Subject: Canada Digest (CANDIG)

May 18, 2000 New World Exchange tower breathes fresh life into city centerThe Ottawa Citizen, May 18OTTAWA – Truscan Property Corp. has begun construction on the 16-story Canada Trust Tower, at the World Exchange Plaza. The 50 million Canada dollars ...

May 17, 2000 Gentra buys four big TrizecHahn office towers for US$514 MlnTORONTO – TrizecHahn Corp. has sold four Canadian office towers to Gentra Inc. for 769.6 million Canada dollars (US$514 million). The sold towers include: Bankers Hall East and ...

May 15, 2000 Dylex set to sell Tip Top, BiWayThe Financial Post, May 15TORONTO – Dylex Ltd. may announce a deal for selling its BiWay and Tip Top chains. The price for selling the two assets could be as high ...

May 12, 2000 Cambridge building two super mallsThe National Post, May 12TORONTO – Cambridge Shopping Centres Ltd. plans to build two discount super malls, one north of Toronto to open as early as the fall of 2001 and the other ...

May 11, 2000 Council approves skyscraper to replace historic buildingThe National Post, May 11TORONTO – Oxford Properties Group Inc. will proceed with plans to dismantle the Concourse Building at 100 Adelaide St. W. Included in the 200 million Canada dollar ...

May 10, 2000 No rush to build Oxford towerThe Toronto Star, May 10TORONTO – A controversial 41-story, 700,000-square-foot office tower slated for the Concourse Building site will not be built until economic conditions support the development, Oxford Properties Group Inc. ...

May 9, 2000 City, developer strike deal over glass on towerThe Vancouver Sun, May 9VANCOUVER, British Columbia – The City Council has reached a compromise with developer Peter Wall that ensures completion of the 110 million Canada dollar (US$74 million) ...

May 4, 2000 Building gives TrizecHahn big rent paydayThe Toronto Star, May 4TORONTO – TrizecHahn's purchase of CN Tower is resulting in a $50 a square foot rent beyond taxes and operating costs because it included a building, on Front ...

May 2, 2000 O & Y set to go with skyscraperThe Toronto Star, May 2TORONTO – O & Y Properties Corp. is planning to build the first office project downtown since the recession of the early, with a possible announcement ...

May 1, 2000 Brookfield sells stake in Boston office propertiesFinancial Post, May 1 TORONTO – Brookfield Properties Corp. sold a 49 percent interest in two Boston landmark properties to raise US$169 million, which will be used to repurchase equity and ...