What happens to a region when its housing market goes crazy and then businesses and industries need commercial space to support those new residents? Halifax is finding out. Since December, 2019, house ...

The office vacancy rate in Halifax increased to 15.8 per cent last year, prompting one real estate consultant to declare that the commercial sector in the city's downtown is on its death bed. "I think ...

HALIFAX—Though the vacancy fell over the past year, bucking the trend of the last few years, commercial real estate in Halifax is still unhealthily empty, says a local expert. Halifax real estate ...

HALIFAX—Office space is filling up slightly in Halifax, though vacancy rates in downtown Halifax went up again in the past year. The latest rental market survey from Halifax real estate consultants ...

Daycare owner Donna Buckland stands beside Giant Steps Children’s Centre in Westwood Hills, N.S. on Thursday March 27, 2025. The daycare was rebuilt after her facility was destroyed on May 28, 2023 ...

Halifax will ask the province for authority to change its commercial tax system as municipal councillors seek ways to help small businesses struggling to pay their annual property tax bills.