Three downtown Vancouver towers to focus on rental units over market condos.

 

Aquilini Developments says a three-highrise tower development near Rogers Arena ‘is probably the largest rental project [in Vancouver] in the last 30 years.’

Three new highrise towers planned beside Rogers Arena will feature several hundred rental units as their residential component instead of condominiums.

“It’s in the heart of the downtown core and we thought it would be a great rental project,” said David Negrin, president of Aquilini Developments and Construction, on Wednesday. “We’re taking some risk, but feel there’s a real requirement for rentals in downtown Vancouver.”

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Dolphin Cinemas building up for redevelopment.

The building that houses Burnaby’s popular Dolphin Cinemas is up for redevelopment.

The rezoning application for the development came before Burnaby council at Monday night’s meeting.

The Bank of Nova Scotia’s iconic tower in Downtown Toronto has sold to a partnership between Dundee Real Estate Investment Trust and H&R REIT for a record $1.27 billion which represents $640 per square foot and a 5.2% cap rate.  The property is 61% leased to the Bank of Nova Scotia for 13.5 years and will be financed by a 7 year mortgage bond at 3.45%.

Courtesy of The Globe & Mail (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/landmark-scotia-plaza-sold-for-record-127-billion/article2440355/)