Saskatchewan-Manitoba

A former empty greenfield site that now hosts large-scale projects and an annual fair on the western outskirts of Winnipeg is about to get another huge dose of development. Shindico Realty Inc.

The last vestige of the CanWest empire is being erased from the largest skyscraper in downtown Winnipeg.

A much-talked-about expansion of the Winnipeg Convention Centre (WCC) could be the catalyst for the biggest downtown revitalization project in four decades.

Would you like a side of technology with that? The owner of Winnipeg's newest restaurant is confident that Rudy's Eat & Drink will be the most technologically advanced eatery in the province when it opens its doors this month.

A popular downtown bookstore may live on if its customers are willing to take the plunge into ownership themselves. The owner of Aqua Books and Eat! bistro was overwhelmed with pleas to stay open after he announced plans to close down in the fall.

Local rail transporters, however, say that the end of the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly would spell the end of shortline railroads that depend on CWB grains for 99 per cent of their cargo.

Speculators are betting big on Saskatoon's industrial market, starting 400,000 square feet of new space so far this year, according to Saskatoon-based Colliers McClocklin, a commercial realtor.

Royalty Developments, the largest private-sector owner of undeveloped land in downtown Regina, has launched plans for a 16-storey office tower at the corner of Rose Street and 12th Avenue in the city's financial district.

Regina has the least amount of office space available for rent in Canada, according to a report from commercial realtor Avison Young, which says “strong economic and population growth” in Saskatchewan will help keep the capital city office sector tig

Receding flood waters have allowed drilling rigs to ramp up production in the southeast Saskatchewan oil patch, with about 50 rigs active near Estevan, Stoughton and Weyburn.