DFW Population Growth 2026: Where Permits Aren’t Following
DFW population growth reached a point in 2026 where two datasets stopped agreeing with each other. One says the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex is absorbing residents faster than almost anywhere in the United States. The other says builders are pulling back from precisely the counties doing the absorbing. Both datasets are credible. Neither is wrong. The..
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Alberta Housing Infrastructure: Why $510M in Pipes Matters More Than Permit Reform
Alberta housing infrastructure just received the clearest signal in years about where the province will actually be able to build. On July 29, 2026, Canada and Alberta signed a new infrastructure agreement worth up to $510 million in federal funding, with the province contributing as much as $428 million on top of it, over eight..
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Alberta Construction Market 2026: Edmonton Overtakes Calgary
Alberta Construction Market 2026: Why Edmonton Just Overtook Calgary The Alberta construction market entered 2026 with a shift that most planning assumptions have not yet caught up to. Edmonton overtook Calgary as Canada’s leading destination for interprovincial migration, recording 11,742 net arrivals in 2024/25 against Calgary’s 11,195. The margin is small. The implication is not…
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Calgary Office Conversion: Why 13 of 21 Projects Stall
Calgary has funded 21 office conversions. Only 8 are finished. That gap is the most useful number in the city right now. Most people read Calgary’s downtown story as a real estate story — 30.4% vacancy, 41 million sq ft of office space, a city with a problem. It isn’t a real estate story. It’s..
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Alberta Construction Labour Shortage: The 15,400 Gap
Yesterday everyone celebrated Meta’s $13B data centre in Alberta. Nobody asked who’s going to build it. That single project needs 3,000+ construction workers. Now zoom out. Alberta must recruit 59,000 construction workers by 2034 — mostly to replace 43,400 people retiring, 21% of the entire 2024 workforce. Even after all that hiring, the province is..
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Construction Budget Overruns: 3 Decisions Made Before Breaking Ground
Alberta residential permits are down 15%. Institutional permits are up 440%. Read that again. If you only track the residential slowdown, you’re watching the wrong market. Here’s what the 2026 numbers actually say about where construction demand in Alberta is moving: → Residential permit values: -15% province-wide (Red Deer -50%, Edmonton -19%, Calgary -11%) →..
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Alberta P3 Infrastructure Financing: What European Developers Need to Know
Alberta is deploying $8.3 billion in infrastructure over 3 years. The financing model just changed. Most developers haven’t noticed yet. The story changed. The conversation didn’t. Here’s what the June 23rd announcement actually shows: → Alberta is no longer betting on traditional public funding → They’re building a mixed financing structure — redistributing risk across..
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Alberta Construction PM Gap: 1,000+ Jobs Open and a coordination problem
1,000+ PM jobs open in Alberta right now. That’s not a recruiting story. It’s an execution gap. Here’s what the data actually shows: → Alberta posted ~54,900 housing starts in 2025 — a 15% increase year over year → Calgary and Edmonton are driving multi-family and rental pipelines at scale → The market is absorbing..
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Eros Belotti 01.
Eros belotti
Construction project manager with over 15 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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