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Hines, the international real estate firm, in partnership with Ivanhoé Cambridge, today announced the start of construction of a new, 47-story, one-million-square-foot office tower on the 800 block of Texas Avenue (the former site of the Houston Chronicle) bounded by Milam, Prairie and Travis streets.

Mark E. Rose, Chair and CEO of Avison Young, the world’s fastest-growing, private and Principal-led, global commercial real estate services firm, announced today that Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), one of Canada’s leading institutional fund managers, has made a $250-million preferred equity investment to accelerate Avison Young’s strategic growth plan.

La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec ("CPDQ"), a leading global institutional investor, today announced that it provided CA$150 million (€100 million) in financing to support the acquisition by ContourGlobal Mirror 2 S.à.r.l. (“ContourGlobal”) of a portfolio of concentrated solar power (“CSP”) assets in Spain.

La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“la Caisse”) announced today that it has acquired a minority interest in BFL CANADA, one of the largest commercial insurance brokers in Canada.

La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is becoming a minority shareholder in Pomerleau with an investment of $50 million that will allow the company to execute its strategic growth plan over the coming years.

On May 3, 2018, an acquisition made by Groupe Solmax was singled out for recognition at the M&A Club Awards Gala, which celebrates excellence in mergers and acquisitions in Québec.