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Elysium builds, buys sites for Yarra student housing platform
Elysium builds, buys sites for Yarra student housing arm
It's a busy time at Yarra, the purpose-built student housing platform of Elysium Investments Inc. Plans have been unveiled for its first development in Guelph, Ont. and the firm is about to close on a development site in Toronto.
2025: mixed signals in Vancouver apartment investment
Even as economic headwinds blow through the sector, Metro Vancouver’s rental apartment resale market achieved stronger results than many expected in 2025, according to a year-end report from Goodman Commercial.
ATB Place in DT Edmonton getting a huge facelift
ATB Place, in downtown Edmonton, is undergoing a massive transformation that will make the space more accessible, energy efficient and comfortable for tenants and visitors in an effort to reinvigorate downtown Edmonton.
Bell to upgrade federal government call centres
Bell Canada has landed a major contract that will see the telecommunications provider overhaul several of the largest government of Canada call centres. This contract will see Bell along with Genesys modernize contact centres for three federal government agencies.
Real estate market wants to know federal gov't needs
Ottawa real estate market observers are calling on the federal government to clarify its workspace needs. "To be perfectly frank, if there is a plan, nobody knows about it," said Shawn Hamilton, director of Proveras Commercial Realty.
The conversion puzzle: From offices to housing
In the last three years, 13 office buildings have been converted into housing, student residences, or hotels in Montreal. A dozen other projects are under consideration, but their future could be jeopardized by the return to office use.
$200B in Ontario project pipeline, OCS’s Jacobs reports
Ontario Construction Secretariat director of research Katherine Jacobs reported the value of the pipeline for confirmed projects for Ontario now stands at $200 billion, as calculated by BuildForce Canada. The GTA’s share is $100 billion.
Province considers Lake Ontario infill for convention centre
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has confirmed a report he's looking to create artificial land in Lake Ontario on Toronto’s waterfront to build a multibillion-dollar convention centre somewhere between Humber Bay Park and Ontario Place.
Canada’s largest battery energy storage facility goes online
Amid increased discussion of Canada's need to provide ever-more electricity to power such things as AI processing, the country’s largest battery energy storage facility has come online in Ontario. The project required multiple community consultations to get local buy-in.
Smart energy management keeps AI from crashing grids
As AI and the data centres behind it revolutionize Canada's economy, both are straining the electricity grids needed to power the resulting explosion of computing capacity. The Hagersville Battery Energy Storage Park just southwest of Hamilton went online Feb. 18.
Squamish Nation will defend title claims from other FNs
The Squamish Nation is prepared to challenge any agreement between the federal government and other First Nations that could overlap its territory. The remarks come in response to agreements Canada signed with the Musqueam Indian Band recognizing its Aboriginal rights.
Casino sues B.C. city over land expropriated for SkyTrain
A numbered company that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Gateway Casino & Entertainment Ltd. is suing the City of Langley for allegedly expropriating land to make way for a SkyTrain extension without proper compensation.
Menkes resubmits Filmores redev. as 44-storey tower
Menkes Developments has submitted a revised Site Plan Approval application for 218 Dundas St. E. in Toronto’s Garden District, replacing an earlier condominium plan with a 44-storey purpose-built rental tower.
BM Group shows confidence in Surrey housing, buys land
The $34.5-million sale of a 10.09-acre site in the Metro Vancouver city of Surrey to developer BM Group is a sign of faith in the resilience of the local housing market, said the broker behind the transaction.
Recreational RE is getting cheaper, here’s what to consider
Some Canadians are considering recreational property but before hunting for that idyllic second home, advisors urge buyers to consider the broader cost, and tax and estate implications that could overshadow the sentimental side of owning a getaway property.
BGO pays $270M for 1M-sq.-ft. industrial property
BGO has acquired Millstone 8 Logistics Park, a fully leased, 997,965-sq.-ft. class-A industrial asset in Millstone, N.J., for US$270.4 million from Crow Holdings, according to Yardi Matrix data. JLL Capital Markets secured acquisition financing from Northwestern Mutual.
CRE lobby in US alarmed by forced sale provision in housing bill
Three dozen national CRE groups are urging the Senate to reconsider a provision in its American Dream to Housing Act they say will ruin build-to-rent construction by requiring large BTR developers to sell any communities within seven years of construction.
RE decarbonization investment firm hits $1B in funding
The CRE arm of Galvanize, a global asset manager centred on decarbonization, has raised $370M from pension funds, banks, family offices and foundations to target buildings where it can juice returns by reducing properties’ carbon footprints.
Developers warn Denver's energy transition outpacing grid
As Denver moves toward its goal of a 100 per cent renewable energy grid, developers are raising concerns the transition's timeline conflicts with growing energy demand. Uncertainty in securing power for new projects could intensify as coal-fired plants are decommissioned.
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