Industry News
Construction Business
ACEC-BC elects new board
The Association of Consulting Engineering Companies British Columbia (ACEC-BC) appointed a new board of directors at its annual general meeting June 4, held at the Coast Plaza Hotel in Vancouver.
Construction Business
New CCDC design-build forms
Two new design-build contract forms will be released by the Canadian Construction Documents Committee (CCDC) in July.
Design Quarterly
Trump announces Vancouver hotel-condo tower
The $360-million Arthur Erickson-designed tower in downtown Vancouver will become the city’s first Trump development and the second in Canada.
Design Quarterly
Kasian wins Universal Design Award
The Commonwealth Community Recreation Centre (CCRC) has won the City of Edmonton Mayor’s Award for Universal Design in Architecture.
Design Quarterly
Stantec acquires Vancouver-based design firm
North American design firm Stantec has acquired AP/ID, a Vancouver design firm known for its corporate office consulting and strategic workplace planning ...
Canadian Apartment Magazine
New and notable transaction
In April, North Vancouver's 308 Forbes Ave. sold for a purchase price of $8.7 million.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
CAPREIT acquires coveted apartments in Calgary
Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (CAPREIT) has acquired a luxury apartment portfolio in Calgary.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Ivanhoe Cambridge to modernize Rockhill
Ivanhoe Cambridge is investing $20 million to upgrade Rockhill Apartments, a residential complex at the base of Mount Royal in Montreal.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Pure Multi-Family REIT buys luxury complex
Pure Multi-Family REIT has acquired a 560-unit multi-family apartment community in Texas.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Affordable housing shortage in Ontario: report
A new report claims that low homeownership rates are poised to put additional pressure on Ontario's already strained rental housing market.
Canadian Property Management
Oxford to build 40-storey office tower in Toronto
Oxford Properties Group has unveiled plans to develop the Ernst & Young Tower, a new 900,000-square-foot, 40 storey, triple A office tower ...
Canadian Property Management
Sobeys to buy Safeway Canada
Supermarket chain Sobeys Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire Safeway Inc.'s Canadian assets for $5.8 billion.
Canadian Property Management
Agellan completes $18.25 million acquisition
Agellan Commercial REIT has closed its acquisition of a Texas office property for a total purchase price of $18.25 million, representing a going-in capitalization rate of 8.16 per cent.
Canadian Property Management
Vancouver commercial real estate sales drop
The first quarter of 2013 saw a reduction in the total dollar value and quantity of commercial real estate sales in B.C.'s Lower Mainland compared to recent years, according to data from Commercial Edge, a commercial real estate system operated by the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV).
Canadian Property Management
GTA commercial market dipped in May
The Greater Toronto Area's commercial real estate sector dipped approximately 20 per cent last month in comparison to May 2012, according to ...
CondoBusiness
Tridel and Hines reveal Aqualina condo plans
Condominium developer, Tridel, and international real estate firm, Hines, have released details of their new condominium development.
CondoBusiness
Construction starts on Condominiums St-Hilaire
Groupe Lobato has broken ground on Phase 1 of Condominiums St-Hilaire, a residential project developed in partnership with ...






