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
Public money keeps flowing to low-carbon building materials — a signal worth reading for any Alberta manufacturer or builder deciding how hard to lean into the sustainability story.
August 28, 2026 · 1 min read
Contractor consolidation is producing regional players with real scale overnight — and a merged firm's new name only wins work if the market learns it fast.
August 28, 2026 · 1 min read
With no rate relief expected for the fall selling season, 'wait for rates to drop' is off the table as a message — affordability now has to be engineered through product, incentives, and positioning.
August 28, 2026 · 1 min read
The launch race has become an absorption race: with starts pulling back sharply while completions keep landing, the competitive pressure in Alberta housing has shifted from acquiring land to selling finished inventory.
August 28, 2026 · 1 min read
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August 26, 2026 · 1 min read