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Jayman Living breaks ground on new Calgary-area private club
Jayman breaks ground on new Calgary-area private club
A Calgary developer has broken ground on a 400,000-square-foot private club located just southeast of the city. Jayman Living’s Nostalgia Club will be located at Nostalgia Townlet in southeast Calgary, a 500-acre, phased master-planned residential community.
Montreal's Central Station office building set for facelift
For the first time in its history, the former headquarters of the Canadian National Railway (CN) will be available for lease. This presents an opportunity for its owner, Cominar, to modernize the building as part of a major renovation project.
Olymel quadruples capacity with $142M plant expansion
Quebec pork and poultry producer Olymel has quadrupled production capacity at its Trois-Rivières facility through a $142-million expansion that adds advanced automation and energy-efficient technologies while positioning the company to capitalize on growing demand for affordable protein.
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Allied appoints Donald Clow to its board of trustees
Allied Properties REIT (AP-UN-T) has announced the appointment of Donald E. Clow to its board of trustees. Clow has more than 35 years of leadership experience and was president and CEO of Crombie REIT from 2009 to 2023.
No relief on construction loan standards for condos
In the fourth year of the real estate downturn, a major Ontario condo construction lender, the Meridian Credit Union, says it won’t relax its loan criteria for developers despite a sharp drop in projects and industry calls for more support.
Toronto developer pivots from luxury condos to rentals
Goldberg Group, representing Toronto developer Montcrest Asset Management, has received approval to change course on a plan for bougie condos near Lawrence subway station in North York, pivoting to a rental building with 157 units.
Changing floor-plates mid-construction: it's complicated
On its way to 73 storeys, Forma's floor-plates shift. It happens twice, at 38 storeys and 62 storeys. Making the shift is a complicated matter, with partial transfer slabs required to carry loads from walls above down through offset walls.
Bell denies FN consultation request about AI data centre
A First Nation in Saskatchewan is pushing Bell Canada for more details about its AI data centre near Regina and has set a deadline for possible legal action if the company doesn't satisfy its concerns about the multi-billion dollar project.
Vancouver voters back $790M for community facilities, infra
A City of Vancouver plebicite provided the municipal government with the legal green light to borrow $790 million to help fund a portion of its $3.5-billion plan between 2027 and 2030 for capital projects.
BigGeo uses AI to make spatial data more accessible
Questions about where to build a store, expand a business or plan infrastructure can take weeks to answer. Calgary-based BigGeo aims to change that with an artificial intelligence tool that delivers insights from complex spatial data in seconds.
More technology, more jobs at B.C. ports, report finds
Technology upgrades are often seen as a threat to jobs, but a new report on B.C.'s ports challenges that assumption, finding that modernization has helped drive workforce growth alongside increased cargo volumes, adding about 3,600 workers since 2009.
Brookfield Properties Multifamily rebrands as LyvWell
Today marks the introduction of LyvWell Apartments, a leading multifamily property operator in the U.S. and Canada. LyvWell Apartments' new name, replacing what was previously Brookfield Properties Multifamily, reflects a continued commitment to investing in every property, the company said.
How grocers can avoid being the target of cyberattacks
Last weekend, hackers breached internet-connected systems in some 700 grocery stores in France — including Carrefour, Monoprix, Intermarché, E.Leclerc and Coopérative U — remotely raising fridge temperatures as high as 50C which spoiled large quantities of fresh and frozen food.
Private sector's orbital aspirations drive CRE markets
With US$11.3B in funding to firms like Varda Space Industries, Sierra Space and Astranis in 2026 and a shift toward mass production, companies are snapping up existing real estate to support satellite fabrication and evolving low earth orbit technologies.
U.S. senate bill offers data centres a faster path to power
A landmark permitting reform bill has united U.S. senators from both political parties, but it is dividing the AI data centre sector. Some industry leaders say it would make data centres easier to build, while others worry about additional expense.
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