Pessimism among Canada’s commercial real estate leaders continues amidst concerns about the future of the country's economy.

The Lasalle Investment Management building located at 70 University Ave. in downtown Toronto has received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design gold rating for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance (LEED EB:O&M).

Manulife Real Estate has announced it plans to build a 27-storey office tower in downtown Calgary.

Calloway REIT has acquired four Walmart-anchored shopping centres in Ontario for $231.5 million.

Commercial real estate investments in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) hit a record high in the second quarter of 2013.

Canadian hotel transactions were up 22 per cent in the first half of 2013, in comparison to the same period last year.

Summit Industrial Income REIT has acquired three light industrial properties and one office building in the Montreal area for $15.3 million.

Cadillac Fairview’s Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower has achieved LEED gold under the CaGBC's Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance program.

Brookfield Office Properties Inc. has announced it will commence construction of a 2.4-million-square-foot office development project in downtown Calgary to be named Brookfield Place Calgary.

Investment in non-residential building construction in British Columbia declined by 2.2 per cent to $1.46 billion in 2013's second quarter compared with the previous quarter, according to Statistics Canada.

Todd Yuen has been appointed president of Beedie Industrial.

The Rental Owners and Managers Society of B.C. (ROMS BC), the B.C. Apartment Owners and Managers Association (BCAOMA) and the Rental Housing Council have merged to become one provincial industry association serving the residential rental industry in British Columbia.

Calgary city officials have released a preliminary estimate of just how much it will cost to fix flood-damaged infrastructure, pegging it to be at least $260 million.

Cushman & Wakefield has been selected to become the property manager for the World Trade Center site.

Edmonton’s Phipps McKinnon building recently received the city’s first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certificate for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance (LEED EB:O&M), with a silver ranking.

Allied Properties REIT has acquired a historic building nearby Calgary’s Inglewood neighbourhood.

Landmark Cinemas of Canada has acquired 20 theatres from Empire Theatres Ltd. The purchase price for the transaction is approximately $55 million.