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.
Welltower, a U.S. healthcare infrastructure and seniors housing real estate investment trust, has completed its purchase of nine Amica Senior Lifestyles properties in Ontario for more than $1 billion ...
A large project site on Toronto’s Dundas Street West that sat idle for years after developer TAS's plans for a residential project failed to launch is set to change hands as Cogir Real Estate ...
Net lease real estate investment trust W. P. Carey bought 14 automotive dealership properties across Western Canada and is leasing back the properties, expanding its presence in single‑tenant ...
The city of Ottawa bought the vacant former Sonder‑branded serviced apartment building in Centretown for $45 million and plans to convert the property into transitional housing for homeless families, ...
Canadian outdoor retailer SAIL, a company that operates 12 stores across Quebec and Ontario, has transferred ownership of the business to three members of its leadership team in a management‑led ...
Colombia has become Montreal‑based Dollarama’s breakout international market, turning what began as a tentative move far from home into one of the company’s most significant growth efforts outside ...
BGO co-President Amy Price and Bell Partners CEO Lili Dunn were sitting at a small outdoor table near the Washington, D.C., riverfront a couple of years ago, talking shop and catching up on each ...
Blackstone is refinancing a Toronto-area industrial portfolio with a roughly $473 million commercial mortgage-backed securities offering, putting a group of older and newer logistics assets to market ...
Montreal-based Montoni Group has bought its first property in British Columbia, paying $53.3 million for an industrial building in Burnaby in a sale-leaseback that marks the firm's first step into ...
Leyad, a Montreal-based private real estate investment and development firm, has acquired a portfolio of seven grocery properties leased to Loblaw Companies Ltd., reinforcing the company’s push into ...
A judge's ruling in Quebec has reopened an issue over clauses in residential rental leases that ban pets, a development with a legal basis that could resonate across Canada.
A large, city‑owned site in the heart of Laval that has long been used as a dumping ground for snow cleared from city streets is set to be redeveloped with 1,013 below‑market rental units as part of ...
Ontario developers and apartment builders are set to see one of the largest tax rollbacks tied to new residential construction in the province, a move some officials say could cut costs by as much as ...
Developer Ash Mahmoud plans to turn a long‑idle parking lot near Dow’s Lake into a dense mix of rental housing, seniors living, and medical and retail space that would be built over four phases on ...
Clarke Inc., a real estate investment firm led by entrepreneur George Armoyan, agreed to buy Ravelin Properties REIT in an all‑stock deal that could help end the acquired office landlord's long ...
Chartwell Retirement Residences sold its Duke of Devonshire Retirement Residence in Ottawa for $49 million, about 10 years after buying the property for $63.6 million.
When it comes to dining out, Canadians appear to be less interested in heading to eateries earlier in the day, one of the shifting preferences the head of a major restaurant franchising platform says ...
A consortium led by Groupe Society and Laurier Capital has acquired Windsor Station, the historic office-and-retail complex next to Montreal’s Bell Centre, adding to a wave of high‑profile ownership ...
After years of operating in whatever discounted space it could find, a national non‑profit group serving children and youth without parental care was finally able to settle into a permanent home in ...
The Odeon Champlain cinema is no longer showing films, but the site where it once stood is again drawing crowds as a major transit-oriented residential project near Papineau metro.