Development Charges in Alberta: The $57,000 Calgary Gap
$93,000 in Calgary. $36,000 in Edmonton. Same province. Same building code. Same labour market. Three hundred kilometres apart. And that figure is not the cost of building the house — it is the municipal fee for permission to build it. The gap is $57,000 per unit. Development charges in Alberta differ that sharply between its..
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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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Most people read Calgary’s 9% condo price drop as a weak market.
$300K condo. $750K detached. The family keeps choosing the $750K one. Here’s why that isn’t irrational. Most people read Calgary’s 9% condo price drop as a weak market. It’s not. It’s a product problem. Line up the three options a family is actually choosing between: → Apartment condo — benchmark ~$300K. But it’s a one..
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Alberta Construction Feasibility: Are Your Project Numbers Built for Today’s Market?
The question isn’t whether Alberta is growing. It’s whether your project’s numbers were built for the market that exists now — not the one from 18 months ago. The tools changed. The decisions didn’t. Here’s what the data actually shows: → Projects don’t fail because of missing technology — they fail because feasibility assumptions were..
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Alberta Feasibility Studies: The +15% Problem Most Developers Are Ignoring
Material costs up 15% in 2026. Most Alberta feasibility studies never saw it coming — because they only modeled one scenario. That’s not a data problem. It’s a methodology problem. Here’s what the numbers actually show: → CMHC projects national housing starts declining through 2028 — multi-family taking the hardest hit → Altus Group’s 2026..
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Alberta Construction 2026: What 4.8% Unemployment and a 39.7% Drop in Housing Starts Really Mean
Alberta construction unemployment: 4.8%. Housing starts: down 39.7%. Same market. Same month. Every developer and builder planning a 2026 project should sit with this: — Construction unemployment: 4.8% (May 2026) — crews are still fully absorbed — Investment in building construction: $3.7B, up 24.6% year over year — Housing starts (April 2026): 3,192 units —..
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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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