Winnipeg

By: Elena Gontar, Staff Writer, Commercial Property News

Lanesborough Real Estate Investment Trust has completed the previously announced $38 million acquisition of an apartment/office complex in Winnipeg, Manitoba, known as Colony Square.

Lanesborough REIT had previously owned a 1.5 percent beneficial interest and with the acquisition now owns 100 percent of Colony Square.
 
Colony Square is fully occupied, sits on 1.89 acres and is located on the south side of Portage Avenue in Downtown Winnipeg across from the University of Winnipeg. The complex includes two apartment towers of 16 and 17 stories, a seven-story office building and an underground parking garage. The two apartment towers contain a total of 428 suites. The office building contains 80,900 square feet of leasable space, with an additional 2,255 square feet of leasable commercial space on the main floors of the apartment towers.

Lanesborough REIT is a publicly traded investment trust with a primary focus of creating portfolio of real estate investments in Canada. The REIT provides Unitholders with stable cash distributions from investment in a geographically diversified Canadian portfolio of quality real estate properties.

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Temple REIT acquires hotel complex

by creitadmin on September 23, 2008

 

Canadian Press:   Sep 12, 2008 10:45 AM

WINNIPEG–Temple Real Estate Investment Trust will acquire the Capri Centre, a full service hotel, trade and conference centre in Red Deer, Alta. for $40 million.

The property is on a five-hectare parcel of land in Red Deer, a city located on the main highway between Calgary and Edmonton, the most heavily travelled north-south route in Alberta.

Temple plans an $8 million capital upgrade program over the next year and will license the hotel with the Sheraton brand name in 2009, the company said.

The Winnipeg-based property trust owns hotels in Western Canada.

In Friday trading on the TSX Venture Exchange, Temple units rose 10 cents to $9.40.

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Artis REIT’s Winnipeg Grain Exchange Building Marks 100 Years

September 23, 2008

One of Winnipeg’s most illustrious buildings celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, two large murals by artist Hubert Theroux were unveiled at the historic Grain Exchange Building at 167 Lombard Ave., yesterday. The refurbished heritage building has seen a revival under the ownership of Artis REIT and management of Marwest Management Canada. [...]

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