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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Alberta Housing Starts 2026: What the CMHC Forecast Really Means for Developers
In May 2026, CMHC reported that housing starts in Canada jumped 17% in April, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 279,317 units. Two months later, its mid-year Housing Market Outlook forecast that new construction will keep declining until at least 2028. Both numbers are real. They simply measure different things, and developers in Alberta..
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Real Estate Feasibility in Alberta: Where Projects Lose Money Before Construction
Most real estate developers in Alberta are not losing money on site. They are losing it 12 to 18 months earlier, during feasibility, and do not know it yet. By the time construction starts, the decisions that determine the project’s margin have already been made: the product, the unit mix, the price assumptions, the schedule..
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Alberta Construction Market 2026: Why Pre-Construction Discipline Wins
Alberta housing starts are cooling from their 2025 record. ATB Financial expects about 45,000 starts in 2026, down from 54,858, and builder confidence across Canada has fallen. Many people read that as a weak market. I don’t. I added a new line to the risk register I use to assess projects in 2026: Condition: Alberta..
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