The Weekend Edition April 13 – Toronto Recap | RE News | 5️⃣

The addy squad just got back from an action-packed trip to Toronto! We hosted a meetup downtown, grabbed coffees with some members, and joined the VIP gathering at the Your Life. Your Terms. event at Piper’s Heath Golf Club in Milton. The main event took place the next day in Mississauga, drawing over 1,000 real estate investors, operators, developers—and quite a few bitcoiners too. It was a packed house with an incredible speaker lineup. Richard Dias from IceCap Asset Management opened with a powerful keynote breaking down the Canadian economy through data and charts—one of the best we’ve seen (hopefully it gets posted online). He’s also a co-host of The Loonie Hour, one of Canada’s top business podcasts. addy Co-Founder Stephen Jagger took the stage to share the origin story of addy, showcase the platform—and if you were in the room, you know what big announcements were made. If not… stay tuned.

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🇨🇦 Important Dates

• April 16, 2025 – 💰Bank of Canada – Interest rate announcement

• April 28, 2025 – 🗳️ Federal Election 

🗞️ Real Estate News

City Of Vancouver Introduces New Hotel Development Policy

Vancouver has a shortage of 10,000 hotel rooms according to Destination Vancouver and the City is looking to address that shortage with policy changes. (Storeys)

Openform Properties and EDC Announce Joint Venture and Plans for Significant Vancouver Rental Development

The newly formed Easthill Development Limited Partnership, which is led by OpenForm Properties (“OpenForm”) and Epta Development Corp (“EDC”), announced plans today to collaborate on a new residential and commercial development at the northeast corner of Broadway and Renfrew Street in Vancouver. (EDC)

How A Weakened Canadian Dollar Impacts Commercial Real Estate

The Canadian dollar is lower now than it was a year ago, but that may not be a bad thing for commercial real estate. One of the many subplots of the ongoing trade war with the United States is that it has raised the value of the Canadian dollar, somewhat covering up the fact that the CAD has been on years-long slide. (Storeys)

Okotoks house prices hit $715,000 in March to set record

The price of a detached house in Okotoks hit an all-time high in March, eclipsing the previous record set last September. (Western Wheel)

Where is Okotoks?

The truth about construction costs and union labour: Debunking misleading claims

The Progressive Contractors Association (PCA) has recently shared claims about the economic impact of the City of Toronto’s construction procurement practices that warrant closer scrutiny. (Daily Commercial News)

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