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Real Estate
Cottage Industry: South Shore, "the seaside buy"
Surging prices, bidding wars, blind offers—the search for seasonal real estate has become a battlefield. Tales from 10 of Canada’s hottest vacation towns.
Cottage Industry: Baie-Saint-Paul, the “nouveau locale”
Surging prices, bidding wars, blind offers—the search for seasonal real estate has become a battlefield. Tales from 10 of Canada’s hottest vacation towns.
The Move: Priced out of Vancouver
Priced out of Vancouver, Martin and Nicole Chiu became first-time homeowners after a spontaneous move to Calgary
The battle for the soul of Muskoka
A Toronto real estate developer is building a mansion on Ontario’s fanciest leisure lake. The neighbours are doing whatever they can to stop him.
Cottage Industry: Canmore, "the mountain town"
Surging prices, bidding wars, blind offers—the search for seasonal real estate has become a battlefield. Tales from 10 of Canada’s hottest vacation towns.
For $19 million you can buy this castle on the Island of Montreal
Properties like the Bois-de-la-Roche castle—inspired by the historic castles found in the French Loire region—don’t hit the market very often
Cottage Industry: Muskoka, “the old faithful”
Surging prices, bidding wars, blind offers—the search for seasonal real estate has become a battlefield. Tales from 10 of Canada’s hottest vacation towns.
For $31 million you can buy this iconic estate in the heart of Montreal
The stunning 67-room mansion in Ville-Marie’s Golden Square Mile was built in 1913 for famed industrialist and philanthropist J.W. McConnell
How this landmark skyscraper was redesigned for the future
When CIBC Square is finished in 2024, the complex will feature two towers—50 and 49 storeys, respectively—and more than three million square feet of floor space