Array Read the Winners' Profiles Award CIBC Launches Canadian Private Infrastructure Fund with J.P. Morgan Asset Management Cross Border News + Canada + Finance | July 1, 2026 Grosvenor Records Largest Single Lease in its Canadian History B.C. + Canada + Retail | July 1, 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 Carney to Launch Canada’s First Sovereign-Wealth Fund Ontario + Canada + Cross Border News + Infrastructure | April 27, 2026 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 Timbercreek to Acquire Life Plaza Office Tower in Downtown Calgary Alberta & Prairies + Office | July 1, 2026 Secured lender Timbercreek Mortgage Servicing has agreed to purchase the debt-laden Life Plaza office tower in Calgary through a receivership sale. The agreement comes after a pre-receivership marketing process failed to attract an acceptable third-party offer. Receiver MNP said Alberta Court of King’s Bench placed Life Plaza owner SCREO I Gill Inc. and SCREO I … New No Frills Grocery Store Opens in Northwest Winnipeg Alberta & Prairies + Retail | June 29, 2026 A newly opened No Frills grocery store has become the anchor tenant at the Moore Centre in northwest Winnipeg. The new store is located at 1375 McPhillips Street., strengthening the retail development’s role as a neighbourhood shopping destination in the area. Operated by local associate-owner Adelina, the store will provide residents in the Garden City … Latest B.C. Stories Grosvenor Records Largest Single Lease in its Canadian History B.C. + Canada + Retail | July 1, 2026 Grosvenor has recorded the largest single lease deal in its 75-year Canadian history, with merchandise distributor S&S covering an entire 162,250-square-foot warehouse on Annacis Island in Delta, B.C. The long-term lease covers the full Millennium 6 building at 1005 Derwent and supports S&S’s plan to more than double its Canadian operations in the Vancouver region. … Onni Paid $112.5M for Former Downtown Vancouver Hudson’s Bay Company Store Property: Report B.C. + Ontario + Retail | June 29, 2026 A published report says Onni Group purchased the former Hudson’s Bay Company store in downtown Vancouver for $112.5 million. The publication said it obtained a land-transfer document dated June 24 that revealed the purchase price. Meanwhile, Primaris REIT said Monday in an activity update that it purchased the former Bay store site at Devonshire Mall … Connect TeamEmily LettieriVice PresidentPaul BubnySenior Content DirectorDennis KaiserVice President, Public Relations & CommunicationsView 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 sexesView Values Latest National Stories Grosvenor Records Largest Single Lease in its Canadian History B.C. + Canada + Retail | July 1, 2026 Grosvenor has recorded the largest single lease deal in its 75-year Canadian history, with merchandise distributor S&S covering an entire 162,250-square-foot warehouse on Annacis Island in Delta, B.C. The long-term lease covers the full Millennium 6 building at 1005 Derwent and supports S&S’s plan to more than double its Canadian operations in the Vancouver region. … CIBC Launches Canadian Private Infrastructure Fund with J.P. Morgan Asset Management Cross Border News + Canada + Finance | July 1, 2026 CIBC Global Asset Management has launched a new private infrastructure-investment fund under a partnership with J.P. Morgan Asset Management. The fund provides Canadian accredited investors with access to institutional-grade private infrastructure investments. The new investment vehicle expands CIBC GAM’s private-markets offerings and is designed with JPMAM’s Alternative Investments Strategy & Solutions team. It provides exposure … Latest Cross Border News Stories CIBC Launches Canadian Private Infrastructure Fund with J.P. Morgan Asset Management Cross Border News + Canada + Finance | July 1, 2026 CIBC Global Asset Management has launched a new private infrastructure-investment fund under a partnership with J.P. Morgan Asset Management. The fund provides Canadian accredited investors with access to institutional-grade private infrastructure investments. The new investment vehicle expands CIBC GAM’s private-markets offerings and is designed with JPMAM’s Alternative Investments Strategy & Solutions team. It provides exposure … GO Residential REIT Completes Acquisitions of Two NYC Apartment Towers Cross Border News + Apartments | June 29, 2026 GO Residential REIT has completed its acquisitions of two apartment towers in New York City. The completions of the two previously announced purchase agreements expand Toronto-based GO’s portfolio by 26% to 2,545 residential suites, the REIT said. GO closed the indirect acquisitions of the 209-suite 7 Dey Street tower in Tribeca on May 28 and … Latest Eastern Canada Stories Latest Maritimes Stories CGC’s New $210M Wallboard Plant Designed for Future Growth Alberta & Prairies + Canada + Maritimes + Ontario + Industrial | June 28, 2026 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 … Saltire Acquires Tool Shed for $2.8M in Cash, Shares Maritimes + Retail | June 26, 2026 Saltire Capital has acquired Tool Shed construction equipment rental and sales retailer for $2.8 million in cash and stock. The deal was previously announced but amended prior to closing with Saltire purchasing 100% of the company, which operates one location in Dartmouth, N.S. Previously, the proposed agreement called for the vendors to retain an ownership … Latest Ontario Stories T&T to Open New Supermarket at Toronto’s CF Sherway Gardens Ontario + Retail | July 1, 2026 T&T Supermarket will open a new 40,000-square-foot store in Toronto’s Etobicoke area in summer 2027, the grocer announced. The new supermarket will occupy the former Pusateri’s space on the lower level of the Etobicoke shopping centre at 25 The West Mall. T&T said the store will offer fresh produce, live seafood, premium meats, Asian grocery … Onni Paid $112.5M for Former Downtown Vancouver Hudson’s Bay Company Store Property: Report B.C. + Ontario + Retail | June 29, 2026 A published report says Onni Group purchased the former Hudson’s Bay Company store in downtown Vancouver for $112.5 million. The publication said it obtained a land-transfer document dated June 24 that revealed the purchase price. Meanwhile, Primaris REIT said Monday in an activity update that it purchased the former Bay store site at Devonshire Mall … Latest Quebec Stories Feds, Quebec Invest $200M in Phase II of UdeM Science Centre Quebec + Infrastructure | July 1, 2026 The federal and Quebec governments will invest approximately $200 million in the construction of Phase II of the Université de Montréal’s Science Complex. The funding will support construction of two new buildings adjacent to the existing science complex, creating a single hub for natural sciences, data science and the Courtois Institute, whose operations are currently … Three Firms Seek to Develop Office Spaces for NATO Defence Bank in Montreal Quebec + Office | June 29, 2026 Sid Lee Architecture, Rosefellow and the Tsatas Group plan to develop office space in Montreal to woo the new NATO Defense, Security and Resilience Bank to the city. The Canadian Press reported that the three firms have proposed dedicating several floors of a planned downtown tower to help Montreal winning the competition to the multinational … Latest Western Canada Stories Wesbild Scraps Plan for 2,000-Unit Multi-Res Project in Port Coquitlam B.C. + Western Canada + Apartments | May 23, 2026 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, …