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GO REIT-led group to acquire H&R REIT for $6.7 billion

Tania Theriault Residential Apartments International Aug. 11 2026

Toronto-based H&R REIT is to be acquired in a $6.7B deal which will see its portfolio divided amongst a group of buyers in Canada and the U.S. The transaction will create Canada's second largest publicly traded residential REIT.

Ottawa is rethinking the foreign buyer ban; it should look at where the money flows

Bryan Jaskolka Residential Foreign Buyers National Aug. 10 2026

GUEST SUBMISSION: Canada’s foreign buyers ban was sold as a protection for Canadian buyers, and while the rationale was valid at the time, it’s done little to correct the market’s larger structural problems.

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