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Station Mall joins list of Ontario shopping centres for sale
Station Mall joins list of Ontario shopping centres for sale
CBRE is marketing the largest mall in Northern Ontario's Sault Ste. Marie region following a court battle over an unpaid $18-million mortgage - the most recent large shopping centre to be put up for sale under receivership proceedings.
Nexus REIT at the end of five-year transition: CEO
It has taken five years, but Nexus Industrial REIT (NXR-UN-T) is receiving over 99 per cent of its NOI from its industrial assets, essentially completing its transition from a diversified REIT into a pure-play industrial trust, its CEO says.
Former CDPQ CEO accused of stock market manipulation
Former Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec CEO Richard Guay is being sued for $2.2M by the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) in relation to stock market transactions involving a small CRE agency, Imperial Equities Inc.
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RioCan asks court to put HBC JV into receivership: docs
RioCan REIT (REI-UN-T) is pushing to put a joint venture it owned with Hudson’s Bay into receivership. A court filing from the REIT asks the Ontario Superior Court to appoint FTI Consulting Canada receiver of the companies that span the venture.
The plan that might have saved Hudson’s Bay
A proposal led by former Hudson’s Bay Co. executives that would have kept at least two dozen stores open, never came to fruition – meaning, as of this weekend, the country’s oldest retailer will cease to exist as Canadians know it.
The billion-dollar battle to own 7-Eleven
The proposed Couche-Tard deal for the convenience store chain would be the biggest foreign takeover of a Japanese company in history. But residual resistance to foreign corporations, and 7-Eleven’s place in modern Japanese culture, make it a hard sell.
RBC to require employees to work in office 4 days a week
Royal Bank of Canada is telling its employees to return to their offices four days a week as major employers across the country grapple with enticing workers back in person.
Could Trump's tariff setback be good news for real estate
Pending the outcome of a new U.S. trade court ruling, we can exhale at least a bit when it comes to real estate and mortgage uncertainty. Tariff insecurity has weighed on Canadian real estate like a lead blanket.
Hamilton hits $1 billion in building permits in record time
Hamilton has once again broken its record for the fastest climb to $1 billion worth of building permits. That figure represents roughly 1,476 building projects across the city, ranging from residential and institutional to commercial and industrial.
CPP Investments: Overstaffed, overpaid and underperforming
OPINION: CPP Investments reported a rate of return of 9.3 per cent in the fiscal year ending March 31. Now, 9.3 per cent certainly sounds impressive, unless you recall that equity markets generally were up wildly last year.
Multifamily boosts Canada, U.S. new home starts
New homes development got a shot in the arm this spring with April starts rising in Canada and the United States. Recent reports from TD Economics examined new home data in both markets, finding month-over-month rises in starts for April.
Owner converting over 120 Halifax apartments into condos
Two apartment buildings in Halifax's north end are being converted into condominiums, and the owner says it's because operating the properties as rentals has become financially impracticable. BRF Properties built the apartments about 20 years ago.
Vancouver proposal to have developers pay for infra upgrades
Staff of the City of Vancouver are proposing new rules that would give it the authority to require developers to help pay for municipal infrastructure — like sewers, sidewalks, parks and utility upgrades — as a condition for receiving a development permit.
Vancouver to vote on Granville Entertainment District plan
After over two years of planning and consultation work, Vancouver City Council is poised to approve a bold new plan to transform downtown’s Granville Street corridor into a vibrant, year-round cultural and entertainment destination.
Ivanhoé Cambridge and PIMCO complete U.K. office building
Ivanhoé Cambridge, the real estate group of CDPQ, and PIMCO have completed Stonecutter, a 13-storey office building in the heart of London. The 240,000 sq. ft. office space is 93 per cent leased.
Banks' CRE comeback fuelled by shifting bad loans off their books
U.S. banks have reemerged in the commercial real estate lending space after more than a year of dormancy. Their comeback has been fuelled by finding ways to purge their balance sheets of troubled property loans.
Nuveen fund to convert 1031 exchange sellers into REIT shareholders
Nuveen has launched a new vehicle that it hopes will convert property sellers hoping to avoid capital gains taxes into investors in its $US2.1B non-traded REIT. TIAA’s global investment management arm launched a Delaware Statutory Trust fund.
Hines pays $267M for East Coast portfolio
Hines has purchased two industrial portfolios totaling approximately 2.5 million square feet in the Boston and Savannah-Hilton Head metro areas through its Hines Global Income Trust. The Davis Cos. sold the assets for a combined US$267.2 million.
CEOs saw their compensation increase by almost 10% in 2024
Typical compensation for S&P 500 executives jumped nearly 10 per cent in 2024, driven by another record year for the stock market and a surge in corporate profits. Many companies are tying CEO pay more closely to performance.
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