Calgary Non-Residential Tax Ratio Hits 4.63. Edmonton Is Just Over 3.
Calgary businesses pay $4.63 in municipal property tax for every $1 a homeowner pays on the same assessed value. In Edmonton it is just over $3. Why the non-residential tax ratio belongs in every commercial pro forma.
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Office Vacancy in Calgary vs Edmonton: Same Province, Two Markets in Q3 2026
Calgary posted its second-strongest downtown office absorption quarter since 2014, with sublease space down 19.2%. Edmonton office vacancy is still 17.4%, yet quality space is scarce. Why the headline vacancy rate is not enough.
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Calgary Industrial Market Q2 2026: 3.24% Vacancy and a Pre-Leased Pipeline
Calgary industrial vacancy fell to 3.24% in Q2 2026 while space under construction rose 49% to 3.8M sq ft, much of it pre-leased. The feasibility risk has moved from leasing to delivery.
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Calgary Rezoning Repeal and Edmonton Rollback: Who Carries the Risk
Calgary repealed blanket rezoning on August 4, 2026, returning 99% of properties to their previous zoning. On October 8 the province ordered Edmonton to roll back its own bylaw. Here is what it means for infill feasibility and land value.
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Calgary Suburbs Growth: Where the Region Is Really Expanding
Calgary just posted the fastest population growth of any major metro area in Canada — but the most important part of that story isn’t happening inside the city. Calgary suburbs growth is quietly redrawing the map of the region, pulling tens of thousands of new residents into the collar towns of Airdrie, Cochrane, Okotoks and..
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Edmonton vs Calgary Real Estate: The $195K Gap in 2026
In June 2026 the average home price in Calgary was about $659,400; in Edmonton it was about $464,900, according to Sagen’s Alberta housing market update. That is a gap of nearly $195,000 inside the same province. With Edmonton now attracting more interprovincial migrants than Calgary, the obvious question is what these different price levels mean..
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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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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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Calgary or Edmonton in 2026? Choosing the Right City for Your Project
Calgary or Edmonton? For developers and investors looking at Alberta in 2026, it is one of the most common questions, and the honest answer is: it depends on what you are building and for whom. A year ago both cities were riding the same wave of record housing starts. Today they tell different stories, and..
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Eros belotti
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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