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Oxford buys class-A office complex in Boston Seaport for $599M
Oxford buys office complex in Boston Seaport for $599M
Oxford Properties Group has acquired One Marina Park Drive — an 18-storey, approximately 500,000-square-foot class-A office building in Boston’s Seaport District — from Clarion Partners for roughly $599 million (US$435 million).
Giant 500-tonne pendulum installed atop Pinnacle SkyTower
Canada's new tallest tower soars high over downtown Toronto, but how do you keep a 106-storey megatower from swaying in strong winds? An enormous pendulum has been installed atop the massive Pinnacle SkyTower.
Unpacking Ottawa's $2.7B housing pledge
The feds will provide $2.7-billion in low-interest loans and grants to build 5,600 new rental homes – both market and subsidized – across 18 projects, all on land owned by the city.
Is another AI giant coming to Alberta with data centres?
A world-leading AI firm appears to be laying the groundwork for a Canadian expansion. San Francisco-based Anthropic is looking to bring “gigawatts of compute” to Canada, according to two separate job postings from the company.
Big Tech has come to Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan has been chosen as a home for at least two large-scale data centres in the last six months, prompting a surge in public interest regarding the details of these facilities.
GTA lots now listed as part of Conservatory Group sale
The last properties in Conservatory Group’s sales process are four lowrise housing subdivisions in Richmond Hill, totalling 422 lots for development, supporting a mix of townhomes and single-detached and semi-detached homes.
Firm Capital Apt. REIT now Northvest Financial Trust
Firm Capital Apartment REIT announced plans to change its name to "Northvest Financial Trust" in its Q2 financials report. The REIT said the name more accurately reflects its current business model as it continues winding down its real estate business.
Harry Stinson denies living in Cannon Knitting Mills
The city has issued an order prohibiting occupancy of the Cannon Knitting Mills amid reports that embattled developer Harry Stinson is living in the dilapidated complex set for demolition over safety concerns.
Roots agrees to go-private deal with U.S. company
Roots said JM&A will serve as core operating partner and oversee design, development, manufacturing and distribution and assume responsibility for retail and e-commerce operations across Canada and the U.S., including the Roots fleet of over 100 North American stores.
New format SportChek stores planned for old HBC spaces
Canadian Tire Corporation is preparing to accelerate the expansion of SportChek’s Destination Sport format across Canada, with former department-store spaces emerging as a source of new real-estate opportunities as the sporting-goods banner continues to post strong sales growth.
The Odyssey breathes new life into Imax Corp.
Building stand-alone theatres that could accommodate Imax’s massive proportions didn’t make financial sense. The company struck deals with movie theatre operators to include its screens in their multiplexes. It now has more than 1,800 screens, 43 of them in Canada.
Broccolini starts construction on ‘The Riv’ rental project
Broccolini has officially broken ground on The Riv, a 37-storey purpose-built rental building in Toronto’s downtown east corridor. The build was originally introduced as a condominium development but was repositioned as purpose-built rental.
Real estate podcasts
Making Halifax into Canada’s defence city, The Decibel
Mark Kenney, former CAPREIT CEO: Canada’s housing crisis, CRE Podcast
Delivering and operating purpose-built rental housing, TUC
Large U.S. CRE sales up 30% despite economic headwinds
Green Street counted US$164B of CRE property sales worth US$25M or more between January and June. The metric was up nearly 30 per cent from the US$126B over the same period in 2025.
Investors anchor big capital into marinas
Institutional investors are accelerating their push into marina real estate, betting that limited supply, rising demand and growing rents will continue to drive returns. The sector is entering an active investment phase likely to stretch through 2027.
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