{"id":35544,"date":"2026-05-25T07:02:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-25-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T07:02:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:02:37","slug":"news-roundup-for-may-25-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-25-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for May 25, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">REITs are on the upswing led by growth in retail, seniors homes; Toronto moving quickly to patch up parts of city ahead of FIFA; expert says it should be the norm; tenants protest \u2018extreme rent increases\u2019 and \u2018ignored maintenance requests\u2019; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/reits-are-on-the-upswing-led-by-growth-in-retail-seniors-homes\/article_b1292813-0c10-4336-b27f-5dae9bc22f4a.html\" target=\"_blank\">REITs are on the upswing led by growth in retail, seniors homes<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/local\/toronto\/2026\/05\/24\/toronto-moving-quickly-to-patch-up-parts-of-city-ahead-of-fifa-expert-says-it-should-be-the-norm\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto moving quickly to patch up parts of city ahead of FIFA; expert says it should be the norm<\/a> (CP24)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2026\/05\/24\/tenants-protest-extreme-rent-increases-and-ignored-maintenance-requests\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tenants protest \u2018extreme rent increases\u2019 and \u2018ignored maintenance requests\u2019<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/developers-break-ground-on-family-forward-junction-rental-building--with-no-studios\/article_d106a2b2-e5c7-41bf-adf2-c83a93ca01bc.html\" target=\"_blank\">Developers break ground on \u2018family forward\u2019 Junction rental building \u2014 with no studios<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/player\/play\/video\/9.7210611\" target=\"_blank\">Indigenous youth agency hosts annual Cultural Festival and Competition Pow Wow<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11861749\/rain-forecast-gta\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bruno Mars postpones Toronto concert as heavy rain, winds sweep southern Ontario<\/a> (Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/fifa-world-cup-2026-weeks-away-excitement-brewing-9.7210549\" target=\"_blank\">The FIFA World Cup 2026 is coming to Toronto in 18 days and excitement in the city is brewing<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/investigations\/growing-number-of-developers-contacted-for-opp-investigation-of-city-councillor-source-says\/article_e87e2d94-3e19-418a-a966-24ffc360604a.html\" target=\"_blank\">Growing number of developers contacted for OPP investigation of city councillor, source says<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p>fbq('init', '1760257484204295');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/news\/2026\/05\/news-roundup-may-25-2026.61046\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] REITs are on the upswing led by growth in retail, seniors homes; 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