October 22, 2025
Calgary office tower falls into receivership again
Timbercreek Financial Corp. has moved to place Stephen Avenue Place, a 40-storey office tower in downtown Calgary, under receivership for the second time in two years.
716 Finance results
October 22, 2025Bayes: UK commercial real estate lending surges driven by banks and development finance
New lending for commercial real estate in the first half of 2025 was 33% up on the same period last year, according to the latest six-monthly report from London's Bayes Business School.
October 16, 2025Colliers expands California industrial team; JLL appoints five to North American development group; Cushman hires director in Texas
Colliers expands California industrial team; JLL appoints five to North American development group; Cushman hires director in Texas
October 16, 2025Developer lands $763 million to build Western Canada's tallest rental tower
The developer of what's slated to become the tallest rental building in Western Canada landed a $763 million loan from the federal crown corporation.
October 13, 2025Penzance lands $100 million financing for project in largest US data center market
Penzance has secured more than $100 million in construction financing for a preleased data center project in Northern Virginia as demand intensifies for the facilities that are helping fuel the boom in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
October 9, 2025Change is in the air: What's on the minds of the world's real estate investors
There was a tangible sense the commercial property industry isn't just ready for better times but witnessing them at this year's Expo Real conference in Munich. It was boosted no doubt by an increase in delegates and almost chaotically busy scenes at the leading brokerage's stands.
October 6, 2025Canada’s Starlight refinances 18-property multifamily portfolio across US Sun Belt
Canadian real estate firm Starlight Investments and its partners have closed a $972 million loan to refinance 18 multifamily properties across eight southern U.S. states.
October 6, 2025How the year is shaping up differently for real estate in the UK, US, France and Germany
September, traditionally the month when the real estate industry gets down to some serious work after the summer break, has come and gone. As Expo Real, the key international real estate conference, gets underway Monday in Munich, Germany, here's a comparison of the performance of four of the largest commercial property markets, the United Kingdom, United States, France and Germany, and a review of the major themes of 2025 for each.
October 3, 2025BTB REIT board makes 'no recommendation' to increased Ewing Morris offer
BTB Real Estate Investment Trust's Board of Trustees decided not to advise unitholders on whether to vote in favor of an increased offer from investment firm Ewing Morris Fleetwood, an investment entity managed by Ewing Morris & Co. Investment Partners Ltd. to purchase up to 8 million shares of the REIT's stock.
October 1, 2025Blackstone £510 million UK last-mile logistics CMBS launches
The pre-sale for a £510 million commercial mortgage backed-security transaction collateralised by a major portfolio of United Kingdom logistics assets owned by Blackstone's Indurent business has launched.
September 29, 2025'Europe is seen as a safe haven in a difficult world,' says Invesco Real Estate executive
When we last spoke to him in July 2024, Mike Bessell was predicting "a pick-up in activity in the 2nd half of 2024" in European real estate markets, and that "more transactions should be signed in the 4th quarter." A little over a year later, speaking to Business Immo TV, the managing director and European and global investment strategist at Invesco Real Estate paints a mixed, but nonetheless optimistic picture.
September 22, 2025QuadReal launches £2.5 billion debt platform in UK and Europe
QuadReal Property Group, the global real estate investment, development and operating company based in Canada, has expanded its commercial real estate debt platform in the United Kingdom and Ireland.- September 18, 2025
Bank of Canada cuts policy interest rate by quarter-point to 2.5%
The Bank of Canada cut its key overnight lending rate by a quarter percentage point on Wednesday to 2.50%, the first cut by the central bank in six months and in line with widespread investor expectations. 
