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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.

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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 ...