Kristian Gravenor has written thousands of news articles, mainly about his hometown of Montreal, over the course of several decades. He has sought to enlighten readers with compelling stories from the past and present and has developed an expertise i...
Kristian Gravenor has written thousands of news articles, mainly about his hometown of Montreal, over the course of several decades. He has sought to enlighten readers with compelling stories from the past and present and has developed an expertise in a range of topics that span from the business world to urban planning, to the criminal underground and all places in between.
He has penned a pair of acclaimed books about the city and enjoys shedding light on its history in articles, videos and public speaking events.
While not as impactful as Hudson's Bay's shuttering, the court‑supervised restructuring of Toys R Us Canada is starting to ripple through the country’s retail property market, leaving behind a ...
Investment firm Rohit Group has taken a stake in two downtown Edmonton office towers through a recapitalization deal, marking a sizable bet on the city’s still-challenged office market.
Refrigerated warehouse giant Americold Realty Trust has followed up its first rail-linked hub in Kansas City. Missouri, by opening a 190,000-square-foot cold storage facility directly on the ...
A British Columbia-based real estate investment firm has acquired a recently built, 602,000-square-foot industrial distribution facility in Beauharnois, Quebec, about 40 kilometres southwest of ...
A newly formed Montreal real estate investment firm is merging with a veteran developer, folding a decades-old operating business into a platform built by two executives who recently struck out on ...
U.S. self-storage giant Public Storage is making a major acquisition to enter Canada, striking a billion-dollar deal for one of that country’s largest self-storage providers that would give it ...
A real estate group is pitching a purpose-built downtown Montreal tower for a future NATO-backed bank, even though there is no certainty the institution will land in the city.
Montreal-based real estate investor Leyad has acquired Bay Centre, a downtown Victoria, British Columbia, mall that spans an entire city block, adding a high-profile urban retail property to its ...
Laurence Vincent starts her day early, before the city comes fully online. She prepares lunches for her three children, gets them to school, then bikes to the office when the weather allows.
One of the largest real estate developers in Ottawa took possession of the former Hudson’s Bay building on Rideau Street through a court-approved receivership sale, transferring one of the capital’s ...
A Sherbrooke, Quebec-based third-party logistics provider specializing in e‑commerce fulfillment completed a financial restructuring and is moving part of its operations to a smaller facility on ...
A Japanese-owned hotel group is moving to expand its Canadian footprint with the acquisition of a Calgary hospitality property along a major northwest corridor that it plans to rebrand early next ...
A Montreal-based real estate investment trust is doubling down on industrial assets in Winnipeg and Quebec City after striking deals this month to buy 17 properties for about $136.8 million, a string ...
Henry Zavriyev is building a retail real estate empire by following a strategy of buying shopping centres outside Canada’s largest cities that are being divested by institutional investors.
Bryce Starlight grew up on Tsuut’ina Nation land on Calgary’s southwestern edge, in a small home where space was tight and the household was often full.
A popular Montreal-based discount retailer has launched an overhaul of over 400 stores in Australia, investing in redesigned layouts and upgraded fixtures across a portfolio it acquired last year as ...
The Quebec provincial government is under-collecting an estimated $1.3 billion per year in tax revenue tied to construction activity, according to a new report from Quebec Auditor General Christine ...
A pair of Montreal real estate investors have acquired a 70,028-square-foot industrial property near the Decarie Expressway and Highway 40, as well as public transportation, as they explore a ...