3 d. ago New report shows Calgary's downtown office vacancy rate climbs back above 30%

The effect of increased oilpatch consolidation continues to be felt in Calgary’s downtown office market, with the vacancy rate for these buildings climbing back above 30 per cent during the first three months of the year. A report released Monday by commercial real estate firm CBRE Ltd. found the downtown office vacancy rate increased during […]

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7 d. ago St. Lawrence Market’s Saturday farmer’s market goes to new building

The beloved St. Lawrence Market’s Farmers’ Market on Saturdays is moving. Over the past few years, the Farmers’ Market has been held in a tent to the south behind the main market, but starting on April 5, shoppers can visit the farmers at the brand-new St. Lawrence Market North building at 92 Front St. E. […]

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1 week ago ‘Heartbreaking’: Victoria Public Market shutting down, vendors have to move

The Victoria Public Market has been operating out of the building at the corner of Douglas and Fisgard Streets for more than 10 years.

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2 w. ago Hardly any developers are building homes in Toronto as market continues to plunge

Despite Toronto's impractical cost of living, the stress of the trade war and the nation's casual economic recession and all, it's a pretty great time to get into GTA real estate if that's always been a dream of yours.Sellers are getting desperate as new listings continue to indundate the market while sales numbers remain a shadow of what they once were.The downward spiral has been been especially bad for condos, and worse, still, for new condos — so bad that a growing number of complexes have been stalled in various stages of progress, with not enough units sold to continue.Naturally, this has been cause for alarm among stakeholders on the building side of things, who continue to plead for the government to intervene in the form of lowering certain taxes, development charges and other fees that hamper new construction.The Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) and Canada Mortgage and Housing C...

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2 w. ago Busy downtown Toronto supermarket shut down by health authorities

A big-name grocery store is not exactly what comes to mind when we think of "City of Toronto health code violations," but a downtown location of Canada's third-biggest supermarket chain was just forcibly shut down for a few major food safety issues.The Metro store that has long stood right across from the city's famed St. Lawrence Market was ordered to close its doors on Thursday after inspectors deemed it unfit to remain open due to one crucial infraction that endangers saleable food directly, alongside a significant infraction and another minor one.The main problem? A rat infestation — not exactly rare in Toronto, but still very yuck."Food premise maintained in manner permitting health hazard (Rodents)," reads the closure notice shared to the City's DineSafe page on March 13. The required action included a court summons and health hazard order, which were listed as "pending on March 17."The store, at 80 Front S...

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3 w. ago Toronto's futuristic new $128 million market building is finally about to open

Toronto has waited a quarter-century for the new St. Lawrence Market North Building to open at the corner of Front and Jarvis, and after decades of planning and construction, an opening date has finally been announced for the long-awaited landmark.A notice posted in the window of the new building at 92 Front Street East offers the first public confirmation of an opening date following a never-ending cycle of waiting, planning, construction and even more waiting.The notice informs the public that the opening is now just a few weeks away."We're Moving! Starting April 5, find the Saturday Farmers' Market in the new St. Lawrence Market North Building at 92 Front St. E. Fresh food, local vendors, same great market!"Yay, ! The new St. Lawrence Market north market opens April 5byu/mdk1234567 intorontoThe new five-storey replacement building for the North Market building will provide a permanent space for the Farmer's Market (housed in a temporary tent since 2016) on its ground floor, ...

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