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I think y'all are both right! Dang!

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pavone-developments_development-spotlight-introducing-a-ugcPost-7408944071722893312-XdzN?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAACE1NXcBjwZ1RdOuewcrgNVkwPI8vI4q3gw Introducing a residential townhouse development rising at 10075 98 Avenue NW in...

Great stuff @TAS !!

Happy holidays all 🎅

Based on Q3 2025 numbers, this conversion alone would reduce the downtown office vacancy from 18.2% to 17.7%. Someone previously pointed out that the north facade of this building is a blank wall since it was built on the property line, which makes me curious how they are planning to make this...

Josan Properties announced they have acquired the Intact Building, assumedly from ProCura. Wonder if we'll see ProCura sell more of their properties...

There are some nice elements here and while I understand the target market is student housing, the tiny windows and lack of balconies makes this look like they re-used plans from a continuing care hospital campus

Yup the walkways have been pretty sadly treacherous. Guessing the flipside of the issue is they don't want to/can't use machinery to scrape the sidewalks bare for fear of damaging the concrete and/or voiding contractor warranty on it. Hopefully next time it warms up a bit the City dispatches a...

Not a finance guy at all, but could it be possible they're leveraging private capital to buy out enough units to take control of a building, convert to rentals, then refinance it via favorable (high LTV, long amortization) CMHC lending to take out equity while generating steady cash flow? These...

The City already has a (free) street parking permit program for numerous neighbourhoods, usually due to event parking or proximity to post secondaries, so all the City has to do is expand it to more neighbourhoods that are identified as having issues with excessive street parking, and eventually...

Yes but all of those cities proper boundaries are all bordering their major international airports, while Edmonton's is a 10 KM straight shot down the QE2. It's comical how sordid Edmonton's history with airports has been since the 60s, where the list of what has gone right is tiny compared to...

Don't think we'll see anything go there anytime soon, full listing says there is estimated to be remediation required that exceeds the assessed value of the site, albeit I am not sure if that clause is included solely to eliminate any potential liability. Ideally IOL just completes all...

Hear me out... Niche & Dub joint venture

^ definitely hard to say I think VLSE was a more technically complicated project to build out: involved tunneling into a river bank, a major river crossing, and two separate elevated track segments a good distance from each other (which I'd like to think drove the decision to not use a gantry...