David Wallach, president of Barclay Street Real Estate, has worked hard all year on his company wish list to add an experienced industrial sales team, reopen his Edmonton office and expand its property management services. At Tuesday breakfast at Belgo he was able to announce his advancement in all three, which took up a lot of his time, primarily in ensuring he was able to recruit the right people to work together in the competitive world of commercial real estate
Barclay Street builds notable talent pool
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Marriot International to build its first ClubSport hotel concept in Canada, Calgary
Marriott International will open the company’s first Renaissance ClubSport hotel and fitness resort brand in Canada in Calgary’s Beltline district, just across the street from Stampede Park. The 160,000-square-foot, four-star hotel will consist of 200 rooms, a 60,000-square-foot fitness club and 55,000 square feet of retail space. Calgary developer New Urban facilitated the acquisition of the development site and it has signed a management agreement with Marriott to develop the hotel in the old Victoria Park neighbourhood.
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Torode building multiple projects
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.
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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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