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Despite continuing strong market fundamentals for real estate, commercial real estate leaders' are more pessimistic about the future than they have been since 2009 due to rising concerns about the state of Canada's economy, according to the...
May 23, 2013
According to BMO Chief Economist Doug Porter, the latest data from the Canadian Real Estate Association shows that evidence continues to mount that the Canadian housing market will be able to pull off the fabled soft landing.
May 15, 2013
The sale of hotel properties in the first quarter of 2013 is estimated to have totaled $410 million, rising seven per cent year-over-year. This momentum provides a good basis for continued growth in 2013 after a record-breaking 2012, which was...
May 9, 2013
Brownfield sites have a way of scaring interested developers away, says Robert Cooper, president of Toronto-based Alterra Group, a real estate developer.
May 2, 2013
The Canadian real estate industry lost a titan last week with the passing of Murray Menkes, Chairman of the Board and founder of Menkes Developments Ltd. Mr. Menkes died on April 24, three days after celebrating his 87th birthday, and is...
Apr 30, 2013
At a time when architecture too frequently seems to be divided into high style obsessed with image making and a mundane form of practice with few ambitions and value engineered into bland conformity it is extremely encouraging to see the course...
Apr 25, 2013
Somebody is always trying to change things. Every day, city and state agencies, chambers of commerce, private developers, and local citizens propose ideas to improve our cities and suburbs. Not all of these ideas will result in change; it is...
Apr 18, 2013
For the first time in a decade, Canada's normally bustling mining sector couldn't muster a single Initial Public Offering (IPO) on either the TSX or TSX Venture exchange in the first quarter of 2013, according to a survey of the Canadian IPO...
Apr 11, 2013
The Cadillac Fairview Corporation hosted a ground breaking ceremony for Deloitte Tower, the city’s first, new, privately-owned and financed commercial office tower to be built in more than 20 years. The ceremony marked the launch of...
Apr 2, 2013
On March 29, the Obama Administration issued a press release outlining its plan to encourage private investment in infrastructure. As part of its plan, foreign pension plans would be exempted from U.S. tax on gain from the disposition of U.S....
Apr 1, 2013
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