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International Workplace Group opens new locations
International Workplace Group opens new locations
Flexbile workspace and office provider International Workplace Group PLC (IWG) opened 18 new locations in Canada last year and shows no signs of slowing down. The Canadian growth was part of IWG’s global expansion, as it signed 1,132 new centres.
Oakville PBR underway from Daniels and Emshih
Shoring and excavation have now been completed for a 16-storey, 256-unit purpose-built rental apartment adjacent to the uptown core of Oakville, Ont. The build represents the first phase of a master-planned community to be called Oakville Yards.
Meta to spend $13B to build Alberta data centre
Meta Platforms Inc. plans to spend more than $13 billion to build a massive artificial intelligence data centre in Sturgeon County, north of Edmonton, marking the technology company’s first such facility in Canada.
Proposal for Western Canada's tallest tower forthcoming
Vancouver City Council will consider one of the city's most ambitious private development proposals this summer, featuring what would be the city’s three tallest buildings, including a 315-metre mixed-use tower that would become Western Canada's tallest building.
Calgary park-and-ride lots make way for housing projects
VIDEO: Park-and-ride lots near three main LRT stations in Calgary could soon become major housing projects. The Calgary Municipal Land Corporation says the developments will help increase ridership while addressing the city’s housing crisis.
Quebec City’s $400M rental tower breaks ground
Construction is underway on what might be the largest development in Quebec City, a 28-storey, 896-unit purpose-built rental tower and medical centre in Sainte‑Foy, one of the city’s major urban centres.
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A no balconies, 21 parking spaces, 1,004-unit proposal
Would you give up some amenities in exchange for lower rent? Foundation Capital is betting renters will, proposing two highrise towers just south of downtown London along a bus rapid transit corridor.
Church plans towers, seniors’ home, cultural hub
Designed by architects—Alliance for the Holy Trinity Armenian Church, the development would retain the existing church while introducing two 39-storey condominium towers, a 17-storey seniors-oriented mixed-use building with a daycare/pre-school and a new Armenian community hub.
More could follow Hamilton's data centre moratorium
On June 24, Hamilton city council supported a motion calling for a moratorium on the development of the facilities that securely store, process and distribute digital information. This move could be the first of its kind in Canada.
Blocking data centres won’t tame AI’s real threat
OPINION: Among the more worrisome current social phenomena is the backlash against artificial intelligence in the form of opposition to the build-out of AI data centres. Opposition to proposed centres is rising across Canada and the U.S.
Real estate podcasts
This government rebate has builders paying attention, Ottawa RE Podcast
Developer's bailout or bank bailout?, VCREP
Southwest Ontario’s hidden markets attracting capital, CRE Podcast
TD places 27-storey development under receivership
Real estate insolvencies have, unfortunately, become relatively commonplace over the past few years, but few have involved Canada’s biggest banks, making a recent case a rare occurrence. The project is a 27-storey mixed-use condo project called the Burlington Waterfront.
Buckling beams rattle NYC's 19M SF conversion pipeline
The buckling of support columns in a Manhattan tower this week rattled more than the nation's largest office-to-residential project. It jolted a real estate industry that has been looking to the building as a bellwether for the city’s conversion boom.
More states implement special power rates for data centres
As the data center building boom fuels record electricity demand, state leaders are aiming to prevent the industry’s skyrocketing power consumption from creating higher power bills for households and businesses.
$130B in U.S. data centres blocked or delayed in 2026
Communities across the United States have now blocked or delayed more than UA$130 billion in AI data centers in the first three months of 2026, refusing projects the industry's biggest names assumed they could build anywhere.
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