Construction has started on a giant Lowe’s distribution centre near the Calgary International Airport.

An average of 55 homes sold every day during the month as determined buyers rolled through pandemic restrictions

B.C. government says rising land value led it to pay nearly double the assessed value for a Victoria hotel

Metro Vancouver's June housing sales up month-over-month and 17 per cent above June 2019 with prices higher than a year ago

Province has more than $62 million available for CRE rental assistance under share of federal program, but some landlords say they already have private rent relief plans in ...

Only two new condominium projects with 200 units launched in the six weeks ending May 15, down 75 per cent from the same period in 2019 as pre-sale assignment listings ...

A bankrupt luxury waterfront property sells to a developer for $5.6 million while B.C. taxpayers pay $14 million for an old motel where the building is assessed at $90,000

The 234-acre parcel, considered among the last great waterfront packages available in the North Okanagan, begins our annual summer look at trophy and waterfront listings in ...

Hail Mary plan could create 50,000 jobs as infrastructure spending and corporate tax cuts ramp up, according to Alberta Premier Jason Kenney

After eight years of planning, and three years since it was approved, the Valemount Glacier ski resort was expected to being construction in mid-2021.

Saskatchewan is considering small nuclear reactors to provide instant zero-emission power anywhere in the province. But it’s a tough sell.

B.C.’s Food Security Task Force report lampooned as “dismissive” of agricultural reality in Peace River region

British Columbia will weather the economic turmoil of COVID-19 better than all other provinces, according to Deloitte Canada

With revenues down 50 per cent and travel, convention and cruise bans in place, hotel owners open into an unprecedented headwind

Latest near-$75 million deal in Vancouver follows purchase of two Victoria hotels

More than two-thirds of British Columbians say they do not feel comfortable leaving the safety of their home office to return to work due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s ...

As the COVID-19 curve flattens, three western cities are poised for an economic bounce back

Wetlands a prime example of conflicts when qualified professionals are overruled by self-styled experts from city hall

Vancouver condo rentals riding out the pandemic but tenants are taking the wheel

Central data, payment portals and mobile apps are changing the game

B.C.’s top doctor warns businesses that private testing of asymptomatic individuals is against public health guidances and will do little good

Five of the 10 largest construction projects underway in Canada are in the west, according to a May survey published by Daily Commercial News. The biggest western ...

With a 5 per cent vacancy rate and a steady construction pace, Saskatchewan’s capital city is seeing an improving industrial sector

New subleases total more than 500,000 square feet of space and nearly doubled Vancouver’s downtown office vacancy rate to 4 per cent

Regardless of political stripe, nearly 80 per cent of British Columbians want to forbid non-Canadians from buying real estate in the province, a new Glacier Media survey ...

NAIOP says ban “drives a wedge” between tenants and landlords, many of whom had been offering rent relief before government got involved

Rates for mandatory Insurance for Metro Vancouver strata corporations have soared 50 per cent and are up 40 per cent across B.C.

Mega-landlord CAPREIT has followed a Vancouver trend in offering one month free rent deals as city rental rates drop for first time in years

City's industrial sector drawing developers – but don’t expect a rush of speculative construction

B.C. Housing minister urges landlords and tenants to work together as pandemic measures extended to June 23

Appeals to the BC Assessment Appeal Board have doubled as big property owners try to rig the system says a former BCA appraiser, who claims there is a simple, effective ...

Land and multi-family rentals accounted for more than half the dollar volume as Lower Mainland commercial real estate sales surged to $2.1 billion in Q1

A 177-year old fellowship has used a uniquely Vancouver solution to replace its aging seniors home with sleek new affordable housing

There may be some hesitation from office developers given how quickly the market turns due to COVID-19 containment measures

Comments accepted to July 16 on expansion that would increase LNG production capacity by more than 50 per cent

Lease rates up, vacancies down as RioCan, Morguard stake out sites in Alberta’s capital

CRE landlords in B.C., Alberta face carrot-or-stick options with limited government aid that bans evictions

Market may see a rush of homebuyers trying to beat deadline for new regulations on income qualification and downpayments

Unique lease arrangement, pandemic, have kept targeted tenants away from waterfront apartments

Once viewing and walking the land was mandatory for buyers, but land auctions have gone digital and the pandemic has accelerated the trend: a July 7 Alberta auction puts ...

Without the $1.7 billion increase in marijuana production, crop revenues across Canada would have declined in 2019

“Cutting-edge” regional office tower will employ 250 people and provide new office and retail space in the heart of downtown

1,008-acre swath of East Surrey attracts developers as SkyTrain and 120,000 new residents are expected to turn rural land into an urban destination

Multimillion dollar helium purification plant is being built on the Saskatchewan-Alberta border

Launched in the teeth of a pandemic, a new 122-unit luxury condominium tower in West Vancouver has pre-sold 54 condos in the last month, including a $6 million penthouse, and...

B.C. Commercial landlords who don’t use federal assistance programs not able to evict tenants under new B.C, legislation announced June 1

Smaller operators will bear the brunt of an unprecedented downturn that could last three years.

A seven-kilometre urban section of the Trans Mountain pipeline twinning project has begun in Kamloops, throwing a lifeline to struggling hotels. Trans Mountain Corp. said...

The COVID-19 crisis has created risk and the result could be higher capitalization rates on commercial real estate in Canada, according to Scott Bowden, managing director ...

B.C.’s top doctor, Dr. Bonny Henry, announced May 26 that the province has officially banned overnight summer camp to mitigate potential outbreaks of COVID-19. Summer ...

In a May 27 unanimous vote, Vancouver City council approved a staff recommendation to allow mass-timber construction up to 12 storeys for residential and commercial uses, ...

As B.C and other provinces lift restrictions, a massive clean-up has begun of offices and other workspaces. A lot of contracts had been temporarily suspended or they did ...

BC Hydro will begin increasing construction activities at Site C, its $9 billion clean-energy power project on the Peace River in northeast B.C. The first increase in ...

Federal housing agency forecasts sales will fall up to 29 per cent, home prices will plunge and starts could crater 70 per cent this year. Industry experts beg to differ.

Many outfitters and fishing lodges in Northern Manitoba have cancelled their bookings this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lodge owner Jerry Dunlop said he had to ...

Bra fittings usually require a lot of close contact, and it took some planning to make sure staff could serve clients safely, according to Robin Molyneaux of Midnight Magic...

Deep-pocket institutional investors continued to pile into the Metro Vancouver commercial real estate market this spring, as witnessed by the purchase last week of a ...

Clearing for the first two spreads of Coastal GasLink pipeline construction through the Peace region is nearly complete. The Surerus Murphy Joint Venture is building the ...

Ontario-based Skyline Commercial Real Investment Trust (REIT) – www.skylinecommercialreit.ca – has acquired a Class A, four-site industrial portfolio in Calgary for $132 ...

Some Metro Vancouver businesses could be better off staying closed than risk re-opening during the second phase of the B.C.’s government's plan to safely and gradually ...

Building is 115 years old but extensively renovated into Class 1 office and retail complex on Water Street.

Building construction has started on the controversial 530-acre Southlands community in Tsawassen, 30 years after the land was purchased and 14 years since a development ...

Hudson’s Bay, which is nearly out of Winnipeg’s core, is closing its anchor store in Edmonton’s downtown, which has been operating since before Canada was a country. The...

It’s like it happened overnight. One day, in the middle of March, I was representing a buyer on a single-family home in Saanich. Offers from the weekend were to be reviewed...

Efforts to restart the B.C. economy got underway in earnest May 19 as the province eased restrictions on everything from restaurants to retailers. As restaurants and pubs...

The B.C. government has bought the Comfort Inn and Suites in Victoria for $18.5 million to provide temporary shelter for 65 people living in homeless camps at Topaz Park ...

A total of 3,284 homes were sold in April, according to new data from the British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) – and the average price was up nearly 8 per cent ...

A week after announcing a $7.5 billion, two-year capital plan to stimulate Saskatchewan’s hard-hit economy post COVID-19, Premier Scott Moe has launched a $300 million ...

Manitoba has moved the fastest in lifting business restrictions due to COVID-19, but all four western provinces have now begun to get back to economic life with an easing ...

Freddie Marks is a specialist in B.C rural recreational property but his phones have lit up with calls from the big city since the pandemic brought on self-isolation and ...

Big energy projects underway in B.C. and Alberta have not been forced into a wholesale shutdown by the COVID-19 pandemic, although a number have scaled back their work ...

With a lack of temporary foreign workers able to enter the country during the virus crisis, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney told a recent conference call with Alberta weekly ...

Calgary was on pace for a stellar year prior to the pandemic, with commercial real estate sales up 17 per cent in the first three months (Q1) of 2020 compared to a year ...

While most B.C. businesses shut down by the pandemic look to the provincial health officer for guidance on when they might cautiously reopen, many resource companies turn ...

Vancouver’s retail tenants are expected to have a stronger hand when dealing with landlords after fashion retailers and malls reopen following closures aimed at slowing the...

In late March Langley, B.C.,-based Darvonda Nurseries learned that its largest wholesale buyer would not be able to accept the majority of its season’s spring plant order ...

Central data, payment portals and mobile apps are changing the game

Housing sales across the Lower Mainland fell sharply in April, the first full month since the COVID-19 crisis hit, but benchmark prices increased in both Greater Vancouver ...

Wetlands a prime example of conflicts when qualified professionals are overruled by self-styled experts from city hall

Commercial real estate financing is very different from residential

The Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) has revised the number of wells drilled across Canada for 2020 to 3,100 wells. This represents a decrease of 1,400 wells...

London Drugs stores in Edmonton will be the first to implement a new program aimed at helping local businesses sell their product amid the pandemic. ”We're starting off ...

Office and industrial sectors saw the fewest tenants seeking rent relief in April, while requests for rental help is exploding among retail tenants due to COVID-19 closures...

Beaverbrook Communities of Edmonton has beaten out eight finalists from around the world to win the prestigious Global Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) International ...

Housing sales, prices and starts across Canada will plunge this year and stay muted for at least a year, with Western provinces taking the worst hit, according to Moody’s ...

At least a dozen Surrey manufacturers, including a brewery, have retooled to produce essential medical and personal protective equipment (PPE) during the pandemic. The ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to devastate the Canadian economy, small landlords – who account for the majority of rental units in western cities – are being hammered ...

B.C. restaurants could be allowed to open their dining rooms as early as next month, although the provincial government has made clear that any loosened restrictions will ...