Real Estate
Canadian Property Management
Commercial leases attract political attention
Both the NDP and Green parties float concepts for standardized lease agreements and rent control guidelines in their recently released platforms for the June 2 Ontario election..
Canadian Property Management
Industrial condos promised for tight GTA market
Nicola Wealth Real Estate and First Gulf have jointly acquired a 13.4-acre site near Highway 403 in Oakville with plans for a series of small bay industrial condo buildings..
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Multifamily cap rate movement unremarkable in Q1
Vancouver is the rare exception where market analysts project multifamily cap rates will rise this spring, but that's in the context of continuing exceptionally low rates.
Canadian Property Management
Suburban office markets tighter than downtown
Suburban office markets posted lower vacancies than their downtown counterparts in several of Canada’s largest urban centres during the first quarter of 2022.
REMI Network
U.S. UPRREIT pioneers cryptocurrency options
A private, non-traded fund specializing in alternative real estate asset classes has announced a new partnership with BitPay, allowing investors to convert designated cryptocurrencies into shares.
Canadian Property Management
Business case assumptions evolve alongside ESG
Investors and lenders are expected to increasingly focus on the physical and transitional risks of climate change, in turn upending some conventional views of costs and value.
Canadian Property Management
Fourth generation takes helm at Hill Companies
Rosanne Hill Blaisdell and Matthew Hill appointed to new leadership roles at 119-year-old real estate and diversified family business, headquartered in Regina.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Blame tactics scapegoat multifamily investors
Policy makers could could further undermine rental housing supply and affordability prospects if market interventions divert institutional capital elsewhere.
Canadian Property Management
Six office properties to pad Allied portfolio
The $794-million deal with Choice Properties REIT will add more than 1.2 million square feet of space in downtown Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver to Allied Properties REIT's portfolio.
Canadian Property Management
Ontario mulls its site redevelopment potential
A centralized agency will be tasked with identifying provincially owned sites with redevelopment potential, placing a priority on new uses that align with infrastructure initiatives.
Canadian Property Management
Sustained industrial rent growth foreseen
Investors are expressing confidence in sustained industrial rent growth, as new supply is not expected to catch up with rampant demand any time soon.
Canadian Property Management
Andrew Tong joins Concert Properties c-suite
Andrew Tong has been promoted to the newly created position of chief investment officer for Concert Real Estate Corporation and Concert Properties Ltd.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Multifamily rent slippage deemed temporary blip
Multifamily assets posted the largest year-over-year decline in net operating income among the four major sectors in the Canada Annual Property Index, while delivering a 7 per cent total return on investment for 2021.
Canadian Property Management
Soaring industrial gains buoy investment returns
A 7.9 per cent total return across 2,367 directly held real estate assets in the Canada Property Index represents a 12 per cent improvement over 2020.
Canadian Property Management
Updated model green lease attuned to the 2020s
REALPAC’s newly updated model green lease for Canadian office buildings introduces measures aligned with the broadening demand for ESG reporting and performance outcomes.
Canadian Property Management
Q4 2021 sees investors broaden search for yields
Low yields on industrial and multifamily properties had more investors turning to office, retail and alternative asset classes in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Canadian Property Management
Nexus rebrand to reflect REIT’s portfolio focus
Nexus Real Estate Investment Trust plans to rebrand as Nexus Industrial REIT to better reflect its portfolio focus.
