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Subject: Canada Digest (CANDIG)
Canada Digest (12/27/01): CDP Capital had active real estate year in 2001
December 27, 2001 CDP Capital had active real estate year in 2001MONTREAL – CDP Capital through its real estate and private equity subsidiaries invested more than C$11 billion (US$7 billion) in real estate during 2001. In 2001, the volume of ...
Canada Digest (12/24/01): Old Navy Docks Plans for Growth in Canada
December 24, 2001 Old Navy docks plans for growth in CanadaFinancial PostTORONTO – Old Navy has been forced to slow its expansion plans here due to problems at its U.S. parent, Gap Inc., real estate sources say. When the value-priced ...
Canada Digest (12/20/01): Toronto’s office sublease rates soar as downturn takes hold
December 20, 2001 Toronto's office sublease rates soar as downturn takes holdThe Financial PostTORONTO – The economic downturn has helped to create a record level of sublease space in the office property market – sublease space comprises 38.9 percent of ...
Canada Digest (12/17/01): Urbco considers reorganization as a REIT
December 17, 2001 Urbco considers reorganization as a REITCALGARY – Urbco Inc. has retained Deloitte and Touche LLP to advise on the possibility of reorganizing its rental real estate assets into a REIT. Urbco specializes in providing residential housing in ...
Canada Digest (12/10/01): Cominar pays C$32.7Mln for new Montreal office building
December 10, 2001 Cominar pays C$32.7Mln for new Montreal office buildingMONTREAL – Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust has closed on its acquisition of an eight-story office building in Montreal for C$32.7 million (US$20.7 million). Construction of the 175,060-square-foot building at ...
Canada Digest (12/5/01): International Properties sells Calgary site
December 5, 2001 International Properties sells Calgary siteCALGARY, Alberta – International Properties Group has sold the Kensington Gate property held within its Revenue Properties Division. With the completion of the Kensington Gate sale, aggregate gross proceeds generated from the sale ...
Canada Digest (12/3/01): Canadian Tire raises C$300Mln through real estate partnership
December 3, 2001 Canadian Tire raises C$300Mln through real estate partnershipTORONTO – Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. has formed a partnership with a third-party investor group to raise capital based on the income from a portfolio of the company's retail properties. ...
Canada Digest (11/29/01): Underwriters exercise over-allotment option in Cominar’s public offering
November 29, 2001 Underwriters exercise over-allotment option in Cominar's public offeringQUEBEC CITY – Underwriters in Cominar REIT's public offering have exercised their over-allotment option to purchase 600,000 units at C$10.70/share. Proceeds will total C$6.4 million (US$4 million). The underwriters of ...
Canada Digest (11/27/01): CREIT to sell units in offering for C$51Mln
November 27, 2001 CREIT to sell units in offering for C$51MlnTORONTO – Canadian REIT (TSE:REF.UN) has agreed to sell 4.15 million units to a syndicate of underwriters led by RBC Capital Markets for C$12.30/unit, or total gross proceeds of C$51 ...
Canada Digest (11/26/01): Metcalfe plans to raise new tower in Ottawa
November 26, 2001 Metcalfe plans to raise new tower in OttawaOttawa Business Journal, November 25 OTTAWA – Metcalfe Realty Co. Ltd. has submitted site plans for a Class-A, 100,000-square-foot, 11-story office tower at 88 Metcalfe St. While Metcalfe said there ...
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