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June 23, 2025
Canada's largest healthcare REIT brings in new CEO after streamlining property holdings
Canada's largest healthcare real estate investment trust is bringing in a new chief executive officer to run the company with a portfolio of 169 properties after a period of strategic review.
June 23, 2025
Newmark recruits joint head of UK business rates
Newmark has appointed Emily Roberton as joint head of its United Kingdom business rates practice, responsible for strategy and business development. She joins Simon Green in leading the national platform for the firm that also does business in the United States, Canada and other countries around the world. Based between London and the West Midlands, Newmark said Roberton will focus on client performance and operational excellence across the national team of rating surveyors.
June 20, 2025
Avison Young launches property tax services business in Vancouver
Toronto-based Avison Young is launching a new property tax service group in Vancouver.
June 19, 2025
CoStar Group wins gold medal in largest US real estate journalism contest
CoStar Group's news staff won a gold medal in the largest real estate journalism contest in the United States for a podcast analyzing hospitality trends and received a bronze medal for coverage of how Hurricane Helene upended residential real estate sales in Asheville, North Carolina.
June 16, 2025
Ruck Lane expands leadership team
Ruck Lane, a private market firm led by a former CEO of Cushman & Wakefield in Canada, has added a new executive.
June 12, 2025
Hydro-Québec CEO Michael Sabia to leave post, join federal government
Michael Sabia is leaving the top post at Hydro-Québec next month to become clerk of the Privy Council and secretary to the Cabinet of the Government of Canada as part of Prime Minister Mark Carney's government.
June 12, 2025
JLL teams with Breakfast Club of Canada to provide nutritious meals for children
JLL is kicking off its 2025 campaign with Breakfast Club of Canada as the real estate services firm works to support the effort to provide children with access to a nutritious breakfast at school.
June 11, 2025
Ready to make acquisitions, Brookfield Asset Management names new CEO for real estate
Brookfield Asset Management, one of the world's largest real estate owners, has changed up its top management just as it completed raising $16 billion to snap up properties.
June 10, 2025
Metropia's Howard Sokolowski earns lifetime achievement award
The Building Industry and Land Development Association bestowed its highest honour on Metropia founder and CEO Howard Sokolowski in recognition of his dedication to the group and industry.
June 9, 2025
Dilawri Foundation donates $60 million for cardiovascular institute at Vancouver General Hospital
Privately owned Dilawri, the largest shareholder of Automotive Properties REIT, has made a $60 million donation through its foundation to establish the Dilawri Cardiovascular Institute at Vancouver General Hospital in British Columbia.
June 5, 2025
Colliers acquires global infrastructure bank as it bulks up business lines
Colliers agreed to acquire a majority stake in Astris Finance, a global investment banking firm that specializes in funding infrastructure projects for companies transitioning to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power.
June 4, 2025
Crown Realty CEO to retire at end of the month
Crown Realty Partners, a firm that owns, leases and manages and redevelops commercial property across the country, said its CEO will retire at the end of the month.
June 4, 2025
CDPQ executive steps down to become Prime Minister's chief of staff
Executive Vice-President and Head of CDPQ Global and Global Head of Sustainability Marc-André Blanchard has resigned from Quebec pension fund Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, known as CDPQ, to become the chief of staff for the newly elected Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney.
May 23, 2025
Tariff-induced uncertainty may disrupt retail market if consumers feel pain, JLL executive says
If tariffs lead consumers to feel financial stress, the fallout could surpass the benefits of a tight retail property market, according to Naveen Jaggi, president of retail advisory services for the Americas at JLL.
May 22, 2025
Retail space shortage 'shocking,' Colliers executive says
Shop space across the country remains difficult to find, and some properties have waiting lists for properties that become available, according to Anjee Solanki, the head of United States retail at global brokerage Colliers.
May 14, 2025
Global investor Fiera Capital names new CEO
Fiera Capital Corp., a Montreal-based firm with $11.6 billion in real estate properties under management among its $167.1 billion in global assets, said it will have a new CEO and global president effective this summer.
May 13, 2025
Here’s how Northcrest CEO Derek Goring fell into an accidental career
Derek Goring says his first job in real estate came about by accident.
May 12, 2025
Colliers appoints head of London leasing
Global real estate services firm Colliers has appointed Charlotte Ashton as its head of London leasing, CoStar News can reveal.
May 6, 2025
Amazon’s head of global real estate set to depart as company expands offices in major cities
Amazon's head of international real estate is leaving his role just as the online retail giant plans to expand its offices in New York and other markets after calling its corporate workers back five days a week.
May 1, 2025
Leader of Avison Young Canada urges country's major parties to work together
The president of Canadian real estate firm Avison Young is encouraging the country's two major parties to work together to enact key policies that will benefit commercial real estate.