Calgary Office Vacancy: Why It Won’t Fix Itself
Calgary’s downtown office vacancy has been falling. But a large part of the improvement is not coming from tenants returning. It is coming from removing office buildings from the market. Through the city’s Downtown Office Conversion Program, 21 incentivised projects are converting about 2.68 million square feet of office space into roughly 2,667 homes, according..
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Calgary Office Conversion: Why 13 of 21 Funded Projects Are Not Yet Delivered
Calgary’s downtown has been one of Canada’s most closely watched office markets for a decade. With a large share of its downtown office space vacant after the oil price collapse of 2014, the city launched the Downtown Office Conversion Program to turn obsolete office buildings into homes, hotels and other uses. Five years into a..
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Alberta Construction Labour Shortage: Who Will Build the Pipeline?
When Meta confirmed its $13 billion data centre near Edmonton in July 2026, the headlines focused on investment. Few asked who is going to build it. That one project needs more than 3,000 construction workers at peak. It will compete for the same electricians, pipefitters, ironworkers and equipment operators as hospitals, schools, energy projects and..
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Meta’s $13 Billion Data Centre in Alberta: What It Signals for Construction
In July 2026 Meta confirmed its first Canadian data centre, in Sturgeon County north of Edmonton, with an investment of more than $13 billion, excluding computing equipment and the power plant. It is a major project by any standard: over 3,000 construction jobs at peak, about 300 permanent jobs and a campus that will draw..
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Alberta Construction Is Rotating: Where Demand Is Moving in 2026
If you only track Alberta’s residential slowdown, you are watching the wrong market. Housing starts in the province are falling from their 2025 record, but construction demand has not disappeared. It is moving. Capital, crews and civil capacity are shifting from housing toward power, industrial and institutional work: hospitals and schools, energy infrastructure, data centres..
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Construction Rework Costs: Why Coordination, Not Labour, Is the Real Bottleneck
On a $50 million project, a conservative rework rate of 5% means $2.5 million spent doing work twice. That is why I do not think labour is the only bottleneck in construction. Labour shortages are real, but even when crews are available, projects lose time and money when the information that guides them is incomplete,..
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Calgary Condo vs Detached: Why Families Keep Choosing the House
A $300,000 condo or a $740,000 detached house: many families in the Calgary region keep choosing the more expensive option. Most people read Calgary’s falling condo prices as a sign of a weak market. It is better understood as a product problem. The condominium supply being built is often not the product that families, who..
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Alberta Construction Procurement Is Shifting: Here’s What Wins
Procurement is changing how construction projects in Alberta and across Canada are delivered, and many developers and contractors are still organised for the old system. Traditional lowest-bid, fixed-scope procurement remains common, but on complex projects it keeps producing the same results: delays, change orders and disputes that consume the margin everyone fought to win. Owners..
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National Housing Starts Fall 5.2% in May 2026: What the Regional Data Means for Alberta
On June 15, 2026, CMHC reported that actual housing starts in Canadian centres with populations of 10,000 or more fell 5.2% year over year in May, to 22,633 units. Many readers will take that headline to mean residential construction is slowing everywhere at the same pace. It is not. The disaggregated data show sharp regional..
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Alberta P3 Infrastructure Financing: What European Developers Need to Know
Alberta is planning record levels of public infrastructure spending while looking for new ways to pay for it. Budget 2026 includes a $28.3 billion capital plan for 2026 to 2029. In January 2026, the Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP) urged the province to expand the use of P3s, and on June 23, 2026, Municipal..
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Construction project manager with over 20 years of experience in Europe and the Canary Islands. Specialized in modular housing, container construction, real estate development and international project management. Founder of Reforma Vivienda Tenerife and Donkey Lab.
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