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, …

(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 …

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has denied Montrose Properties’ request to reopen the Cowichan Aboriginal-title case, calling the attempt “an abuse of process for relitigation.” The decision follows last August’s landmark ruling recognizing the Cowichan Nation’s Aboriginal title over portions of Crown, municipal and private land in Richmond, B.C. and other parts of the province’s …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Honestly Good Chicken Fingers has opened a new location at Toronto’s Stock Yards Village, giving the fast-casual restaurant chain four locations in the region. Currently in a soft-opening period, the new fast-casual restaurant is located in the heart of the outdoor shopping centre, providing shoppers with an affordable dining option in one of Toronto’s major …

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 …

BRP has inaugurated a new global logistics centre in Saint-Philippe, Que., designed to serve 2,050 powersports-product dealers in 110 countries. The 950,000-square-foot facility consolidates the powersports-products company’s worldwide parts, accessories and apparel distribution operations in a single hub. The facility is BRP’s largest distribution and logistics centre globally and will process more than 2.5 million …

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, …