Ontario First Nation group buys Edmonton’s Connect Centre – RENX

Feb. 10, 2026

Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory plans to move quickly to develop residential tower atop existing shopping centre

An Ontario First Nations group which has purchased Edmonton’s Connect Centre – one of the city’s most prominent downtown mixed-use properties – has plans to move quickly on a major 35-storey residential expansion at the site.

The property in the ICE District next to Rogers Place was sold to the Wiikwemkoong community, located on Ontario’s Manitoulin Island, for $65.25 million. Katz Group was the vendor, said Cory Wosnack, principal and managing director of Avison Young which represented the seller. Wosnack said his firm acted as the exclusive real estate advisor on the deal.

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