San Francisco-based Speer Street Capital draws new tenants as it rebrands and upgrades “bland” office and retail complex in Calgary’s Beltline

Large city developer is forging ahead with $25 million makeover of Sun Life Plaza office and retail complex downtown

Despite a mild rally in the multi-family sector, city saw 2020 commercial real estate sales volumes tumble nearly a third from a year earlier

Multiple bids and even flippers emerge as Edmonton home sales soar 52 per cent and Calgary posts the highest sales since the oil-price crash back in 2014,

Provincial support starts April 1 while federal rent and wage subsidies extended to June

Struggling small and mid-sized businesses can apply for “enhanced benefits” and the money does not have to be repaId

After a sharp reversal of Alberta government policy on coal development, four coal mine exploration projects are allowed to proceed, but their final approval is in doubt

Consumer spending not the only thing rising in Alberta, where Calgary is notable for a shopping preference

Small business owners welcome February 8 lift on restrictions but wonder if distancing and contact rules will make opening worth it

Keystone pipeline cancellation strikes at the ‘core to our existence’ says head of Rural Municipalities of Alberta

Alberta city ranked among Western Investor’s five top towns for real estate investors is ‘flying under the radar’, data suggests

Cenovus-Husky merger could rocket Calgary’s office vacancies into “unseen territory” above 30 per cent

Big office towers in Edmonton are selling – recently to B.C. investors – at rock-bottom prices as vacancies and sublease space increase

Alberta and B.C. will temporarily stop vaccinations against COVID-19 within days as Canada reports a 650,000-dose shortfall

“The entirety of our commercial use development allotment [is] completely distributed” town planner confirms

Taxpayers funded the $7.8 million solar grid in a northern Alberta community that has scant daylight for nearly half the year

Bidders must post $100,000 to compete for seven-bedroom, 15,000-square-foot actor’s crib in January 22 unreserved auction

A glut of sublease space and demand for short-term leases challenge Prairie office markets, but some investors spot opportunity

Up to 50 per cent of independent restaurants could close permanently if consumers don’t step up to the plate, Restaurants Canada says

As others seek an exit, two Calgary-based giants are buying, based on a rock-solid faith in the Prairie economy and its workers

Alberta issues last call for bars and restaurants, curtails retail, but expands business aid package as virus cases soar

A sub-1 per cent mortgage – lowest ever – further evidence that rock-bottom lending could remain until 2024, analysts say

Total office vacancy now nearly 12 million square feet – the equivalent of 275 acres – as more than a score of towers sit empty from downtown to the suburbs

No rent controls and much lower prices could open a positive cash-flow exit from West Coast headwinds, Alberta developer says

Premier rules retail businesses may remain open but capacity limited to 25 per cent of capacity as province battles record virus cases

A Western Canadian survey finds reported crime stats are flat, yet more than 40 per cent think crime is accelerating

" [U.S. president-elect] Joe Biden could be very good for Alberta,” says Christopher Sands, director of the Wilson International Center’s Canada Institute

Some of the 700 working in Ontario offices will be transferred west to a “more efficient, effective and integrated” location by 2021

Three-year tax break is intended to “attract investment and create good jobs,” said Municipal Affairs minister Tracy Allard

Plans call for about 700 storage lockers at 2.6-acre vacant Postmedia property that U-Haul bought October 5

Calgary-based real estate investment trust with about 27,000 multi-family units acquired by Starlight Group and Kingsett Capital in all-cash deal

Even Vancouver not immune as a tepid demand leads to nearly four million square feet of empty sublease space in four biggest western cities

Foothills Cuunty has killed $10 million plan for High River Toyota to open new dealership on the outskirts of Okotoks

Big residential developers are securing huge land parcels in southern Alberta in anticipation of the post-pandemic economic rebound

Major Western Canada hotel developer has suffered the worst decline in market capital this year among world’s five largest hotel chains

T&T Supermarket has resumed temperature checks at stores across Canada as COVID-19 cases increase

While renting is sometimes the only option, ranchers find “the good land is the cheap land and the low-quality land is the expensive land”

Surety bonds allow developers to finance a project without facing borrowing limits or cash reserves in an idea that started in Calgary

Alberta has nearly half the legal cannabis stores in the country and its $46.7 million in June sales was second only to Ontario

Medicine Hat is offering homebuilders grants of up to $25,000 when they build on selected infill lots in the southwestern Alberta city

Canadian June retail sales soared 23.7 per cent from a month earlier to $53 billion, topping pre-pandemic levels, with Alberta posting the fourth-highest increase in the ...

The majority of Alberta’s 300-plus courses opened in May and Alberta Golf claims most are the busiest they have been for the past five to 10 years

With the right policies, Canada’s resource and manufacturing industries could create 2.6 million new jobs, increase Canada’s GDP by 17 per cent and secure the country’s ...

More than half the investor dollars spent on the city’s commercial real estate this year flowed into rental apartment buildings, at nearly $500 million, but the outlook is ...

Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg post double-digit increases as Canadian home sales rebound due to record low mortgage rates and pent-up demand

RioCan has posted a $350 million loss; Choice Properties saw its asset value drop by $380 million in Q2

The total dollar volume of Edmonton apartment buildings sold in the first half more than doubled to $463 million, compared to same period in 2019.

With hotel revenues crashing and travel and conference restrictions expected to linger, now could be a prime time to consider transforming a hotel to rental housing, analyst ...

Calgary shares in a national upturn in sales but its home prices are down from last year and remain among lowest among Canada’s big cities

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Prime minister Justin Trudeau announced the launch of the Canada Emergency Rent Assistance program, which will lower rent payments by 75 per cent for small businesses hard ...

Slow climb from a negative-price anomaly

Rental eviction bans spook the multi-family sector while shuttered stores worry those exposed to retail

Provincial government joins other Western provinces in banning rental evictions, but only for one month

Oil has plummeted 50 per cent since early March, creating more trouble for Calgary landlords already struggling with huge vacancy rates

Absorb Software taking 80,000 square feet in 60-storey tower, taking building's occupancy to 60 per cent

Energy minister vows to continue campaign on behalf of oil and gas industry, post-COVID-19

Alberta Premier says property owners must be allowed to protect themselves from law breakers and people who habitually fail to pay rent

Policies include freeze on increased property taxes for businesses and individuals

Underused warehouse space developed into 100,000-square-foot hub of 13 small-bay strata units for sale

"This is not just about Alberta... Hundreds of thousands of Canadians depend on the energy sector for their livelihood"

Crestpoint Real Estate Investments Ltd. purchases two major properties as its first office tower acquisitions in Calgary, adding 498,000 square feet of space to its portfolio

"Challenges remain" despite owners looking for innovative solutions to historically high vacancy rates

Mining giant lets Trudeau government off the hook on a difficult decision that would have angered half the country either way

The project’s one-year delay, which was pegged to add less than $2 billion to final bill, will cost an extra $5.2 billion

Nearly a quarter of the downtown office space has now gone dark, but analysts see light when oil pipelines start flowing

'Every residential REIT in Canada has eyes on Edmonton right now if they are not already here'

Newcomers to province also most likely to believe buying residential real estate is a good financial investment, finds Royal LePage survey

Calgary’s rental vacancy rate remains unchanged while Edmonton’s drops further, as supply fails to outpace new and pent-up demand, says CMHC

Goal is to attract global, big-brand retailers to city with one of the highest average household incomes in Canada

Alberta Premier’s program cuts mean that tech companies considering setting up in less-expensive Alberta are thinking again

Calgary will start a $550 million stadium to replace the aging Saddledome and Winnipeg’s tallest tower completes