Canada's banks could increase their office leasing by up to 1.5 million square feet in Toronto during 2026, Oxford Properties' Kevin Hardy predicted during the Real Estate Forum in Toronto. That would create additional demand for space among related sectors.

Granite REIT (GRT-UN-T) plans to voluntarily delist its trust units from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), citing consistent low trading volumes and an effort to achieve financial and administrative efficiencies.

VAST Industrial Corp. and the shareholders of The Whalen Company are pleased to announce the acquisition of The Whalen Company by VAST. Whalen shareholders will retain ownership in Cold Point Corporation.

Enclosed shopping centre owner and operator Primaris REIT (PMZ-UN-T) has provided an upbeat update on its plans for 1.3 million square feet of space formerly occupied by Hudson Bay stores across its nationwide portfolio.

With high construction costs limiting construction starts in Toronto and Vancouver, combined with growing expectations from retail, office and residential for environments that better support the conveniences of daily life, developers are seeking new ways to strengthen real estate performance.

Brian Hill's knowledge of retail real estate closely rivals his knowledge of the fashion retail sector. That expertise has paid big dividends for the founder of Canadian-based design house and fashion retailer Aritzia over the past 40 years. 

Perimeter Development Group and Skyline Group of Companies have broken ground on a $50-million, two-building industrial project called Waterloo North Business Park at 325 Northfield Dr. E. in Waterloo, Ont.

A portfolio of nine data centres across Canada which has been acquired from Rogers Communications will be operated by an entity called the Qu Data Centres Limited Partnership, new owner InfraRed Capital Partners has announced.

Graywood Developments and Phantom Developments have broken ground on a 55-storey, 617-unit purpose-built rental apartment at 3201 Highway 7 in Vaughan Metropolitan Centre (VMC), just north of Toronto.

The technology industry’s share of downtown Toronto office leasing has increased from 10 per cent last year to 15 per cent this year, according to Avison Young, ranking it second to the financial services sector at 46 per cent.

U.S. president Donald Trump’s self-proclaimed “Liberation Day,” when he announced a series of tariffs to be imposed on other countries, changed how foreign investors look at the country. But it's too big a market to ignore, many firms agree....

Starlight Investments has topped off 557 The West Mall — a 249-unit rental apartment building in the Toronto suburb of Etobicoke — as it continues to execute its infill development strategy.

A key downtown Winnipeg office tower is nearly fully leased due, in part, to strategic renovations and a dedicated approach to leasing in an otherwise challenging market, say the brokers behind 330 Portage Avenue. 

A highrise mixed-use project at Yonge Street and Ellerslie Avenue in Toronto has been placed under receivership, according to filings in Ontario Superior Court, an unusual turn of events for a project that is nearly at the finish line.

Vancouver-based QuadReal Property Group has created a partnership with global investment manager LaSalle Investment Management to recapitalize a $692-million (all figures Cdn) portfolio of 11 industrial properties in the United States.

Mini Mall Storage Properties Trust kicked off December by announcing a new structure for $1.25 billion of debentures and credit facilities, including what it calls Canada’s “largest-ever inaugural unsecured debenture offering by a real estate issuer,” valued at $750 million.

Canada’s commercial property market is settling into a new rhythm. Owners and operators are learning that the best way to stay competitive isn’t guessing where the market will go next, it’s knowing what’s happening inside their own portfolios today.

Progress continues at Sugar Wharf, an 11-acre mixed-use development on Queens Quay East in downtown Toronto, although the latest addition is only temporary.

Calgary's Aspen Properties is weighing a major new downtown residential development at a site previously planned for new office space. Executive chair Scott Hutcheson says the company is “much closer” to moving ahead on the project now, however.

Stu Kedwell will succeed the retiring Dan Chornous as global chief investment officer at RBC Global Asset Management, effective Jan. 31. We also note executive and board appointments at The Realty Alliance, C&W, Dream, Scotiabank and more...

EXCLUSIVE: Desjardins’ DGAM Canadian Private Real Estate Fund and the Desjardins Group Pension Fund have teamed up to spend $134.6 million to buy the 70 York St. office tower in downtown Toronto from the KingSett Senior Mortgage Fund.

GWL Realty Advisors (GWLRA) started completing quarterly external valuations of its multimillion-square-foot office portfolio - as well as monthly internal valuations - after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The multimillion-dollar renovations Brookfield Properties and ARCI are undertaking at Calgary’s Suncor Energy Centre office towers have paid off with a major new tenant: ATB Financial will occupy 173,000 square feet of space in the campus in 2027.

Empirio Capital's acquisition of a second multifamily property in Edmonton has allowed the young, growing firm to make a structural change in its property management in the city, bringing those operations in-house as it scales up.

New York City-based W.P. Carey’s Canadian growth continues after the firm acquired two Greater Toronto Area industrial buildings as part of a three-property portfolio in a sale-leaseback deal with rigid plastic packaging supplier Polytainers.