After passing on several potential multifamily development sites together over the years, Capital Developments and Kilmer Group have found one to their liking. They are moving forward with a 34-storey purpose-built rental building in Toronto’s Willowdale community.

Snaile and Accessa have teamed up to launch Snaile Hub+, a smart locker platform that provides property managers with what the firms call a solution extending beyond package management.

Real estate investors are eagerly snapping-up seniors housing assets across the country as rising demand from an aging population combined with a shortage of new developments is pushing up profitability, brokers say. 

Crestpoint Real Estate Investments Ltd., and Minto Group are teaming up to acquire and take Minto Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust (MI-UN-T) private in an all-cash transaction which values the REIT at approximately $2.3 billion.

Alberta Investment Management Corporation has named its interim CEO, Ray Gilmour, to the position on a permanent basis. In other moves, Chartwell is undergoing a board renewal and Ontario Teachers', Choice Properties and Manulife name new executives...

After acquiring towers at 2 and 4 Silver Maple Ct. in Brampton in May, Lankin Investments has completed the triumvirate with the $115-million purchase of a 23-storey, 339-unit apartment building at 6 Silver Maple.

Jessi Carrier, Senior Vice President of Colliers Hotels Canada, discusses the current hotel investment landscape, from rising prices and limited inventory to regional shifts and technology's impact on valuations. Discover what's driving the market and where it's headed.

Edmonton-based Josan Properties has closed on its acquisition of the Intact Building in Edmonton, the company’s second acquisition of a downtown office building in the city in two years.

A strong year for retail despite the exit of one of Canada's most iconic brands, Hudson Bay. A slower industrial sector ... dramatically changed circumstances in multifamily ... green shoots in the office sector. All this and more in our annual rankings.

Primaris REIT (PMZ-UN-T) continued its disposition and capital recycling program with the Dec. 19 sale of Calgary’s Northland Village shopping centre and adjacent Northland Professional Centre for $154 million.

KIN Asset Management is laying the groundwork for a major national expansion as the firm ramps up acquisitions through its newly-launched private real estate investment trust.

Could Canada’s housing crisis and economic headwinds be solved with smarter policy coordination? In this episode of the CRE Talks Economics podcast, host Adam Jacobs is joined by Randall Bartlett, deputy chief economist at Desjardins.

BGO, the real estate subsidiary of Sun Life Financial, has acquired a new-build, two-tower residential complex in the Garneau neighbourhood of Edmonton that was completed by Edmonton-based Maclab Development Group, according to an announcement on Monday.

Strong and consistent operating fundamentals, resilient revenue streams, inflation-hedging capability and value-add opportunities are bringing the hotel asset class out of the alternative grouping and into the investment mainstream.

An affiliate of QuadReal Property Group will pay approximately $474 million for a 95-per-cent interest in 26 U.K. self-storage properties from Padlock Euro Storage Fund, marking a major expansion in the storage sector for the B.C-based investor.

For Brasswater founder and president Ian Quint, the acquisition of the 135,557-square-foot retail village at Mont Tremblant resort in Quebec is personal. A partnership led by Brasswater paid LaSalle Investment Management $90.5 million for the property.

Oxford Properties Group has entered the U.S. open-air retail investment sector with the creation of a joint venture with Pine Tree and the acquisition of two properties in Austin, Tex. for a reported US$250 million.

Canada’s rental housing market is undergoing meaningful transformation. New projects continue to come online, legacy assets are being modernized and the industry is investing heavily in technology and community-building strategies.

G2S2 Capital, a major investor in Ravelin Properties REIT (RPR-UN-T), has provided it a further lifeline by extending forbearance on loans of almost $600 million. G2S2 also assumed US$84 million in debt on a Chicago office building.

Hazelview Properties has begun pre-leasing and model suite tours for Story of Willett West, a 530-unit rental community in Halifax’s Clayton Park neighbourhood that will be one of the city’s largest apartment complexes when complete. 

Rentsync is best known for offering one of Canada's go-to platforms for those looking to rent or list a residential property online, Rentals.ca. Now, the firm is expanding into the commercial real estate sector with the acquisition of Spacelist.

UPDATED: CPP Investments is forging a joint venture to acquire up to $3 billion in Canadian last-mile industrial properties with Dream Industrial REIT (DIR-UN-T) and Dream Asset Management Corp., the firms announced Wednesday.

Primaris REIT (PMZ-UN-T) has been very actively acquiring enclosed shopping centres over the past couple of years, and is taking steps to intensify some of the sites. Multifamily buildings are likely to start appearing at several of its malls.

UPDATED: Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (CAR-UN-T) is on a holiday season buying spree, adding six properties to its portfolio since Nov. 6, including a 436-apartment complex in Greater Montreal and 187 residential units in Regina. 

Slate Asset Management and U.S.-based partner Hamilton Lane (HLNE-Q) have acquired a majority stake in Cold-Link Logistics, one of the 10 largest privately held cold-storage distributors in North America.