café, the Ministry of Coffee. It’s mid-afternoon and the roughly 25-seat café is packed as customers pour in and out. 
Shamit Tushakiran, Centretown NewsThe old Mayflower at Elgin and Cooper is now boarded up after being shut down. The rising cost of rent on Elgin is forcing small businesses to leave Centretown.
Bridge to undergo construction
Construction on the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge this spring will likely frustrate commuters.