Canada

Meta Platforms has announced plans to develop a $13-billion AI-optimized data centre north of Edmonton in Sturgeon County, marking the company’s first data-centre project in Canada. The proposed one-gigawatt facility is expected to support approximately 3,000 construction workers at peak construction and create more than 300 permanent operational jobs once completed, said Meta. The company …

Jessiman Family Investments plans to develop a massive 700-acre industrial park at Winnipeg’s CentrePort Canada. The company has filed a development application to develop the site in the CentrePort South area of the 20,000-acre business park. The project is expected to become the largest industrial development in Winnipeg’s history. The proposed development, called Catalyst Park, …

The federal government is providing $53.4 million to support deep energy retrofits and climate-resilient upgrades at an east Vancouver co-operative housing complex. The funding announcement was made by Housing and Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson alongside Laura Spiegel, president of the Adanac Housing Co-operative Society, at the co-op’s property at 950 Cassiar St. The project involves …

(Rather than using the buildup of unsold condos as a learning opportunity, politicians and pundits have again looked for a scapegoat, write Goodman Commercial brokers Mark Goodman, Ian Brackett and Megan Johal in this guest column for Connect.) By Mark Goodman, Ian Brackett and Megan Johal, Goodman Commercial Nobody eats their own quite like Canadian …

Broccolini has broken ground on Nokia’s new 750,000-square-foot Ottawa innovation campus in Kanata North Tech Park. The real estate company is serving as development and construction partner for the research-and-development facility. The project marks the start of the active construction phase, with project teams, trades and partners now mobilized on site. The campus is being …

Broccolini has broken ground on Nokia’s new 750,000-square-foot Ottawa innovation campus in Kanata North Tech Park. The real estate company is serving as development and construction partner for the research-and-development facility. The project marks the start of the active construction phase, with project teams, trades and partners now mobilized on site. The campus is being …

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 …

CGC’s new $210-million Wallboard plant near Calgary will eliminate tariffs and set the stage for the company’s future long-term growth. The recently opened facility will also greatly reduce emissions, said Steve Youngblut, CGC’s president and CEO, in an interview with Connect. “That plant was built really for us to control our own destiny in Western …

Broccolini has broken ground on Nokia’s new 750,000-square-foot Ottawa innovation campus in Kanata North Tech Park. The real estate company is serving as development and construction partner for the research-and-development facility. The project marks the start of the active construction phase, with project teams, trades and partners now mobilized on site. The campus is being …

Engineering firm Kimley-Horn has expanded into Canada with the opening of a new office in Toronto. Kimley-Horn has opened its first Canadian office in Toronto, expanding its presence to better serve clients across Canada. The engineering, planning and design consulting firm said the new office builds on more than 20 years of project work in …

Englobe has closed on its purchase of civil, structural and transportation-engineering specialist Pluritec. The acquisition adds Pluritec’s 200 employees to Englobe’s multidisciplinary engineering platform. The transaction, announced previously, strengthens Laval, Que.-based Englobe’s presence in Quebec and expands opportunities for collaboration on infrastructure projects across Canada, said the company. Pluritec will continue operating under its own …

Bell Canada and the Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS) announced Wednesday that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the advancement of quantum technologies, post-quantum cybersecurity, and sustainable data-centre infrastructure. The agreement is intended to strengthen Canada’s capacity to develop, test and scale advanced computing technologies by combining Bell’s national network and …

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, …