Toronto Developer Delays Alberta Condos Amid Oil Crunch
ByThe pain in Canada’s oil patch is extending to one of the country’s biggest real-estate magnates.
Lamb Development Corp. is delaying construction of two condominium projects in Alberta as the slump in the price of oil guts jobs and housing demand. The 36-story Jasper House and 45-story North will be delayed at least a year.
“The situation in Alberta is worse than 2008,” said Brad Lamb, known as Toronto’s condo king and for his humorous billboard ads depicting his face on a sheep’s body. “This is a unique event that is annihilating anywhere in the world that produces oil.” Executives at Fortress Real Developments Inc., which partnered with Lamb on the projects, declined to comment…