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Solstice Montreal, the latest condominium tower to be built near the Bell Centre in downtown Montreal, will stand in contrast against the “towerization” seen in other condo developments in the core, its development manager says.

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UPDATED: Cadillac Fairview is acquiring what’s planned as the largest commercial development in Canada, the 38-acre Toronto East Harbour project, from First Gulf. “This will be the largest commercial development ever undertaken in Canada,” CEO John Sullivan said.

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SmartCentres REIT (SRU.UN-T) and Greenwin Inc. have entered into a 50/50 joint venture to develop a 7.8-acre lakefront property in Barrie, about an hour north of Toronto. The project is contemplated to be a multiphase rental apartment community.

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Edmonton developer Canada West Limited is doing its best to substantiate the hype surrounding the 11-year old Centreport Canada inland port. The first of eight multi-tenant industrial buildings in the Brookside Industrial Park opened this week.

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American tech firm Grammarly Inc. is looking to put its prints on Vancouver. The company, best known for developing a writing app that helps improve digital messages, announced Thursday the city will be home to its fourth global office.

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Vancouver-based CIBT Education Group Inc. (MBA-T), the owner of Sprott Shaw College, is currently developing the latest in a series of mixed-use properties that harness demand from international students for residential real estate.

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Last year, Calgary got a new central library, a place that brings people together, with programming for kids and teens, film screenings and talks, and advice on everything from how to build your career to how to live with depression.

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The top 10 major upcoming educational and medical construction projects in Canada are all in the planning stage and comprised mainly of new projects. The largest projects can dramatically affect total construction dollar volumes in market forecasts.

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Hudson’s Bay Co. (HBC-T) has reported steeper losses as it continues to close stores and sell off discounted merchandise, in an effort to modernize the offerings of its Bay department store chain and to combat falling sales.

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Empire Co. Ltd. (EMP-A-T), headquartered in Stellarton, N.S., and parent company of Sobeys, reported adjusted net earnings of $133.9 million (49 cents per share) in Q1 2020 compared to $100.2 million (37 cents per share), a year-over-year increase of 34 per cent.

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An Ontario judge has frozen the province’s cannabis retail licensing process for at least two weeks. Twelve of the original 42 winners of the Aug. 20 lottery draw were disqualified for failing to submit all the required application materials on time.

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U.S. retail sales increased more than expected in August, pointing to solid consumer spending that should continue to support a moderate pace of economic growth. The report from the Commerce Department could further allay financial market concerns of a recession.

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Family-owned businesses are the real “backbone of the economy” directly responsible for about $574.6 billion in goods and services produced in 2017. That’s more than 35 per cent of Canada’s real GDP, but that foundation is cracking says a new report.

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SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (SNC-T), the embattled Canadian engineering firm that has seen its stock spiral this year, just got some good news: Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd. purchased shares in the company, taking its stake to 11 per cent.

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WeWork owner The We Company said on Friday it has curbed the voting power of founder and CEO Adam Neumann, part of changes to its corporate governance aimed at reviving demand for its planned initial public offering.

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Federal regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac moved to cap the total amount of loans for multifamily rental properties that the mortgage-finance companies are allowed to purchase each year, the first of several changes planned by the Trump administration.

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Condominium buyers who took advantage of a popular purchase incentive in recent years are finding themselves in the crosshairs of the Canada Revenue Agency. The rental guarantee incentive drawing the tax authority’s interest is commonly known as a leaseback arrangement.

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Justin Trudeau says a re-elected Liberal government would impose a national one per cent tax on properties owned by non-Canadians and non-residents in an effort to curb foreign speculation in real estate a key contributor to a surge in home prices.

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front-line negotiator says the federal government’s 11-year, $13.75-billion Rental Construction Financing Initiative (RCFI) will soon bear fruit big time in Toronto as developers start to close more deals with the program’s administrator, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).

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Following a report about possible allegations of collusion between building inspectors and real estate brokers, the Organisme d’autoréglementation du courtage immobilier du Québec (OACIQ) reiterates any form of conflict of interest is not tolerated under the Real Estate Brokerage Act.

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