ESH Housing, with Faction Architecture, is moving a four-building, 696-unit student-housing development forward on a downtown Edmonton block anchored by the 1947 Massey Ferguson warehouse, with the first phase targeted for 2028.
September 1, 2026 · 1 min read
Rohit Group and Covenant secured a $51.2-million Apartment Construction Loan Program loan for the 199-home Gilbertson Block, a rental building integrated with the Covenant Wellness Community and slated for completion in late 2027.
September 1, 2026 · 1 min read
After 580 mm of rain in June and July, the Edmonton Construction Association wants contracts to share extreme-weather risk — and the City has already pushed land sales at Goodridge Corners, Exhibition Lands and…
September 1, 2026 · 1 min read
A federal-municipal infrastructure announcement at Calgary's Bearspaw Water Treatment Plant this morning is the first visible follow-through on the July Canada–Alberta homebuilding agreement — and water capacity is the constraint that decides where Calgary…
September 1, 2026 · 1 min read
A hold is priced in for September 2, but with headline inflation at 3.0% and Q2 GDP running hot, the rate-cut tailwind Alberta builders were counting on may be gone for 2026 — and…
September 1, 2026 · 1 min read
WestJet's biggest-ever winter sun schedule will carry more Albertans south this winter, including a new Calgary to São Paulo service, which raises the bar for Alberta properties competing for the same winter travel dollar.
September 1, 2026 · 1 min read
Late-August snow at Banff Sunshine and Lake Louise has kicked off the winter conversation weeks early, and the 2026-27 investments across the three Banff resorts give mountain-corridor properties fresh material for early-bird winter campaigns.
September 1, 2026 · 1 min read
Parks Canada's seasonal vehicle closure on the eastern Bow Valley Parkway is now locked in through 2030, and cyclist counts have grown from roughly 64,000 to 93,000 a season, giving Banff and Canmore operators…
September 1, 2026 · 1 min read
Statistics Canada's first-quarter travel surveys show U.S. and overseas visitors spending more per trip in Canada while domestic overnight travel has started to soften, a shift Alberta operators can plan their fall and winter…
September 1, 2026 · 1 min read
Ottawa announced a second round of funding for the Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network in Calgary — fresh non-dilutive project money for agtech and food-processing automation.
August 28, 2026 · 1 min read