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September 11, 2025 | 7:15 P.M.
BGO Properties adds three real estate executives to leadership positions
BGO Properties, the Canadian division of BGO specializing in property management, operations, leasing, and services, has added three senior executives to leadership roles at the firm.
September 11, 2025 | 2:19 P.M.
Canada's OTTP launches joint venture with Sagard to buy US industrial properties
Sagard Real Estate has teamed with the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan fund to purchase an industrial property in Houston that marks the initial acquisition for the new real estate joint venture.
September 11, 2025 | 1:27 AM
Industrial market remains resilient despite threat from higher tariffs
The U.S. trade war left an undeniable mark on the Canadian economy in the second quarter. Overall economic growth declined, while job losses continued to pile up.
September 10, 2025 | 2:59 P.M.
Hariri Pontarini Architects names two new partners
Hariri Pontarini Architects, one of Canada’s leading architecture studios, announced the promotions of Michael Attard and Doron Meinhard as partners of the firm. They are the first new partners named at the 130-person firm since it was founded in 1994 by Siamak Hariri and David Pontarini.
September 10, 2025 | 11:48 AM
Toronto investment firm led by Colliers CEO enters high-profile property deal in Boston
Toronto-based Hennick Group struck a deal to acquire the retail portion of the luxury Mandarin Oriental Hotel along Boylston Street in Boston for US$83.3 million.
September 9, 2025 | 2:19 P.M.
More rental apartments continue to be built in Montreal than in Toronto
Montreal and Toronto have been building more purpose-built rental, or PBR, apartment units in recent years, according to data from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, or CMHC. These housing units are designed and built specifically for the rental market rather than to be listed for sale or converted to rental properties later. As of July, the country's two largest cities were adding a record number of units under construction.
September 9, 2025 | 11:55 AM
US logistics, data storage giants spend big on separate building sites near Toronto
Canada’s largest city could be getting a pair of major data storage projects as two giant American companies have completed significant land acquisitions of over $90 million in the Toronto area.
September 8, 2025 | 8:16 P.M.
Overseas investors more likely to spurn Canadian markets
Transaction activity in Canada’s real estate markets has slowed markedly since reaching a high point in 2022. That year, the total value of commercial property transactions of $5 million or more across the six largest real estate markets of Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa and Edmonton reached over $50 billion.
September 8, 2025 | 1:10 P.M.
Trade war-related job losses beginning to spread to other sectors
The trade war with the United States is continuing to threaten Canada’s economy and job market. In August, 66,000 jobs were lost across the country, adding to the 41,000 jobs lost the month before. Meanwhile, the national unemployment rate rose to a new cycle high of 7.1%.
September 3, 2025 | 3:05 P.M.
Toronto's Slate Asset Management appoints C-level officer based in largest US property market
Slate Asset Management has hired former Goldman Sachs executive Neil Kaufman as chief administrative officer. He will be based in its New York City office.
August 28, 2025 | 8:28 P.M.
Pure Industrial sells single-tenant building in Vaughan
Skycon Developments Ltd., a real estate developer and commercial leasing firm based in Concord, Ontario, expanded its portfolio by acquiring a single-tenant industrial building off Rowntree Dairy Road in Vaughan, Ontario.
August 28, 2025 | 3:25 P.M.
Construction boss hired for one of North America's largest development projects
Northcrest Developments has appointed Beau Brooker to oversee construction at the $30 billion redevelopment of the 370-acre former Downsview Airport lands in Toronto, now known as YZD.
August 27, 2025 | 1:54 P.M.
The Body Shop's resurgence in Canada continues with new outlets
The Body Shop, a global cosmetics chain that appeared to be struggling after filing for bankruptcy, is making a comeback in Canada.
August 25, 2025 | 7:00 P.M.
Imaging firm secures new location in Toronto
A small warehouse property at 60 Modern Road in Toronto traded in an owner-user sale.
August 21, 2025 | 10:56 P.M.
BGO dips into thriving Toronto retail scene with purchase of Mississauga shopping centre
BGO, the real estate investment management arm of Sun Life Financial, has invested in the strong Toronto retail market with the acquisition of Rockwood Plaza in Mississauga, Ontario.
August 21, 2025 | 3:20 P.M.
US apartment giant to buy Canada's Dream Residential REIT
Morgan Properties, an apartment giant based outside Philadelphia, agreed to buy Toronto-based Dream Residential REIT to add the Canadian firm's holdings in the U.S. Midwest and fast-growing Sun Belt.
August 20, 2025 | 9:52 P.M.
Toronto and Montreal's new housing numbers race in opposite directions
The pace of multifamily housing construction starts in Canada’s two largest cities trended in opposite directions according to the latest Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. data for July.
August 20, 2025 | 5:06 P.M.
Rent controls can do more harm than good, CMHC says in report
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., a national housing agency whose financing insurance programs play a major role in the country's housing supply, is urging authorities to reject rent control policies.
August 19, 2025 | 4:18 P.M.
H&R sells heritage property office tower with plans to be converted into condos
H&R REIT has sold the Canadian Pacific Building on Yonge Street in Toronto for $20.2 million, clearing the way for the historic office tower to be redeveloped into a 127-unit condominium complex.
August 18, 2025 | 3:55 P.M.
BSR REIT buys apartment complex in fast-growing city near Dallas
BSR Real Estate Investment Trust, a company based in Little Rock, Arkansas, that trades on the Toronto Stock Market, has acquired The Ownsby Apartments in the Dallas–Fort Worth area.

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