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Tidan buys 1130 Sherbrooke Montreal office tower for $50M
Tidan buys 1130 Sherbrooke Montreal office tower for $50M
Montreal-based Tidan Hospitality & Real Estate Group is spending approximately $50 million to acquire 1130 Sherbrooke St. W., a 17-storey, 230,768-square-foot, class-A office building in downtown Montreal from the family which developed it in the 1970s.
Stable rents, lower vacancy: More good news for office sector
Return-to-office mandates are having a major impact on leasing, as vacancy has dropped in the majority of markets nationwide, according to Colliers Canada’s just-released Q4 2025 National Market Snapshot report.
Developers balk at 200% fee hike in Metro Vancouver
OPINION: This week, at least seven Vancouver developers, including major players like Polygon, Anthem and Wesgroup, sent separate letters to Metro Vancouver urging reconsideration of a plan to increase development charges by more than 200 per cent.
REMAX Canada adds over 1,200 agents in brand conversion
REMAX Canada is expanding with 17 Ontario offices and over 1,200 agents from competitor Royal LePage in what it calls the largest conversion in the brand's history.
Why some CRE executives are bullish on 2026
After a bumpy few years for Canada’s commercial real estate market, experts in the space are seeing cautious cause for optimism in 2026 and some signs that a better year could be ahead.
Tal sees housing recovery in 2027, and a new normal
Vancouver’s housing market is in a transition year and heading toward recovery, predicts economist Benjamin Tal, a key figure in Canadian real estate for identifying market trends and advising industry leaders and government.
The immigration shift away from Canada’s three biggest cities
Canada’s three largest metropolitan areas once attracted the vast majority of immigrants, but a combination of eroding affordability and the influx of international students to smaller cities has sent the three cities’ share of new immigrants to a record low.
Retail expected to remain tight as CRE stabilizes: Morguard
Canada’s retail real estate markets are expected to remain tight in 2026, with strong demand for high-quality space supporting rents and income performance, according to a new outlook from Morguard Corporation that points to gradual stabilization across commercial property sectors.
Former Toronto Star building to become waterfront hotel
The Architourist tours the former Toronto Star building with Pinnacle vice-president of sales and marketing Anson Kwok. New plans will see the entire former newspaper building turned into a 468-room hotel.
Revelstoke Mountain begins self-developing resort housing
Revelstoke Mountain Resort is kicking off its first self-developed resort residential project with plans for a range of housing styles from condos to duplexes, townhomes to estate lots.
Dramatic remake pitched for old Vancouver Army & Navy site
Five years after Vancouver’s Army & Navy department store closed, city planners are backing a dramatic remake of the crumbling, historic Gastown site with two highrise towers. The project is from Army & Navy Properties in partnership with local developer Bosa Properties.
Vancouver approves over 3,000 homes, 15 residential towers
Over the second half of 2025, Vancouver City Council approved rezoning applications for 10 unique, large, and/or notable residential projects, with fewer major projects going to public hearing than in the first half of 2025.
CMHC: Housing starts up 5.6 per cent from 2024
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says housing starts in 2025 rose 5.6 per cent compared with 2024, boosted by new rental housing construction. The national housing agency says starts totalled 259,028 last year, up from 245,367 a year earlier.
OSFI moves to lower capital barrier for corporate lending
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions has launched a 90-day public consultation on draft revisions to the Capital Adequacy Requirements Guideline. OSFI has made several changes to the capital treatment of land acquisition, development and construction exposures.
Port Coquitlam council okays five-storey warehouse
Port Coquitlam council unanimously voted to advance a five-storey warehouse/storage facility beside the Cat and Fiddle Pub. Parking had been a sticking point in previous discussions, with Coun. Steve Darling noting the crowds at the pub.
How one family moved huge sums from China to B.C.
The saga of how one extended family transformed its wealth from China into roughly $60 million of property in Canada, specifically in Metro Vancouver, has come to light in a lawsuit working its way through B.C. courts.
BXP offloads $1B of land, multifamily, life sciences and office
Just four months after telling investors it planned to offload US$1.9B of noncore assets, BXP is more than halfway to its goal. Since September, the Boston-based REIT has offloaded more than US$1B across 16 assets.
BREIT logs best performance in three years
Blackstone’s flagship real estate fund quadrupled its performance in 2025 compared to the prior year, notching its strongest performance since 2022. Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, commonly known as BREIT, provided an 8.1 per cent gain to investors in 2025.
Saks global bankruptcy part of retail real estate evolution
The Chapter 11 bankruptcy filed this week by debt-ridden Saks Global Holdings LLC isn’t an anomaly. It’s part of an ongoing evolution of retail real estate, according to Peter Braus, president of Lee & Associates NYC.
Large occupiers vie for £1.2B London office development
A London development appears to have achieved something that has been absent from the office market for the past few years — competition among big tenants. Jane Street, BlackRock and Macqaurie are all interested in the space.
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