Saskatchewan-Manitoba

Despite a drop in the vacancy rate, Saskatoon is seeing a mounting inventory of complete and empty new industrial space, according to a report from ICR Commercial.

Portage La Prairie continues to offer the best industrial-land prices in Manitoba: free. But there have been no takers on the 15-year-old deal.

Manitoba has officially increased the minimum wage, as of October 1, to $10.45 an hour - an increase of 20 cents over the previous wage.

The tallest building in Saskatchewan could soon be rising above downtown Saskatoon.

Hudbay Minerals, the 70 per cent owner and operator of the Reed copper project near Flin Flon, has started preliminary production at the project after it received an Environment Act licence in late September.

With a jobless rate of 2.

Class C space is the hottest sector of the Winnipeg office market, with more than 148,000 square feet snapped up in the second quarter compared with negative leasing in both Class B and A properties.

Organic food lovers are hoping Whole Foods Market will enter Winnipeg's grocery wars. The U.S.

With 200,000 square feet of vacant space and more than three times that being developed, Regina is heading toward higher office vacancies, according to Colliers International. Regina's combined office vacancy rate currently sits at 5.

A Regina residential developer recently received the equivalent of $166,000 per suite in low-cost provincial government construction financing under what could be the most generous housing incentive in Canada. Almost $11.