condo life into Montreal’s urban centre to Ot-
tawa’s urban landscape.
Their first Ottawa project, says Scalia in an
interview, currently has shovels in the ground
close to Ottawa’s Little Italy and Glebe neigh-
borhoods. Summerhill at Dows Lake is a six-sto-
rey boutique condominium project with a mix
of one- and two-bedroom units and a twelve-
storey to follow, Samcon wants to bring inti-
mate and natural finishes to their new project.
Speaking with Scalia, the company’s founder
and President, juggling their many develop-
ment commitments in Montreal and their new
project in Ottawa has taken some getting used
to. But, with the help of management software
provided by Oracle Systems, Scalia and his team
is better able to manage departments and the
construction process.
“This helps for managing a second city a lot
when you have very simple work systems that
work really well,” said Scalia, who was named
Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year in
2009. “It’s a lot more efficient — there’s no
more triple-entry. This is a step in the right di-
rection to be able to grow in different cities.
“We are slowly learning in Ottawa, and once
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