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Condo project causes consternation in Snowdon

Snowdon condo project causes consternation

A new condo project that apprently includes a new Pharmaprix threatens Snowdon...


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A bullish outlook for 2011 includes the spectre of announcements for new construction across the country - including Montreal, which hasn't had a privately developed downtown office building since 1992.

Quebec construction firms face bid-rigging charges

The federal competition bureau has brought criminal charges against eight companies...


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Noblesse Oblige Elspeth Angus, 81, studies a topographic map from 1879. Her family donated the land where the Royal Victoria Hospital stands, and stipulated it could be used only for the hospital itself. The institution is to move to the superhospital, and David Johnston reports that Angus and the rest of her clan are determined that the Mount Royal site not be consigned to private development. Story, Page A4. Video, montrealgazette.com

Heirs want say on Royal Vic site

Blood doesn't come any more blue than the blood that runs through the veins...


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Home stager Sveta Melchuk decorates a condominium for sale in the NDG neighbourhood of Montreal.

Montreal home sales rise 4.2 per cent in November

OTTAWA - Home resales rose in November for the fourth straight month as "housing...


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Dundee REIT to buy Realex Properties for $154 million

Dundee Real Estate Investment Trust said it will buy Realex Properties Corp...


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Building at 801 Brennan St. was supposed to be, but eventually wasn’t, part of city land deal.

Project Montréal urges probe of city land sale

The city of Montreal never bought an office building near Old Montreal from...


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A condominium building in Miami, Fla. In South Beach, the most touristic area and most sought after Miami, international investors, European and many Latin Americans, find condos in the range of $70,000 to $100,000.

Foreigners flock to Florida for real-estate bargains

MIAMI - Foreign tourists who for years have crowded Florida's shopping malls...


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Despite the trend of first-time buyers buying condos, a net increase in migration drove up the number of renter households, the results of the CMHC’s rental market survey show.

Montreal’s apartment vacancy rate up a tad

The vacancy rate in the Montreal area rose slightly in October, year over year...


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Condo resales healthy in November

Condo resales set a record for November, up three per cent from November 2009...


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Feds' probe overshadows Charest

The Competition Bureau of Canada was quick to point out this week that its investigation into alleged...

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Slowing housing market quiets key growth engine: RBC

Predictions of slowing real estate sales and prices have generated some speculation...

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Montreal's Ritziest condo sells for $13 million

The storied Ritz Carlton hotel and residences are now under renovation. Photos: Marie-France ...

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An employee of a real-estate company carries a model of Santa Claus for a commerce promotion in Wuhan, Hubei province, in 2008.

Anticipate a Santa Claus rally

Much to my surprise this year, Santa may also help rally the industrial real...


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Take a closer look at the objects urban dwellers surround themselves with by...


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No. 5: The bricks started coming down at the Cavendish Mall, which is to be downsized after years of sluggish retail sales.

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The penthouse at Montreal's Ritz Carlton Residences has sold for a whopping $13 million - taxes included.

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One of the last large remaining pieces of developable land in Montreal changed hands this week. The land is along the same stretch of road as these woods.

Last land in Ste. Anne...

One of the last large remaining pieces of developable land in...


 
No. 5: The bricks started coming down at the Cavendish Mall, which is to be downsized after years of sluggish retail sales.

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