29 février 2012 février 29, 2012

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Here are some of the headlines for February 29, 2012 / Voici quelques-uns des grands titres pour le 29 février 2012 :

Globe and Mail – Scotia Plaza bidders now looking at the numbers
http://tinyurl.com/789p7se

Ottawa Citizen – Wanted: Tenant for former Canada and the World pavilion
http://tinyurl.com/7gmwkgh

Ottawa Citizen – Committee approves design plan for Bank Street’s mid-section
http://tinyurl.com/7wlxret

London Free Press – Signs of life
http://tinyurl.com/7yn8oob

Slave Lake Lakeside Reader – Town proposed four per cent tax hike for 2012
http://tinyurl.com/7fxj6zy

Tri-City News – District energy eyed for five more Coq. neighbourhoods
http://tinyurl.com/6qjmbwe

Radio-Canada – Varennes : un projet immobilier revu, mais toujours contesté
http://tinyurl.com/6s47oef

INTERNATIONAL
Huffington Post – Mall foreclosure: When shopping malls are too broke to pay the bills
http://tinyurl.com/7paddr3

28 février 2012 février 28, 2012

Good morning / Bonjour,

Here are some of the headlines for February 28, 2012 / Voici quelques-uns des grands titres pour le 28 février 2012 :

SPOTLIGHT / EN VEDETTE

Globe and Mail
Skating rinks lure customers off the couch
In the race to get an edge on the competition, malls and other commercial spaces are using skating rinks to lure customers off the couch, and they’re finding these versatile spaces are useful for more than just laps around the ice.
Full article – http://tinyurl.com/6pwbx5j
HEADLINES / EN MANCHETTE
Financial Post – Investment firm First Leaside Group seeks protection, as former clients raise specter of Madoff
http://tinyurl.com/76g52dh

Peterborough Examiner – Neighbours unhappy with plans for Lansdowne
http://tinyurl.com/6wcftbp

Halifax Chronicle Herald – Crombie exploring downtown projects, including Scotia Square
http://tinyurl.com/87dj7pj

Halifax Chronicle Herald – Charred Halifax diner dismantled, lot seen as choice location
http://tinyurl.com/7htusyz

Charlottetown Guardian – Confederation Court Mall sold
http://tinyurl.com/79t4m4n

Winnipeg Free Press – Brownfields cleanup not part of vision for Point Douglas
http://tinyurl.com/6skwh4n

Calgary Herald – Number of deals up 6.3% in Calgary’s commercial real estate sector last year
http://tinyurl.com/6n3yrbr

Kamloops This Week – SD73 hopes it can sell surplus land soon
http://tinyurl.com/7pzdfjy

Comox Valley Echo – Valley needs a high-tech centre to help local economy
http://tinyurl.com/74tr6oy

Le Devoir – Rivière des Mille-Îles – Trois îles à l’abri pour deux ans
http://tinyurl.com/6uwh6dq

Le Nouvelliste – Place Belvédère : Jean-Claude Fortin achète le terrain voisin
http://tinyurl.com/72uwypy

INTERNATIONAL
Bloomberg – FHFA will sell foreclosed homes to investors for rentals
http://tinyurl.com/84egday

27 février 2012 février 27, 2012

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Here are some of the headlines for February 27, 2012 / Voici quelques-uns des grands titres pour le 27 février 2012 :

Globe and Mail – REITs will continue to outperform
http://tinyurl.com/7kp4c9l

Windsor Star – Costly city tax fight brews: Nearly $300M under appeal
http://tinyurl.com/7cvb3mc

Winnipeg Free Press – Revitalization no small challenge
http://tinyurl.com/7rtucyo

Winnipeg Free Press – Buried treasure: dealing with Winnipeg’s ‘brownfields’
http://tinyurl.com/6vjcxge

Saskatoon Star Phoenix – Group aims to save landmark
http://tinyurl.com/6t3d79v

Victoria Times Colonist – Rezoning rules must apply in PCC sell-off, ex-members say
http://tinyurl.com/7tc84kz

Victoria News – On the chopping block
http://tinyurl.com/8y69pvz

Victoria News – Half of municipal reps on PCC board resign over land sale strategy
http://tinyurl.com/6lkdbut

La Presse – La « tour Avenue des Canadiens » amputée de 20 étages
http://tinyurl.com/7hrmefs

Le Quotidien – Saguenay prolonge l’offre de Brookline
http://tinyurl.com/85fvmb6

INTERNATIONAL
The Atlantic – In Los Angeles, a brownfield gets a second chance
http://tinyurl.com/7y57plw

17 février 2012 février 17, 2012

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Here are some of the headlines for February 17, 2012 / Voici quelques-uns des grands titres pour le 17 février 2012 :

Globe and Mail – Could Scotia move out of Scotia Plaza?
http://tinyurl.com/7sxs9vl

Toronto Star – Drummond Report: School boards fear loss of independence
http://tinyurl.com/6wwguqe

Hamilton News – Board HQ at city hall faces procedural, parking hurdles: chair
http://tinyurl.com/7vn4ydd

Brantford Expositor – Brownfield action meets delays
http://tinyurl.com/6tghm7r

Brockville Recorder & Times – North-end developer gets some satisfaction
http://tinyurl.com/7tzn924

CBC New Brunswick – Saint John hikes parking rates and fines
http://tinyurl.com/726ueq7

Winnipeg Free Press – Condos proposed for riverfront street
http://tinyurl.com/76qt7a7

Calgary Herald – cSPACE boss knows the art of the deal
http://tinyurl.com/7oswppf

Lethbridge Herald – Exploration heats up in Lethbridge and area
http://tinyurl.com/6mvbckm

INTERNATIONAL
Bloomberg – Amazon’s towers may swell Seattle market
http://tinyurl.com/7pum43y

The Atlantic – In Cleveland, a historical building may be reborn…as a parking lot
http://tinyurl.com/7vdby3q

16 février 2012 février 16, 2012

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Here are some of the headlines for February 16, 2012 / Voici quelques-uns des grands titres pour le 16 février 2012 :

La Presse – Montérégie Est : D’ambitieux projets et des emplois
http://tinyurl.com/77uslvw

Macleans – Wary of volatility, CPPIB pours billions into real estate
http://tinyurl.com/6nqqa2v

Durham Region – Transformation compete at Whitby’s Thomas Jackson House
http://tinyurl.com/77fxvt3

Durham Region – Gas bar, coffee shop pitched for Greenbank intersection
http://tinyurl.com/7glvgo9

Windsor Star – LETTER: New business is the key
http://tinyurl.com/7fqc9ym

Simcoe Reformer – Downtown Simcoe turns a corner
http://tinyurl.com/6to3y4p

Montreal Gazette – Chartwell, Health Care team up in $931-million deal
http://tinyurl.com/8ayrsku

Halifax Chronicle Herald – Commercial tax rate absent from HRM budget update
http://tinyurl.com/8yqbomx

Halifax Chronicle Herald – New database joins ranks of real estate brokerages
http://tinyurl.com/8yad5nx

Calgary Herald – Vacant land offers building potential
http://tinyurl.com/7rjc9wz

Calgary Herald – Former Country Music Hall of Fame building sold to undisclosed buyer
http://tinyurl.com/7lj7k8a

Radio-Canada Québec – Lac-Beauport : le promoteur du projet Silva n’attendra pas un référendum
http://tinyurl.com/7b2m4ht

INTERNATIONAL
Globe and Mail – Optimism for U.S. real estate a ‘tectonic shift’
http://tinyurl.com/7qa7ypg

15 février 2012 février 15, 2012

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Here are some of the headlines for February 15, 2012 / Voici quelques-uns des grands titres pour le 15 février 2012 :

SPOTLIGHT / EN VEDETTE

Victoria Times Colonist
Housing bodies to be briefed on HST switch
B.C.’s housing industry will receive clarity by Friday on how it will move away from the harmonized sales tax, Finance Minister Kevin Falcon says. “We will be able to announce the transition rules for housing at the end of this week,” Falcon said.
Full article – http://tinyurl.com/7unu8yp

La Presse
600 nouveaux condos à Griffintown
Des promoteurs ont annoncé hier deux projets totalisant plus de 600 condos dans Griffintown, au moment même où des consultations publiques – et une certaine controverse – battent leur plein quant au développement du quartier.
Full article – http://tinyurl.com/7wjtzlu

HEADLINES / EN MANCHETTE
Financial Post – RioCan REIT facing pressure to list on NYSE
http://tinyurl.com/7f2dw4j

Stouffville Sun-Tribune – Stronach pays $14M for Stouffville Rd. land
http://tinyurl.com/7pnwrdt

Chatham This Week – Hotel portion removed from condo plan
http://tinyurl.com/7lc6gjb

Sudbury Star – Plan looks to spur redevelopment
http://tinyurl.com/6oh9hb8

Halifax Chronicle Herald – Lunenburg mayor: Time to change property assessment rules
http://tinyurl.com/8x42cbn

St. John’s Telegram – City holds public hearing on allowing development above the 190-meter contour
http://tinyurl.com/7w3vaw9

Calgary Herald – Calgary office space demand to hit outside the core
http://tinyurl.com/7ojfbmq

Royal City Record – City’s Pier Park wins national award
http://tinyurl.com/6wgcs7n

La Presse – Immobilier commercial : Sandalwood en amour avec le Québec
http://tinyurl.com/8yovp3w

INTERNATIONAL
Globe and Mail – CPPIB to develop London’s Victoria Circle
http://tinyurl.com/7ze5wsk

Financial Post – CPPIB on commercial real estate tear
http://tinyurl.com/8a2ya8l

Financial Post – CPPIB makes big play with US$1.8-billion mall investment in U.S.
http://tinyurl.com/7q9uhr8

Bloomberg – London developers double apartment density as less land is made available
http://tinyurl.com/842n7a6

The Atlantic – Moscow government buildings to be converted to housing
http://tinyurl.com/6vvdy46

14 février 2012 février 14, 2012

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Here are some of the headlines for February 14, 2012 / Voici quelques-uns des grands titres pour le 14 février 2012 :

SPOTLIGHT / EN VEDETTE
Ottawa Citizen
Algonquin land claim deal near, lawyer says
Toronto lawyer Robert Potts says an agreement-in-principle with federal and provincial governments on the Algonquin claim over 36,000 square kilometres of territory, including Eastern Ontario, will be ready for a vote within a year.
Full article – http://tinyurl.com/7yxo34l

Toronto Star
Drummond Report: Ontario to sell downtown LCBO warehouse and HQ
Ontario’s finance minister appears set to put the brakes on corporate tax cuts and accelerate sales of government assets by unloading the LCBO’s Toronto headquarters and warehouse on prime waterfront land.
Full article – http://tinyurl.com/6v7ft7t

HEADLINES / EN MANCHETTE
Globe and Mail – Ottawa softening downtown office market
http://tinyurl.com/7h9abjj

Globe and Mail – RioCan results gain on operating income
http://tinyurl.com/7svggsu

Oshawa This Week – LETTER: No ‘urban-rural’ balance in new strategic plan
http://tinyurl.com/8ydqudy

Windsor Star – Windsor keeps eye on Detroit asset sale
http://tinyurl.com/7uh9wvu

Simcoe Reformer – Norfolk County office controversy comes to a head
http://tinyurl.com/7hd3zw2

Welland Tribune – St. Catherines General to become housing
http://tinyurl.com/7p2g5ne

Waterloo Record – Car dealership site could see change of use
http://tinyurl.com/86xqju3

Winnipeg Free Press – Shopping for Bay redevelopment
http://tinyurl.com/8yv5hux

Winnipeg Free Press – Loan guarantee not ‘zero risk’
http://tinyurl.com/7bqprl7

Victoria Times Colonist – Door opens a crack for big-box stores in Central Saanich
http://tinyurl.com/76b2aj5

Tri-City News – Port Coquitlam looks at averaging out business tax rates
http://tinyurl.com/6n24f4m

Le Droit – Un projet immobilier transformerait le cœur de Vanier|
http://tinyurl.com/78arqyd

INTERNATIONAL
Globe and Mail – Atlanta’s tallest skyscraper sold at auction
http://tinyurl.com/7h654j2

Montreal Gazette – Empire State building owner files for $1-billion IPO
http://tinyurl.com/7w9kbxd

13 février 2012 février 13, 2012

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Here are some of the headlines for February 13, 2012 / Voici quelques-uns des grands titres pour le 13 février 2012 :

Winnipeg Free Press – Parking-lot rivalry heats up
http://tinyurl.com/7y8mx2k

North Shore News – West Vancouver seeks feedback on Ambleside land sale
http://tinyurl.com/7qlb8yz

INTERNATIONAL
The Atlantic – Should building taller be much, much easier?
http://tinyurl.com/6u8sx4g

10 février 2012 février 10, 2012

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Here are some of the headlines for February 10, 2012 / Voici quelques-uns des grands titres pour le 10 février 2012 :

Globe and Mail – CIBC manager has feel for property world
http://tinyurl.com/7phz522

Hamilton Spectator – Neighbours iffy about commercial zoning in west harbour
http://tinyurl.com/7rcbrk4

Barrie Advance – Barrie on a better track for Allandale
http://tinyurl.com/7urrvg2

Sudbury Star – City properties for sale
http://tinyurl.com/7aagleu

Winnipeg Free Press – Red River Co-op’s members get $38.8M
http://tinyurl.com/84emyde

Richmond Review – Landlords using carrots to lure office tenants
http://tinyurl.com/7nemm9b

Kamloops This Week – NORTH SHORE’S NEW AGE: A view to a thrilling comeback
http://tinyurl.com/73ejzuh

New Westminster News Leader – COLUMN: Merchants ‘fighting the good fight’ in Downtown New Westminster
http://tinyurl.com/8xhrmr7

Tri-City News – Port Coquitlam looks at averaging out business tax rates
http://tinyurl.com/6n24f4m

Alberni Valley Times – Debate is on over use of vacant city lot
http://tinyurl.com/6qxu374

Cowichan Valley Citizen – $69M project clears major hurdle
http://tinyurl.com/6sbpret

Kootenay Advertiser – Ktunaxa Nation not convinced Province is impartial on Jumbo
http://tinyurl.com/6uv7d7e

Le Soleil – « Dézonage » sur la Côte-de-Beaupré : le TAQ procédera malgré l’appel
http://tinyurl.com/89r666e

INTERNATIONAL
The Atlantic – Why in-town Big Box stores might not be as awful as you think
http://tinyurl.com/89opsc2

1 février 2012 février 1, 2012

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Here are some of the headlines for February 1, 2012 / Voici quelques-uns des grands titres pour le 1er février 2012 :

Hamilton Spectator – What? Another city police force?
http://tinyurl.com/7s4pjoy

Kingston Whig Standard – Residents get a say
http://tinyurl.com/7ldstph

Huronia Business Time – Land holding company want to work with town
http://tinyurl.com/7u2r6aq

Montreal Gazette – Federal government urged to support rental-housing market
http://tinyurl.com/8xdnjwd

Vernon Morning Star – City to institute pay parking on 29^th Street
http://tinyurl.com/7xhcvva

Campbell River Mirror – Prosperity not enough of a priority in SOCP for the Campbell River Chamber of Commerce
http://tinyurl.com/7mj8dpe