Multifamily

CPI Capital’s August Biniaz On How Tariffs Are Stifling Cross-Border Real Estate Investing
Profiles

CPI Capital’s August Biniaz On How Tariffs Are Stifling Cross-Border Real Estate Investing

We spoke with Co-Founder of CPI Capital August Biniaz about what it means to be a Canadian business with a hand in US real estate amidst an ever-shifting landscape of tariffs.

Commercial

Vancouver CRE Deals In 2024 Hit Lowest Total In A Decade, 2025 To Remain Cloudy

Commercial real estate transactions in Greater Vancouver totaled to 1,442 in 2024, the lowest total in over a decade.

Multifamily

Sightline Properties Buys 26-Lot Land Assembly In East Vancouver For $100M

​The land assembly consists of 26 parcels between E Broadway and E 10th Avenue in Vancouver, near Renfrew Street.

Development Projects

Bazis Buys Two-Tower Project From First Capital For $32M, Planning Third Tower

First Capital REIT (TSX: FCR.UN) has sold 895 Lawrence Avenue East in North York, where it was planning two towers. Bazis is now planning three towers for the site.

Multifamily

Concert Properties Completes Seniors Housing Divestiture, Securing $334M

Over the past year, Concert has sold its four Tapestry seniors housing properties in BC and Ontario to Tridel, Fengate Asset Management, and Chartwell Retirement Residences.

Multifamily

Forum To Reposition Ottawa Student Housing Tower Under REIIF After $183M Purchase

Forum Asset Management is set to reposition ALMA @ ByWard Market Ottawa at 256 Rideau Street under its REIIF in Q3 2025.

REITs & Institutions

OTPP Sells Amica Seniors Housing Portfolio To US's Welltower REIT For $4.6B

The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan is selling a portfolio of 47 properties owned under Amica Senior Lifestyles to Ohio-based Welltower REIT.

Commercial

Vancouver Hollywood Theatre & Residences Sold For $47.5M To Dayhu

​The Hollywood Theatre and Hollywood Residences sit at 3123 and 3137 W Broadway in the Kitsilano neighbourhood of Vancouver.

Multifamily

Starlight & BGO Buy Pickering Rental For $127M In Largest Q4 Multi-Family Deal

​Starlight Investments and BGO announced the acquisition of Fourteen75 in November, but did not disclose the purchase price.

Commercial

Westbank Sells Remaining Stake In Deloitte Summit & Toronto House For $60.5M

Allied Properties REIT acquired stakes in Deloitte Summit and Toronto House from Westbank in March 2024, then acquired the remaining interest in December.