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  • 2 weeks ago | renx.ca | Derek Lobo |Steve McLean |Mario Toneguzzi |Don Wilcox

    As Canada continues to face a worsening housing affordability crisis, developers, policymakers and industry leaders are searching for meaningful solutions that address both supply shortages and affordability challenges. One promising yet often overlooked strategy is the development of more three-bedroom, purpose-built rental (PBR) apartments. These larger units are not just for families anymore.

  • 3 weeks ago | renx.ca | Steve McLean |Danny Kucharsky |Derek Lobo |Mario Toneguzzi

    Rogers Real Estate Development Limited and Urban Capital’s 81-storey M3 at M City in Mississauga. (Courtesy Arcadis)Super-tall residential towers — generally classified as those exceeding 300 metres or 70 storeys in height — are becoming more common in Toronto and around the world.

  • 1 month ago | renx.ca | Derek Lobo |Steve McLean |Evan Duggan |Eric Horie

    I recently sat down with Mansoor Kazerouni, global director of the architecture and urbanism division at Arcadis, to discuss the shifting landscape of Canadian housing — specifically, the transformation of the condominium market and the rising relevance of purpose-built rental apartments.

  • 1 month ago | renx.ca | Evan Duggan |Steve McLean |Derek Lobo |Eric Horie

    David Frum, a former U.S. presidential speechwriter, Republican strategist and now Canadian-American staff writer at The Atlantic, speaks at the Vancouver Real Estate Forum. (Evan Duggan RENX)Canada faces difficult times ahead. That reality was the overriding undercurrent at the Vancouver Real Estate Forum last week, where commercial property industry leaders came together with issues like tariffs, the Canadian election, immigration and economic policy at the forefront of their minds.

  • 1 month ago | renx.ca | Steve McLean |Evan Duggan |Derek Lobo |Eric Horie

    A rendering of Almadev's LSQ project in Toronto. (Courtesy Almadev)Almadev has broken ground on two condo towers comprising the first phase of LSQ, a 15-acre master-planned, mixed-use community on Sheppard Avenue East in the Toronto suburb of North York. As pre-construction condominium sales have severely slumped over the past couple of years and some projects have been delayed or stalled, LSQ is one of the few condo projects launched in 2023 to officially begin construction in 2025.

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