This city is known for its entrepreneurial leadership and John Torode has to be up there at the top of businessmen who work hard to secure, develop and broker real estate projects that make them exciting figures. Like many others, Torode has experienced ups and downs and chatting with him recently he reminded me of one of the ups when he secured the Oddfellows Building as a home for the Calgary Chamber of Commerce for $750,000.
Torode building multiple projects
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Year-over-year Alberta retail sales growth highest in Canada. 6.6% hike from last year.
Calgary’s retail vacancy rate continues to decline as consumer spending in the province remains higher than year-ago levels.
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Upcoming gala to aid Israel water charity
David Wallach, president of Barclay Street Real Estate, has accepted two appointments that will require even more of the energy he devotes to his work and volunteerism.
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Vacant land offers building potential
Like many other Calgary real estate professionals, Jeff Robson attended the International Council of Shopping Centre meetings in Whistler, B.C., last month and returned home full of
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Calgary office space demand to hit outside the core
Robust demand has led to tight vacancies and rising costs in the downtown office market with many potential tenants starting to explore space in the outlying Beltline and suburban ar
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Appetite for retail space strong in Calgary market
A strong appetite for spending has pushed Calgary’s retail real estate market to a very low vacancy rate. A report by Barclay Street Real Estate Ltd.
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Commercial real estate market as busy as ever
Talk to almost anyone in our commercial real estate industry and they will tell you they are as busy as ever, some achieving record volumes last year and many starting 2012 without b
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Optimistic About Retail
The wave of U.S. retailers expanding into Calgary will continue to grow, further tightening available retail space in the city, states a new report.
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Calgary office sector leads overall investment sales
The office sector registered the largest dollar volume component out of all asset classes during the first quarter of this year for Calgary commercial real estate investment sales.
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More jobs, aging buildings may boost demand for offices
A report by Barclay Street Real Estate Ltd.
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