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.
Montreal developer Mondev has sold a newly built apartment and retail property in Old Montreal for $133.68 million, monetizing a project it developed on one of the district’s few large vacant sites.
Quebec City–based QScale has begun a $700 million expansion of its flagship data centre campus in Lévis, moving to scale up operations in its home market just weeks after its acquisition by Goldman ...
A retail property sale Calgary is serving as an example of the steady demand for well-located shopping centres, particularly those with below-market rents.
Henry Zavriyev’s Leyad real estate firm continued its quest to buy retail properties in overlooked Canadian markets. Its latest purchase is the Intercity Shopping Centre in Thunder Bay, a remote city ...
Ian Quint's Brasswater made its first splash in the Ottawa real estate market with the purchase of a three-building office complex along Carling Avenue.
Cities around Canada can learn a few things from Calgary about how to seamlessly convert underused office buildings into rental towers, some industry professionals say.
A century-old downtown Montreal building that began as a department store, evolved into one of Canada’s best-known contemporary art hubs and went up for sale last summer has a new owner.
The transition to fibre‑optic systems is opening real estate opportunities for companies such as Telus and Bell, as infrastructure once used for copper telecommunications networks is being phased ...
Canada’s major real estate markets are chasing a prize that rarely comes along: an office requirement for a brand‑new international banking institution backed by several governments that is expected ...
One of Montreal's busier real estate development firms is moving forward in the city’s east end in an ambitious bid to add about 1,200 homes as vacancy climbs in many newly built apartment projects.
A data centre operator has bought a former textile plant north of Montreal for $24.24 million, capping a rapid turnaround led by investor William Lande, who acquired the vacant property and increased ...
One of Canada’s biggest retail property owners has expanded north of Montreal, buying an existing shopping centre in a market where new retail construction is increasingly scarce.
Construction crews have begun demolishing part of the Mega Centre Notre‑Dame shopping centre in Laval to undertake a rare project: converting a portion of the retail location into an industrial ...
After years of delays and tens of millions of dollars in cost overruns, the Oceania indoor water park opened its doors this year in Beloeil, Quebec, a notable feat in a business where getting an ...
A Canadian real estate investment trust, in a joint venture with Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, has expanded its industrial footprint in Alberta with the acquisition of 618,246 square feet of ...
Montreal-based investors backed by Highmark Real Estate Group have acquired a Midtown Toronto apartment tower from Minto Apartment Real Estate Income Trust for $90.75 million, in a deal that works ...
A small Montreal developer has landed one of the city’s most prominent vacant institutional properties in a $33 million deal with the Quebec government.