Black Ridge leverages its independence, small size to strike deals with big investors
Founder Kevin Hazout's company spent $365 million to acquire 1,775 apartments
Smaller fish can thrive in the real estate food chain when whales leave juicy morsels behind, as Kevin Hazout’s Black Ridge has demonstrated after completing $365 million in proper...
Welltower to buy Amica retirement home chain from Ontario Teachers' for $4.6 billion
Deal with global investor will give US REIT 31 complexes across Toronto, Vancouver and Victoria
Welltower, a publicly traded real estate investment trust based in the United States, agreed to buy the Amica Senior Lifestyles chain from the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan as dem...
Ivanhoé Cambridge names new head of real estate for US
Karen Horstmann to oversee region for real estate arm of pension fund CDPQ
Ivanhoé Cambridge, the real estate arm of pension fund CDPQ, said it tapped Karen Horstmann to oversee its properties south of the border as managing director and head of real est...
Canadian real estate industry braces for fallout from trade war with US
Tariffs could halt nascent recovery, hit industrial sector hard, property firms say
Christopher Wein isn't looking to boycott American products, but the chief operating officer of Canadian apartment developer Equiton says supporting business in his country matters...
Giant Canadian pension fund blames poor property performance on two US office markets
CDPQ says exposure in 'hardest-hit cities' of Chicago and New York led to sizable drop in return on real estate holdings
Office properties in New York City and Chicago combined to undermine the annual earnings of Quebec’s largest pension fund, CDPQ, which blamed exposure to office holdings in the two...
Mach looks to add housing at mall in Sherbrooke, Quebec
Vincent Chiara's firm plans apartments at the Carrefour de l'Estrie retail centre it bought five years ago
Groupe Mach’s investment in Sherbrooke, Quebec’s Carrefour de l'Estrie is paying dividends after the developer signed major leases at the mall while moving forward with plans to bu...
Manitoba muscles up as supply chain hub with northern port project
Churchill Port on Hudson's Bay could further boost Winnipeg's status as a hub for warehouse storage
Manitoba’s role as a key location on Canada’s supply chain map is rolling northward as the Prairie province embarks on rail and port upgrades that seek to increase traffic at the d...
Calgary's low prices, municipal subsidies boost office conversions, developer says
Maxim Olshevsky cites city allowing builders to bypass permitting, dedicated city staff
Perhaps no real estate executive has transformed more Canadian boardrooms into bedrooms than Calgary’s Maxim Olshevsky, who visited Montreal to reveal the financing numbers he has ...
Canadian retail REITs say they are ready for potential economic storm
Grocery-anchored landlords show resiliency as constrained supply drives rent growth
Canada's largest real estate investment trusts that focus on retail property are saying their portfolios should hold up well in the face of tariffs and economic strife, a forecast ...
Trophy office tower in Houston gets refinancing boost
Hines, Canada's Ivanhoé Cambridge secure large loan for Texas Tower
Texas Tower, a 47-floor office tower in Houston jointly owned by Hines and Ivanhoé Cambridge, secured a new $450 million mortgage loan from Wells Fargo Bank and Morgan Stanley Bank...
Sienna buys two retirement home complexes in Ontario
Chain increases presence in province where seniors housing occupancy increasing
Sienna Senior Living has expanded in Ontario with the acquisition of a retirement home operation in Mississauga near Toronto and another complex in the Ottawa area.
Water park, two hotels slated for Mirabel, Quebec
Developer Ray Junior Courtemanche looks to complete splashy attraction in 2028
A mixed-use development planned to include a water park, two hotels and a convention centre is a step closer to reality in Mirabel, a city of about 70,000 residents about an hour's...
These areas of the country are expected to lose the most from US tariffs
New Brunswick's Saint John, industries such as Calgary oil, Ontario autos at risk
Upcoming tariffs on Canadian imports into the United States are anticipated to wreak havoc on some urban areas north of the border, while other cities can expect to feel less harm ...
New construction of housing declines in Canada
Rate in Toronto falls 41%, led by decreases in new multiunit builds
Canada will see a slowdown in housing starts until 2027 due to the decline in new condominium projects, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.
Seniors homes closing at rapid rate in province once seen as a national leader
Citing costs and regulations, some firms make Quebec properties standard apartments
The Quebec retirement home sector, once considered by some to be a model of success across Canada, continues to see private seniors homes close while plans for new projects have be...
CT REIT keeps development plans rolling
CEO acknowledges slowdown in retail construction but REIT still at work on 19 projects
CT REIT, a company that counts large retailer Canadian Tire as its biggest tenant, said it will grow this year by spending $59 million on new construction in Kelowna, British Colum...
Builder aims to limit construction crews' exposure to extreme winter weather
Bonneville spends weeks stacking 96 modular units for student housing project in Quebec
Contending with the punishing outdoor elements in the deepest part of Quebec’s infamously frigid winters is not an undertaking that real estate developers regard lightly.
Court orders last Cinémas Guzzo multiplex theatres to close
Three properties in Montreal area to be auctioned off after bankruptcy proceedings
The projectors at a multiplex theatre chain in the Montreal area have halted running after a court ordered the remaining Cinémas Guzzo movie houses shut as part of a bankruptcy pro...
Bustling New York border town mall once was the place to be. Now it's a warehouse.
St. Lawrence Centre in Massena stores more goods than it sells after transformation
A once lively mall in northern New York state near Canada that attracted small-town and cross-border shoppers to outlets such as Sears, Ames and Bon-Ton is no longer selling its st...
Amazon warehouse closings to hit Quebec's industrial market
US retail giant's departure from Montreal area to make available millions of square feet
Amazon’s bombshell decision to close its operations in Quebec is expected to have a major impact on the greater Montreal-area industrial vacancy market as the retail giant is set t...