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Quote graphic: similar buildings can receive very different financing answers (Photo credit: Laurentian Bank) From the outside, the real estate market looks hesitant. Projects are being delayed, revisited, restructured. At Laurentian Bank, conversations with developers and investors across all of Canada's major markets point to the same conclusion: the market has not stopped, but decision-making has fundamentally changed.

The Robin Hood Association's Broadway Learning Centre is undergoing a coordinated envelope retrofit while remaining fully occupied. Image provided by Wade Consulting Inc. Roughly 80 per cent of Alberta's large commercial and institutional buildings were constructed before 1990. Many of the rest, including a circa-1997 stucco-clad, double-glazed facility in Edmonton, are now reaching the same point their older peers hit years ago: worn-out walls, windows and roofs that need to be replaced.

Cascadia Development announces strategic partnership with Fiera Real Estate North Vancouver rental project moves forward at 2525 Lonsdale Ave. Photo credit: Cascadia Development North Vancouver, BC — September 28, 2026 — Cascadia Development (“Cascadia”) is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Fiera Real Estate’s Canadian Built Opportunities Fund (“CBOF”) for the development of a purpose-built rental housing community located at 2525 Lonsdale Avenue in the City of North Vancouver.

Harjaap Singh Makkar Senior Industrial Broker, Colliers Harjaap Singh Makkar Senior Industrial Broker, Colliers Harjaap Singh Makkar is a Senior Industrial Broker with Colliers International, Canada's largest commercial real estate firm, serving clients across the Greater Toronto Area.

Pier 4 REIT has purchased a three-building multi-residential apartment portfolio in Halifax, Nova Scotia. (Photo credit: Mosy Photography) Pier 4 Real Estate Investment Trust is expanding its presence in Atlantic Canada. The fund has acquired three multi-residential properties in Halifax, Nova Scotia, comprising 141 units for $22,560,000.

Sam Ishak (Courtesy Teranet) Statutory registry services and property intelligence company Teranet, has chosen Sam Ishak as its chief information officer. Ishak will lead Teranet’s enterprise technology strategy, overseeing enterprise architecture, application development, information security, infrastructure, business intelligence and technical services.

When Harley Mintz and the management team at Elysium Investments decided to hire a new leader, one name kept coming up. “The only person that I really wanted was Lorrie (King)," he said.

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As Canada's climate changes, CRE owners are beginning to rethink the assumptions behind their buildings. The summer air is alive with the sound of cicadas. The sun hangs high, relentless and unfiltered, warming rooftops, pavements and everything in between. Days like these make it easy to forget how quickly conditions can change. Not long ago, much of Canada was digging out from record breaking snowfalls.

Junior analysts underwriting a multi family development deal at ScotiaBank (Photo credit: Amelia Podgorski) Incoming Co-Presidents Evan Sarid ’27 and Corey Wasserman ’28 are set to lead the club into the new academic year with tons of momentum. Last October, the club debuted its inaugural Junior Analyst Program, where 16 analysts were selected from a large and highly competitive applicant pool.