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Latest Alberta & Prairies Industrial Stories
A large piece of northeast Edmonton industrial land once set aside for petrochemical development could instead become part of a major data centre district. Stantec, acting for Walton Global Investments, has applied to amend the Edmonton Energy and Technology Park plan, including redesignating 253 hectares, or 625 acres, from its petrochemical precinct to medium industrial …
Skyline Industrial REIT has filled an entire 500K-SF former Canadian Tire distribution centre in Calgary with a single tenant, wiping out one of the largest vacancies in its portfolio in one deal. The five-year lease at 6600 72nd Ave. SE is the largest single lease by square footage in the REIT’s history and lifts its …
Latest B.C. Industrial Stories
A proposed 750K-SF food terminal would require 50 acres in Metro Vancouver, raising questions about where one of Canada’s most land-constrained industrial markets could accommodate a development of that scale. BC Food & Beverage unveiled plans Wednesday for the Pacific Gateway Food Terminal, envisioning a major food production and distribution complex near the Port of …
The fourth building at Xchange Business Park in Abbotsford is now fully leased, adding another completed piece to QuadReal and Hungerford Properties’ 140-acre Fraser Valley industrial development. The partners have finished leasing the 71K-SF Building 11 at 30300 Brookside Ave. to two tenants. White Cap committed to about 35K SF as construction began in October …
Latest National Industrial Stories
The race to secure enough electricity for the next wave of data centres is helping reshape Canada’s utility sector. Emera and Canadian Utilities unveiled a merger Tuesday that would create a $72B North American utility, giving the combined company greater financial capacity to build infrastructure for large-load customers, electrification and other major developments. The combination …
Canada’s industrial market is beginning to tighten after several years of rising vacancy, with CoStar forecasting positive rent growth could return by late 2027 as demand improves and new supply slows. National vacancy has already eased to 4.5% after reaching 4.75% in 2025, when a wave of new development collided with weaker tenant demand. CoStar …
Latest Cross Border News Industrial Stories
Brookfield is making a major push into India’s industrial and logistics market, acquiring a 10.5M-SF portfolio from ESR India and committing US$450M to the acquisition and future development of the properties. The Canadian investment giant is acquiring eight Grade A industrial and logistics parks spanning 400 acres across six metropolitan clusters, including Mumbai, Pune, Delhi-NCR, …
PSP Investments and Ares Management have formed a joint venture to invest up to US$2.4B in U.S. logistics real estate, launching the partnership with a 5.2M SF portfolio across major industrial markets. The seed portfolio includes 14 properties in California, Texas and New Jersey, while Ares’ Marq Logistics platform will source investments and manage the …
Latest Eastern Canada Industrial Stories
Latest Maritimes Industrial Stories
Montreal-based Kruger is moving a proposed investment of up to $700 million at its Corner Brook Pulp and Paper complex into environmental review, advancing a plan to reposition the century-old industrial site around manufacturing, renewable energy and upgraded infrastructure. Project Tuckamore was registered with Newfoundland and Labrador regulators Sept. 1. The proposal includes an approximately …
NordSpace has secured $5 million from federal and provincial governments to advance its Atlantic Spaceport Complex near St. Lawrence, adding momentum to the East Coast’s emergence as a national space-launch corridor. The funding is part of a $10-million investment, half from NordSpace. Ottawa is contributing $1 million, while the province is providing $4 million. The …
Latest Ontario Industrial Stories
Quebec-based Mondev has made its first acquisition outside its home province, buying Eaton’s national distribution centre in Perth, Ont., through a sale-leaseback that keeps the power-management company in place as a long-term tenant. Mondev disclosed the Sept. 30 closing of the 79,892-SF industrial property at 9 Industrial Rd., acquired in partnership with Melinor. Financial terms …
Pure Industrial has put Tesla’s 110K-SF battery manufacturing facility in Markham on the market, an older industrial property that has been substantially upgraded to support the automaker’s specialized operations. Tesla fully leases the 110,236-SF building at 95 Clegg Rd., where it has invested significant capital in electrical and mechanical infrastructure, including boosting power service to …
Latest Quebec Industrial Stories
Commercial furniture manufacturer Dor-Val has acquired a 98,086-square-foot industrial building in Montreal’s Anjou borough for $11.25 million, adding another production property to a business that changed hands earlier this year. The building at 9300 Ray-Lawson Blvd. sits on 4.24 acres near Highways 25 and 40. The deal works out to about $115 per square foot, …
Montreal developers say the REM is making transit-accessible real estate more attractive, but warn the growing cost of building around the network could undermine some of the development it was intended to encourage. Executives from Mondev, Rosefellow and Cadillac Fairview raised the concerns during a discussion at Connect CRE Montreal, pointing to transit levies, municipal …
Latest Western Canada Industrial Stories
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, …
















