The flight to quality in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) has continued into the third quarter of 2015, as demand is focused on Class A office space.

A heritage mansion in Vancouver’s West End has been sold for $6.72 million and will be converted into rental housing. Considered one of the neighbourhood’s ‘last great mansions,’ for decades it had served as a restaurant, but new owner Nevin Sangha plans to convert the 17,327 square foot house into multiple apartment units.

Milestone Apartments Real Estate Investment Trust announced that it has completed the purchase of Estates at Vista (formerly Broadstone Vista Ridge), a 372-unit, Class A multifamily apartment community located in the Lewisville submarket of Dallas, Texas, for a purchase price of US $45.0 million.

Construction of the largest natural gas plant in Western Canada has commenced. Encana is overseeing the project management and construction of the $860 million facility near Dawson Creek in B.C. on behalf of Veresen Midstream.

The Wood Innovation and Design Centre in Prince George, B.C. was recognized as this year’s outstanding design-build project by the Canadian Design-Build Institute.

Graham Construction and Engineering took top honours at the 2015 Vancouver Regional Construction Association’s (VRCA) Awards of Excellence, winning a Gold general contractor award for the YVR Airside Operations Building.

Milestone Apartments Real Estate Investment Trust announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Starwood Capital Group to acquire, by way of merger, Landmark Apartment Trust for US $8.17 per Landmark share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of approximately US $1.9 billion.

BuildGreen Solutions, providers of deep green sustainability solutions to Canada’s real estate sector, has appointed Jenny McMinn as VP in its Toronto office.

The National Trust for Canada will celebrate the winners of its 2015 National Leadership Awards on October 23, 2015.

Broccolini has opened the Broccolini Corporate Centre Saint-Laurent 2, a LEED Silver, 129,310 square foot commercial and office space over five floors.

The San Romanoway Revival Project, funded through the Weston Family Parks Challenge, will transform the lawns surrounding three Jane and Finch apartment towers into lush, community green space.

The B.C. Chapter of the Architectural Woodwork Manufacturers Association of Canada (AWMAC) recently celebrated some of the best architectural millwork projects. The annual Awards of Excellence recognized 15 projects in the residential and commercial sectors.

Mountain Equipment Co-op is planning to develop a new flagship store in Vancouver's Olympic Village. The proposal is for a three-storey mixed used green building of approximately 60,000 square feet.

CBRE Limited announced the integration of its three Greater Toronto Area (GTA) brokerage offices and the appointment a new management team.

A recent survey of 320 senior corporate real estate executives revealed a lag in spending on financial reporting and data management IT compared to the industry's investment in building technology.

Coun. Shelley Carroll, the local representative for Ward 33 Don Valley East in Toronto, is proposing that the city do a test run of 'Condo Clinics.'

ASHRAE has recently published its “Cold-Climate Buildings Design Guide,” to help designers face particular challenges of buildings in colder locales.