Array 2025 Canadian Women in Real Estate Awards Award Reborn Zellers Looking to Expand Across Canada Canada + Alberta & Prairies + Retail | January 22, 2026 People and Companies News for Week Ending January 23, 2026 Canada + Cross Border News + Finance | January 22, 2026 FEATURED STORY Live Interest RatesNewsletter Subscribe Canada CRE News In Your Inbox. Sign up for Connect emails to stay informed with CRE stories that are 150 words or less. More Canada Stories More Stories Companies achieve great success when aligned around a common goal and brand story. The experts integrated into our team at Connect Creative span every marketing and communications discipline and channel, encompassing skilled graphic designers, public relations leaders, copy writers, content producers, digital wizards, and website developers. A collaborative approach brings out your company’s stories that are shaped and crafted with the perfect visual, the right words and in the most dynamic way. Connect with Creative Latest Alberta & Prairies Stories ATCO to Relocate Edmonton Office to Former CWB Building Alberta & Prairies + Office | January 22, 2026 ATCO subsidiary Canadian Utilities Limited will relocate its downtown Edmonton office to the former Canadian Western Bank building, which will be renamed ATCO Place. The company said the move reflects its continued commitment to Edmonton’s downtown core and to supporting the evolving needs of its employees. ATCO will transition employees currently based at ATCO Centre … Reborn Zellers Looking to Expand Across Canada Canada + Alberta & Prairies + Retail | January 22, 2026 Zellers is looking to expand nationally after coming back to life in Edmonton in 2025, the retailer announced Thursday. The discount retailer said the successful location at the Leyad-owned Londonderry Mall underscored the strength of the company’s small-format department store model and its ability to resonate with today’s Canadian consumer. “Launching our first store exceeded our … Latest B.C. Stories Toys R Us Closes Last B.C. Location B.C. + Retail | January 21, 2026 Toys R Us has closed its last B.C. store, located at Willowbrook Shopping Centre in Langley. According to multiple reports, the mall’s owner, QuadReal Property Group, posted a notice on the shuttered store, saying that the retailer was in default of its lease due unpaid rent and other expenses totalling about $98,000. QuadReal has publicly … Telus Begins Construction on Point Grey Mixed-Use Apartment Building B.C. + Apartments | January 20, 2026 Construction has begun on a five-storey Telus Living project in Vancouver’s Point Grey area. The mixed-use apartment development site is located at 2608 Tolmie Street, on the southeast corner of West 10th Avenue and Tolmie Street, marking the redevelopment of a longtime telecommunications exchange site at the western edge of West Point Grey Village. 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The discount retailer said the successful location at the Leyad-owned Londonderry Mall underscored the strength of the company’s small-format department store model and its ability to resonate with today’s Canadian consumer. “Launching our first store exceeded our … Latest Cross Border News Stories People and Companies News for Week Ending January 23, 2026 Canada + Cross Border News + Finance | January 22, 2026 CPPIB and SC Capital Agree to Invest Up to US$719M in Japan’s Hospitality Sector Cross Border News + Canada + Hospitality | January 21, 2026 The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Singapore-based real estate investment manager SC Capital Partners Group have agreed to invest up to US$719 million in Japan’s hospitality sector The partners are investing the funds through SC Capital’s value-add strategy. Building on its established track record, the strategy continues to acquire, reposition and operate hospitality-related investments … Latest Maritimes Stories Entrepreneurs Buy Dooly’s Quebec Master Franchising Rights, Two Locations Quebec + Maritimes + Retail | January 19, 2026 Entrepreneurs Mathieu Castilloux and Jonathan Delarosbil have acquired the master franchise for the Dooly’s entertainment centre chain in Quebec, along with two Dooly’s locations in Quebec City. Active for several years in the restaurant and franchise operations sector in the Quebec City region, the new owners say they intend to continue growing and strengthening the … Halifax’s Historic Mayflower Curling Club Goes Green Maritimes + Infrastructure | January 16, 2026 The Halifax region’s historic Mayflower Curling Club has gone green in a new net-zero carbon location. The federal government said it invested $4 million in the new facility located in Timberlea, N.S. The government invested the money through the through the Green and Inclusive Community Buildings (GICB) program. The program was launched in 2021 with … Latest Ontario Stories Former iPro Brokers to Receive 100% of Commissions Owed Ontario + Finance | January 21, 2026 Former iPro Realty brokers will receive 100% of their commissions owed, the Real Estate Council of Ontario announced Wednesday. The brokers had expressed concern that they would not be fully compensated for their work after the province shut down the scandal-plagued company in 2025 due to its alleged misuse of broker and client trust accounts. … Proposed 139-Year-Old Toronto Church Redev Project Advances Ontario + Apartments | January 20, 2026 A Toronto city council committee has approved a plan to redevelop a 139-year-old church site in the Garden District as a multi-family rental tower, advancing the proposal along the path to full municipal approval. The committee approved a proposed 48-storey residential tower despite facing some opposition from neighbourhood residents, Toronto Today reported. The proposal involves … Latest Quebec Stories Ailes Seeking to Take Over Two Former Quebec Hudson’s Bay Store Spaces Quebec + Retail | January 20, 2026 The Ailes de la Mode retail chain is seeking to set up two department stores in former Hudson’s Bay Company spaces in Montreal and Quebec City, The Canadian Press reported. Ailes is owned by Fairweather, which is also attempting to set up an Ailes store in a former Bay store space at Toronto’s Yorkdale Shopping … Entrepreneurs Buy Dooly’s Quebec Master Franchising Rights, Two Locations Quebec + Maritimes + Retail | January 19, 2026 Entrepreneurs Mathieu Castilloux and Jonathan Delarosbil have acquired the master franchise for the Dooly’s entertainment centre chain in Quebec, along with two Dooly’s locations in Quebec City. Active for several years in the restaurant and franchise operations sector in the Quebec City region, the new owners say they intend to continue growing and strengthening the …