Condos continue to be a big draw for Calgary buyers. According to the latest numbers from CREB®, Resale totals for condo apartments grew to 276 deals last month, up 17 per cent from 236 last year, with sales in both apartment and townhouse condos increasing last month compared to the same time in 2011.

Demand for condos in the Calgary market comes in stark contrast to Toronto, where condo sales plunged 20.5 per cent in the third quarter of the year, despite a 6.5 per cent rise in new listings.

Calgary is not really known for its old architecture, but in some homes, it appears residents of old just won't leave.

While in the scheme of things Calgary is a fairly young city, it has no shortage of haunted sightings. At Heritage Park alone, nearly all of the buildings have been relocated to the park, and in a lot of them, their former residents have stayed on.

Proposed downtown developments in Calgary will be more than welcome as the city has an office vacancy rate of only 5.4 per cent.

According to Barclay Street Real Estate's Office Market Review, year-to-date office absorption in Calgary as of August was 2.38 million sq. ft. due to the addition of 1.84 million sq. ft. from the recently completed Bow Building.

Calgary Economic Development (CED) and the Calgary TELUS Convention Centre kicked off a year long, nine session Soul of the City speaker series to answer just that. CED is touting the series as a year-long engagement with Calgarians about what makes Calgary great and attracts the brightest people to be part of our energy.

The series kicked off Sept. 26 at the Simmons Building where more than 100 people took part in a discussion from consultant and placemaker Katherine Loflin.