News by subject: REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

The federal and provincial governments will be celebrating the opening of new affordable housing in Kingston on March 31, 2017. Media are invited to join Mark Gerretsen, Member of Parliament for Kingston and the Islands, on behalf of the...

Blackbird Energy Inc. ("Blackbird") is pleased to report that it has closed the previously announced acquisition (the "Acquisition") of two gross sections (two net) of Montney rights from Knowledge Energy Inc. ("Knowledge") pursuant to the terms of...

Huntington Bank today announced it is stepping up by investing $150 million to ensure affordable housing continues for those most vulnerable throughout Ohio. This additional allocation brings Huntington's cumulative investment in partnership with...

Canada's market for residential real estate over $1 million will be led by the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) in the spring of 2017, with sales volume, velocity and pricing of the $4 million luxury segment projected to surpass previous years'...

Craft Oil Ltd. ("Craft" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has closed the previously announced sale of assets (the "Disposition"), comprised of approximately 1,625 boe per day (weighted 36% oil and NGLs), located in the Grande Prairie...

American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP ("AHIP") announced today the sale of the 77-room Country Inn & Suites by Carlson hotel located in Norman, Oklahoma (the "Norman Property") for gross proceeds of US$4.5 million. The Norman Property was...

Harold Spring, President and CEO of Bayfield Realty Advisors Inc. is pleased to announce the acquisition of a 100% interest in the Southview Centre in Medicine Hat, Alberta for a purchase price of $28.5 million.The property comprises a single-storey...

Pelangio Exploration Inc. ("Pelangio" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into an option agreement with Noka Resources Inc. ("Noka") whereby Noka may acquire a 100% interest in Pelangio's Birch Lake Property, located in...

Seniors will soon have better access to affordable rental housing with support from the Governments of Canada and Nova Scotia. The construction of a 26-unit development, including three barrier-free units, will ensure seniors in rural Nova Scotia...

The federal and provincial governments will be celebrating the opening of new affordable housing in Cambridge on March 13, 2017. Media are invited to join Bryan May, Member of Parliament for Cambridge, on behalf of the Honourable Jean-Yves...

Sonnenblick-Eichner Company has arranged $41,000,000 of first mortgage financing for Hotel Eastlund located in Portland, Oregon.The financing was a non-recourse, 10-year fixed rate loan provided by an international money center bank.Elliot Eichner,...

Blackbird Energy Inc. ("Blackbird") is pleased to report that it has closed the previously announced acquisition (the "Acquisition") of 13 gross sections of Montney rights (3.1 net) (the "Acquisition Lands") from Paramount Resources Ltd....

DREAM HARD ASSET ALTERNATIVES TRUST or (the "Trust" or "our") today announced that it has entered into agreements to sell its ownership interests in West Metro Corporate Centre in Etobicoke, Ontario and 460 Two Nations Crossing in Fredericton, New...

DREAM OFFICE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST or ("Dream Office REIT", the "Trust" or "our") today announced that it has entered into agreements to sell certain properties in the Greater Toronto Area west and New Brunswick. The assets are West Metro...

Partners Real Estate Investment Trust (the "REIT," or "Partners") is pleased to announce that that the REIT is proceeding with the development of two new pad sites in its portfolio. Mariner Square is a 9 year old 100,000 square foot retail...

Money360, the leading commercial real estate marketplace lending platform, announced today that it has provided a $3.25 million bridge loan to the owner of the Regency Business Center, a four-building office property in Jacksonville, Florida.The...

Partners Real Estate Investment Partners Real Estate Investment Trust ("Partners" or the "REIT") is pleased to announce that it has finalized a $4.4 million mortgage at the REIT's Shoppers Drug Mart property ("Gatineau") in Gatineau, Quebec and a...

iAnthus Capital Holdings, Inc. ("iAnthus" or "the Company"), , a provider of capital investment and management services to licensed cannabis cultivators, processors and dispensaries throughout the United States, is pleased to announce that...

Sentinel Data Centers today confirmed that it has completed its previously announced $490 million sale of two facilities to CyrusOne Inc. The two multi-tenant data centers included in the transaction are located in Somerset, NJ and Durham, NC....

In its Real Estate Market Research study published today, Newmark Knight Frank Devencore reported that, as downtown Vancouver's current cycle of new development winds down, the office market is gradually becoming more challenging for tenants....

Fizber, Inc. (fizber.com), the industry-leading self-directed residential real estate marketplace, today announced that it has grown its for sale by owner (FSBO) listings from 40,000 in Dec. 2015 to more than 75,000 in Jan. 2017, a 87.5 percent...

In its Real Estate Market Research study published today, Newmark Knight Frank Devencore reported that there was a surge of tenant activity in Toronto West in 4Q16, when approximately 615,000 square feet of office space was absorbed, marking Q4 as...

RentRange, one of the premier providers of market data and analytics for the housing industry, today released data ranking the top 25 U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) by average rental rate increase for single-family1 homes between the...

In its Real Estate Market Research study published today, Newmark Knight Frank Devencore reported that the vacancy rate for all office classes in downtown Toronto was 6.4% at the end of 4Q16, up slightly from the 5.6% reported at the end of 2015....

In its Real Estate Market Research study published today, Newmark Knight Frank Devencore reported that availability rates in downtown Montreal will likely climb over the next year with at least three new projects reaching the final stages of...

The Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, on behalf of the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, along with the Honourable Lori Sigurdson, Minister of Seniors and Housing, will participate in a funding announcement...

The Governments of Canada and Alberta are working to make life better for residents of Medicine Hat by investing approximately $260,000 in joint funding to upgrade affordable housing units. In particular, seniors will benefit as most of the...

Civitas Capital Group ("Civitas") is pleased to announce the recent closing of a $550,000,000 senior loan to refinance 200 Liberty Street, a 1.7 million square foot, Class A office building located in New York City. 200 Liberty is owned and operated...

8-year-old Belle Boiron has learned a thing or two about the real estate world from her dad, Toronto Real Estate Broker, Author, and University Instructor, Claude Boiron. During a recent real estate video tour shoot, Belle decided to step up...

"After over 20 years of inaction by governments of different stripes, we welcome today's announcement that the Ministry of Labour will hold stakeholder consultations on the province's outdated Fair Wage policy," announced Patrick Dillon, Business...

Pershing Resources Company, Inc., announced today that is has staked and filed a 420 acre site previously known as the Standard Mine. The new project is in the vicinity of the Company's New Enterprise project and has been designated as the...

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire an interest in Greenway Plaza and Phoenix Tower (collectively, the Greenway Portfolio), an office portfolio in Houston, Texas, from Parkway, Inc....

Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust ("CAPREIT") announced today that it has waived conditions and will acquire a luxury 256-suite residential apartment property located in the affluent Côte-Saint-Luc neighbourhood in the...

Vancouver residents looking for affordable rental housing now have a new option in a three-storey, 40-unit building at 220 Terminal Avenue in the city's Strathcona neighbourhood. The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and...

The American Land Title Association (ALTA), the national trade association of the land title insurance and real estate settlement industry, sent a letter to the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) offering support of efforts to...

Equator, a leading provider of default software solutions for many of the country's top servicers (including four of the top five largest servicers and a leading GSE), real estate agents and vendors, today released its end-of-year performance...

NOT FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO ANY NON-CANADIAN SOURCE OneREIT  is pleased to announce it has entered into a lease agreement at Yorkgate Mall for a 44,000 square foot premises with the City of Toronto. The lease has an...

Housing starts in the Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending at 24,597 units in January 2017 compared to 25,956 units in December 2016, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving...

The housing starts trend in the Thunder Bay Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) was slightly higher at 202 units in January compared to 189 units in December according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month moving...

Housing starts in the Greater Sudbury Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending at 383 units in January, down slightly from 431 units in December according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving average...

Housing starts in the Peterborough Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending down at 398 units in January 2017 compared to 449 units in December 2016, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month moving...

Housing starts in British Columbia's urban areas were trending at 35,683 units in January compared to 37,614 units in December, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly...

Housing starts in the Ottawa Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending at 6,565 units in January compared to 5,991 units in December according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving average of the...

The housing starts trend measure for Windsor Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) was 1,160 units in January, down from 1,216 units in December, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month moving average of the...

The housing starts trend measure for London Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) was 3,919 units in January, up from 3,107 units in December, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month moving average of the...

Housing starts in the St. Catharines-Niagara Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending lower at 1,679 units in January compared to 1,872 in December, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month moving...

Housing starts in the Oshawa Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) trended higher at 2,279 in January 2017 compared to 2,068 in December 2016 according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).The trend is a six month moving average of the monthly...

Housing starts in New Brunswick's urban centres were trending at 1,702 units in January compared to 1,531 in December according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month moving average of the monthly seasonally...

Housing starts in Brantford Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending at 290 units in January compared to 339 units in December, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month moving average of the monthly...

Housing starts in the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) trended at 39,465 units in January compared to 37,285 in December according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month moving average of the monthly...