Canada

Japanese retailer Uniqlo has announced plans to open a new location at Winnipeg’s St. Vital Centre in August. Uniqlo said it will open a 15,000-square-foot store on August 21. The company previously announced that it would open a new location at St. Vital Centre but did not specify the launch date. The opening will mark …

Firm Capital Property Trust has closed on its previously announced acquisition of a 50% interest in 10 manufactured-home communities in Alberta and Saskatchewan for $218 million. The 10 properties contain 1,649 sites altogether. “Today marks a major step forward for Firm Capital Property Trust,” said Robert McKee, the trust’s president and CEO. “This acquisition expands …

Montrose Properties is appealing a British Columbia court judge’s refusal to add the firm as a party to the controversial Cowichan Tribes property-title case and reopen it. Montrose has submitted an appeal application to the B.C. Court of Appeal following B.C. Supreme Court Justice Barbara Young’s June decision that kept the company on the sidelines …

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government has referred the Port of Vancouver Gateway Strategy to Canada’s Major Projects Office for accelerated approval. The move is designed to expand the country’s largest port, diversifying trade and helping Canada double exports to non-U.S. markets by 2035. Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon announced the referral, saying the strategy aligns with …

The U.S. administration’s plan to impose new 50% tariffs on imports from Canada is more of a negotiating tactic than a threat, says CoStar’s chief economist. As a result, commercial real estate companies need to “stay the course” on planned acquisitions, leasing activity and development projects, Mario Lefebvre told Connect in an interview. “Whenever I …

Japanese retailer Uniqlo has announced plans to open a new location at Winnipeg’s St. Vital Centre in August. Uniqlo said it will open a 15,000-square-foot store on August 21. The company previously announced that it would open a new location at St. Vital Centre but did not specify the launch date. The opening will mark …

The U.S. administration’s plan to impose new 50% tariffs on imports from Canada is more of a negotiating tactic than a threat, says CoStar’s chief economist. As a result, commercial real estate companies need to “stay the course” on planned acquisitions, leasing activity and development projects, Mario Lefebvre told Connect in an interview. “Whenever I …

Empire Company will no longer enforce grocery-related property controls, including restrictive clauses, the firm announced Tuesday. Stellarton, N.S.-based Empire said the move is part of a long-term commitment to support a competitive and accessible grocery market in Canada. The decision comes after Empire and Loblaw faced increasing pressure from the Competition Bureau to end restrictive …

Clarke has revamped its own, Ravelin Properties REIT’s, and Holloway Lodging Corporation’s senior executive teams amid a commercial real estate integration. The changes, effective Wednesday, are intended to strengthen operational leadership across Clarke’s residential, hotel and commercial real estate businesses by expanding executive responsibilities and decision-making authority, said the company. The moves come after Clarke …

The young Honestly Good Chicken Fingers chain is set to expand to other parts of Ontario and potentially the U.S. after opening a new location at Toronto’s Stock Yards Village mall. The company has signed three additional lease deals and will open new locations in 2027 as it expands beyond the Greater Toronto Area for …

Prima Living has acquired nine Ontario seniors homes from Chartwell for $117.9 million, marking the upstart company’s third purchase in only 15 months of existence. The portfolio acquisition gives Prima, a division of Primacorp Ventures, an additional adding 689 units, increasing its Canadian portfolio to 1,187 suites. The purchase significantly expands the company’s presence in …

The Quebec and federal governments have drafted an agreement to fast-track approvals of proposed major projects in the province. Quebec is moving to join seven other provinces that have agreements with Ottawa aimed at reducing overlapping federal and provincial reviews of major infrastructure, energy, mining and industrial projects. The federal and Quebec governments released a …

The Quebec government has approved a plan to renovate the interior of Montreal’s Olympic Stadium. The approval comes as work continues on the construction and installation of the venue’s new permanent $870-million roof. In 2024, the province awarded a Pomerleau-Canam Group joint-venture a $729-million contract, taxes not included, to replace the 50-year-old stadium’s retractable cover …

Wesbild has halted a planned six-tower, 2,000-unit multi-residential development in Port Coquitlama, B.C. The master-planned project, known as PoCoPlace, was slated for the corner of Lougheed Highway and Westwood Street and would have included significant retail space and amenities. Phase 1 had been slated to include a 37-storey rental tower and a 35-storey condominium tower, …