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.
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.
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.
A Calgary scale-up with $150M in annual recurring revenue just raised growth capital to expand while incumbents retreat — a case study in pressing an advantage when a market shifts in your favour.
Mega-projects are pulling Alberta's engineering and trades capacity — expect tighter labour and subcontractor markets, and a strong story for firms adjacent to data-centre work.
Bloom Investment Group's purchase of the 285-room Sheraton Cavalier headlines an active first half for Canadian hotel deals, with the national development pipeline now at roughly 48,000 rooms.
Alberta's only newsprint mill is spending C$50 million to move up the value chain into book paper and high-bright grades — a diversification play announced days before U.S. tariffs hit wood products.
One of Alberta's clearest scale-up stories just recapitalized for growth — $150M+ in annual recurring revenue and a valuation that more than doubled in two years.
Stantec's backlog hit $9.24 billion — about 13 months of work — as data-centre and infrastructure mega-projects absorb large-firm capacity, leaving overflow demand for mid-size firms positioned to catch it.
WestJet has finished reconfiguring its former Swoop and Sunwing aircraft — free Wi-Fi and upgraded cabins now standard on the narrowbody fleet feeding YYC and YEG.