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Texas Modular

Oct 30, 2026·7 min read

Factory-Built in Texas: How Manufactured, Modular and Tiny Homes Get Approved

HUD-code homes, modular houses, tiny homes, backyard offices and garages each follow a different rulebook in Texas.

Closed La Abuela D' restaurant on Queen Street West, Toronto: faded sign, covered windows, bins on the sidewalk

Oct 30, 2026·13 min read

Why Prime Storefronts Stay Empty: The Economics of Retail Vacancy

Busy street, empty windows. Why owners across North America leave prime storefronts vacant instead of cutting the rent: debt, lease terms, law, tax and redevelopment.

Oct 29, 2026·4 min read

Doerkson to Scrap B.C. Housing Targets and Roll Back Bill 44: What It Means Across the Province

B.C.'s premier-designate says he will scrap municipal housing targets and roll back Bill 44's multiplex rules.

Aerial view of a green, hilly suburb with houses, winding roads and a construction site

Oct 28, 2026·8 min read

The Guide to Off-Market Deals for Canadians

Off-market deals are legal in Canada. Here's who can contact owners, why mail is the cleanest way to do it, what it pays, what it costs, and how it differs from the US.

The cross on Mount Royal, Montréal, seen through autumn trees. Photo: Marc Bruxelle

Oct 19, 2026·10 min read

Montreal Took Its Cross Down. The Rule It Supposedly Made Was Never Real.

A crane lowered 26 tonnes of riveted steel off Mount Royal this month. The rule everyone says it set — you can't build higher than the cross — was never the rule.

Rendering of a busy public street under a long canopy roof at Downsview, Toronto, by Henning Larsen

Oct 19, 2026·9 min read

Toronto Is Building a City Inside an Airport. The Jobs Are the Hard Part.

Toronto's plan for the former Downsview Airport requires about 12 million square feet of jobs. The anchor tenant walked in 2024, and the first employment block is now for lease.

A closed, storm-damaged road with an excavator and barriers as people look on

Oct 9, 2026·6 min read

El Niño 2026–27: What a Record-Strength Event Means for Property and Construction

A strong-to-very-strong El Niño is likely through early 2027. What it means for construction schedules, flood insurance, supply chains and site decisions.

Premier Danielle Smith speaks at an Alberta "Responsible Growth" podium outside a house

Oct 9, 2026·4 min read

Irresponsible Growth? Alberta orders Edmonton to roll back infill rules: what changes in 3 months

Alberta gave Edmonton three months to revert infill to pre-2024 limits and restore pre-2020 parking minimums. What changes, what is still unknown, and what to re-check.

The pink house perched on top of the derelict Canada Malting plant tower in Saint-Henri

Oct 5, 2026·11 min read

The Wall That Closed Saint-Ambroise: Inside the Canada Malting Demolition Report

Rue Saint-Ambroise is closed indefinitely. An engineer says the Canada Malting's brick façade could fall at any moment, and that partial conservation is no longer possible.