Array Connect Seeking Nominees for Canadian Transactions of the Year Awards Award Commercial Real Estate Insolvencies Increasing Steadily Canada + Finance | March 8, 2026 Canadian Apartment Rents Fall for 17th Straight Month Canada + Apartments | March 9, 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 Genesis Residential Lot Sales Up 5% in 2025 Alberta & Prairies + Multi-residential Housing | March 8, 2026 Genesis Land Development sold 5% more residential lots in 2025 than it did in 2024, said company in its latest earnings report. Genesis reported selling 760 residential lots in 2025, a 5% increase from 726 lots sold in 2024, while fourth-quarter 2025 lot sales more than doubled to 328 from 157 a year earlier. The … Calgary Performing Arts Centre Redev Begins to Rise Alberta & Prairies + Canada + Hospitality | March 5, 2026 Vertical construction is now underway on the 170,000-square-foot expansion of Calgary’s premier performing arts centre. Calgary Municipal Land Corporation, the Werklund Centre and the City of Calgary marked the start of construction on the Werklund Centre Transformation Expansion’s theatre box, the project’s first phase of vertical construction and a major step toward delivering a new … Latest B.C. Stories Bob & Michael’s Place Officially Opens in Vancouver’s Chinatown B.C. + Apartments | March 9, 2026 A new mixed-use residential and healthcare facility has officially opened in Vancouver’s Chinatown. Vancouver Chinatown Foundation officials, government representatives and community partners recently marked the grand opening of Bob & Michael’s Place. The housing component will provide homes for more than 300 residents. The project, located at 54 West Hastings Street, was developed to address … Vancouver Apartment-Condo Sales Fall 15.6% in February B.C. + Apartments | March 5, 2026 Sales of apartment homes in Metro Vancouver fell 15.6% year-over-year in February as the region continued to experience slower-than-average residential activity, says a new report from Greater Vancouver Realtors. Apartment sales totalled 824, down from 976 in February 2025, with the benchmark price now at $708,200, a 6.8% decrease from last year and a 0.5% … Connect TeamDaniel CenicerosCEOPaul BubnySenior Content DirectorJohn HalloranVice President of Creative & MarketingView AllOur ValuesWe understand that we have different backgrounds, ethnicities, experiences, and geographies, and these differences are what make us unique and bring a variety of perspectives that will shine through.Partage minoritaireRépartition entre les sexesLearn More Latest National Stories Canadian Apartment Rents Fall for 17th Straight Month Canada + Apartments | March 9, 2026 Canadian apartment rents declined for the 17th consecutive month in February, with the national average asking rent falling to $2,030 — the lowest level in nearly three years, says a new report from Rentals.ca and Urbanation. Rents continued to drop across Canada’s largest markets, with notable year-over-year declines recorded in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal, Ottawa … Commercial Real Estate Insolvencies Increasing Steadily Canada + Finance | March 8, 2026 Canada’s commercial real estate insolvencies and distressed sales have more than doubled in the past three years, says a leading analyst. Raymond Wong, a vice-president with market-intelligence firm Altus Group, told The Globe and Mail that Canada’s CRE industry is experiencing its worst real estate cycle in decades as insolvencies and distressed sales continue to … Latest Cross Border News Stories Burke’s Company to Manage Montreal’s La Ronde Amusement Park Following Sale to EPR Quebec + Cross Border News + Hospitality | March 8, 2026 La Ronde Operations, a company owned by Kieran Burke, will assume the operation of Montreal’s La Ronde amusement park following its acquisition by EPR Properties. The announcement comes after EPR announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire a portfolio of seven amusement parks in the United States and Canada from Six Flags … People and Companies News for Week Ending March 6, 2026 Canada + Cross Border News + Finance | March 5, 2026 Latest Maritimes Stories CIB Provides $200M Loan for Nova Scotia Wind Farm Project Maritimes + Infrastructure | March 8, 2026 The Canada Infrastructure Bank is providing a $206-million loan to support development of the Mersey River Wind project in Nova Scotia. The financing will help fund construction of a 33-turbine wind farm expected to generate 148.5 megawatts of zero-emission electricity—enough to power more than 50,000 homes. The project is being developed by a partnership between … SeaFort Capital Acquires Majority Stake in Door Manufacturer Allmar Alberta & Prairies + Maritimes + Industrial | March 4, 2026 SeaFort Capital has acquired a majority ownership interest in Allmar, with Roynat Equity Partners participating as a co-investor. Winnipeg-based Allmar, a supplier of door and hardware solutions for commercial, industrial, institutional and residential markets, said its leadership team will retain a significant equity stake in the business. The transaction will not change the company’s leadership … Latest Ontario Stories Pinnacle Tops Off 106-Storey SkyTower in Downtown Toronto Ontario + Multi-residential Housing | March 8, 2026 Construction has reached the top floor of the 106-storey Pinnacle SkyTower in downtown Toronto, making it the tallest building in Canada and the first residential tower in North America to reach that height. The tower surpasses the Canada Place building in Toronto as the tallest building in the country. Developed by Pinnacle International as part … GWLRA Enters Canadian Strata-Industrial Market Canada + Ontario + Industrial | March 5, 2026 GWL Realty Advisors has entered the Canadian strata-industrial market, marking a strategic expansion beyond its traditional focus on income-producing real estate assets. The firm said the move reflects growing demand for small-bay industrial strata units in supply-constrained ownership markets across Canada. “Expanding into the industrial strata market is part of GWLRA’s value-generation strategy and is … Latest Quebec Stories Burke’s Company to Manage Montreal’s La Ronde Amusement Park Following Sale to EPR Quebec + Cross Border News + Hospitality | March 8, 2026 La Ronde Operations, a company owned by Kieran Burke, will assume the operation of Montreal’s La Ronde amusement park following its acquisition by EPR Properties. The announcement comes after EPR announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire a portfolio of seven amusement parks in the United States and Canada from Six Flags … Krassakopoulos Provides Keys to Data Centre Success Canada + Quebec + Digital Infrastructure | March 6, 2026 Canada’s data-centre industry must proceed with “conviction” rather than caution despite geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty, says a leading developer. Billy Krassakopoulos, CEO of Enovum, made the comments at Connect’s North American Investment in Digital Infrastructure and AI conference in Montreal during a question-and-answer session with David Cervantes, a CBRE broker who specializes in data-centre transactions. …
Canada