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2013 BOMA BC award winners announced

The Building Owners and Managers Association of British Columbia (BOMA BC) helds its biennial Awards of Excellence gala May 16 at the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel in downtown Vancouver.
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Ivanhoe Cambridge buys Seattle office building

Ivanhoe Cambridge has acquired a 100 per cent interest in the Wells Fargo Center, a 47-storey, Class A office tower with ...
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Canadian Property Management

Madison Pacific Properties names new CFO

Vancouver-based real estate company, Madison Pacific Properties Inc., has appointed a new chief financial officer (CFO), Dino Di Marco.

Construction Business

Best steel projects in B.C. recognized

Three projects were honoured with a 2013 BC Steel Design Award of Excellence. The award ceremony was held at the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel in downtown Vancouver May 23.

Construction Business

Built Green Canada launches HD program

Built Green Canada has launched its new High Density (HD) program. HD addresses the needs of builders constructing multi-storey and residential tower ...
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Construction Business

VRCA names new president

The Vancouver Regional Construction Association (VRCA) board of directors has named Fiona Famulak as its new president and CEO after ...

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Greater Vancouver housing market sees balance

Residential property sales in Greater Vancouver reached 2,627 in April 2013, according to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV).

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GTA highrise sector sales remain stable

Consumer confidence in the Greater Toronto Area's (GTA) new homes market is still low as sales amounted to the third worst April on record.

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Calgary condo sales continue to improve

The Calgary condo market saw increases in both the number of sales and prices in the month of May.

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Building industry calls for changes to OBC

Ontario builders are urging the provincial government to allow six-storey wood frame structures.

Canadian Property Management

Canada celebrates 1,000 LEED projects

A thousand projects have now been LEED certified in Canada. The country now ranks second in the world, after the U.S., for its number of certified buildings.

Canadian Property Management

Edmonton industrial market remains tight

Industrial leasing and sales activity in Edmonton remained strong during the first quarter of 2013, as the overall vacancy rate declined to 3.4 per cent from 3.7 per cent at year-end 2012, according to a recent report by Avison Young.

Canadian Property Management

Montreal office vacancy rates remain stable

Vacancy rates in downtown Montreal's Class A and B office buildings have remained in the six per cent range over most of the past 12 months in a leasing market where demand has slowed, according to a recent real estate market study by Newmark Knight Frank Devencore.

Canadian Property Management

Homburg acquires properties in P.E.I.

Homburg International Group has acquired five properties in Charlottetown, P.E.I., through the purchase of the outstanding shares in Hardegane Investments Ltd.
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Pessimism in commercial real estate rises

Despite continuing strong market fundamentals for real estate, commercial real estate leaders are more pessimistic about the future than they have been since 2009, according to a recent survey by the Real Property Association of Canada (REALpac) and FPL Advisory Group.

Canadian Apartment Magazine

CAPREIT acquires portfolio in West Toronto

CAPREIT has acquired a unique mid-tier portfolio of multi-residential buildings totalling 396 suites as well as one commercial unit located on the shores of Lake Ontario in the west end of Toronto.
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Canadian Apartment Magazine

Chartwell acquires two residences in Quebec

Chartwell Retirement Residences has agreed to acquire a 65-unit long-term care residence and a 171-unit independent supportive living residence located at the Cité-Jardin complex in Gatineau, Que.