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IPC REIT finds a buyer
TORONTO - Behringer Harvard REIT of Dallas, Texas, is proposing to buy Toronto-based IPC US REIT (IPC) for US$1.4-billion or US$9.75 per unit. IPC, who have been looking for a buyer since January, is the only Canadian REIT investing…
More than Bricks and Mortar
In his critically-acclaimed 2003 The Devil in the White City, a fictionalized account of the creation of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago, Erik Larson weaves American social and political history into a story about some…
Ontario to clean-up contaminated harbour
HAMILTON - The Ontario government has committed $30 million to clean up the highly contaminated Randle Reef in Hamilton Harbour. The reef is an ongoing source of contamination to the entire harbour as a result of high concentrations of coal…
Building with Intensity
This month, two years after the project was initially conceived, construction will begin on the San Francisco by the Bay development, one of the first high-density projects in the 905 area and one directly complementing the City of…
No longer the tallest
TORONTO -- According to its developers, Dubai-based Emaar Properties, the Burj Dubai, currently under constructed in Dubai, is now officially the world's tallest building, surpassing the height of the CN Tower in Toronto, which for 31 years…
Housing’s New Frontier
Considering how important our houses are to us, and how emotionally connected we are to them, we sometimes easily forget what an enormous impact they have on the environment. For example, according to a 2006 report from Natural Resources…
Vancouver real estate globally overpriced
VANCOUVER - According to Forbes magazine, real estate in the Greater Vancouver Area is the sixth most overpriced real estate market in the world.Using information gathered by GlobalPropertyGuide.com, an international real estate research…
Quebec REIT acquires $2.5 billion in hotels (August 01, 2007)
TORONTO - Caisse de dpt et placement du Qubec, headquartered in Quebec City, and its partners Westmont Hospitality Group and InnVest REIT, both of Mississauga, Ontario, have acquired Legacy Hotels REIT of Toronto, operator of 25 luxury and…
Ryerson students shelter homeless in Pakistan (August 01, 2007)
TORONTO - Ryerson University and the Karachi (Pakistan) office of ARCOP Associate Architects of Montreal have partnered in the Home In Muzaffarabad project, a joint effort that will see 28 homes built for rural families who were rendered…
Building angles
The Michael Lee-Chin Crystal presents a striking image of interlocking prismatic forms. For the building and design team, completing the Crystal was a taxing job.The erection of the structural steel was one of the first major challenges for…