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Crown resells Mississauga office building for a healthy premium
Crown resells GTA office building for a healthy premium
Crown Realty Partners has sold a midrise office property in Mississauga’s Airport Corporate Centre a year after acquiring it in an off-market transaction - for a 32 per cent premium.
The People Space Schonfeldt to leave CAPREIT in AprilDon WilcoxManaging Editor, RENX |
Hedge fund Anson is bullish on Canada’s real estate
Anson Funds Management is bullish on Canada’s real estate market after its flagship fund doubled its returns to 21.2 per cent last year, thanks to big wins on some of its housing bets.
Average asking rents fell every month of 2025, report says
Asking rents in Canada fell 2.3 per cent year-over-year in December to an average of $2,060, marking a full calendar year of declines as prices reached their lowest level in 30 months.
Canada’s Top100 infrastructure projects surge to $343B
The 2026 Top100 Projects Report, published by ReNew Canada magazine, reveals the total value of Canada’s largest public infrastructure projects has reached a staggering $343 billion. This represents a record-breaking one-year increase of $43 billion.
Trez Capital The new baseline: The forces shaping CRE in 2026Entering 2026, commercial real estate across Canada and the United States is no longer defined by the rapid repricing that characterized the past several years. Instead, the market is shifting into a more deliberate recalibration. Sponsored by: Trez Capital |
Oakridge Park mall now months away from opening
After well over half a decade of major construction activity on the single largest mixed-use residential and commercial building development project in Vancouver’s history, the city is nearing the much-anticipated return of its second major shopping centre.
SSENSE co-founders will buy back the company
The founders of the Montreal-based designer clothing brand SSENSE will buy back the company, after having sought protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act. This means they have agreed to pay a certain sum to creditors to retain ownership.
Public real estate could regain momentum in 2026
Public real estate markets may be setting up for a strong year, according to a new report. Hazelview Investments’ 2026 Global Public Real Estate Outlook says conditions are shifting after several challenging years.
'Financialized landlords' seek more evictions in Black areas
Tenants of financialized landlords in high-income, majority-Black Toronto neighbourhoods faced 33 eviction applications per 100 households from 2016 to 2019 — a rate five times higher than the city average (5.6 per 100 households) for that landlords group, a study found.
Two thousand housing units near the Montreal centre
A new residential project will be built in Cité-du-Havre, Montreal, the Canada Lands Company announced. At least 2,600 affordable housing units will be constructed between Habitat 67 and the MELS film studios.
Nova Scotia property values swell to over $200B
The total value of all residential and commercial properties in Nova Scotia exceeded $200 billion last year, with the increase in home values and new residential construction mostly occurring in larger urban centres outside Halifax Regional Municipality.
$3M in development fees waived for London housing project
A city committee has voted to waive more than $3 million in development charges for a planned 24-storey tower slated to bring scores of affordable housing units to London's Old East Village.
Former Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver being demolished
An urban pinnacle in downtown Vancouver’s skyline is beginning to shrink as the former Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver tower has entered the major demolition stage, with visible progress underway at the top floors of the highrise.
39-storey tower proposed at Sheppard East and Brimley Road
WND Associates has submitted an application to the City of Toronto on behalf of Arkansas Investments Inc. for a redevelopment at the southeast corner of Sheppard Avenue East and Brimley Road in Scarborough's Agincourt South–Malvern West neighbourhood.
Toronto-based SvN to merge with WW+P
United Kingdom-based firm WW+P and Toronto-based SvN - Architects + Planners have announced the merger of their practices, unifying their teams of architects, urban planners, urban designers and landscape architects.
RXR buys stakes in GO's Manhattan luxury rental buildings
RXR purchased stakes in a luxury apartment building and a string of townhomes on Manhattan’s Upper East Side as demand for high-end residential properties persists. The firm bought a roughly 45 per cent stake from GO Residential REIT (GO-U-T).
From niche to mainstream: build-to-rent finds footing
Build-to-rent is no longer an early-stage product. Six years ago, the industry was still hashing out the finer details on what to call itself. Then major players met to define common vernacular and industry expectations.
Amazon proposes its first big-box retail location
Amazon is looking to make another foray into brick-and-mortar retail, proposing a massive big-box store in Orland Park, a suburb of Chicago. The online shopping behemoth submitted plans for a 229,000-sq.-ft. large-format store.
Blackstone taps advisers to sell $1.3B rental home platform
Blackstone has appointed advisers to sell its British rental home business Leaf Living. The alternative asset manager hired bankers at Goldman Sachs Group and CBRE to advise on the sale. The business is expected to fetch over US$1.3B.
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