Commercial real estate could be both a builder and a beneficiary of the artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem envisioned in the Canadian government’s national AI strategy.

Key federal departments are scrambling to catch up with climate risk assessments and response plans after the Auditor General of Canada uncovered gaps in monitoring and a slow rollout of adaptive actions.

A new stream of incentives to extract energy saving potential in Class B and C buildings dovetails with projections about their future competitiveness in a recovering office market.

Tourism promoters recently pitched Canada as a destination for investment returns at MIPIM, the international gathering of property professionals occurring annually in Cannes, France.

The financial services sector provides dual momentum for Canada’s resurgent office market — as a tenant ramping up demand for space;, and as a lender loosening access to capital.

The MSCI REALPAC Canada Property Index pegs the 2025 all-asset average total return at 1.3 per cent across 50 portfolios collectively valued at roughly CAD $160 billion.

Commercial real estate is a channel for some of the capital the Canadian government is strategizing to attract via new enticements unveiled in the 2025 federal budget.

The Building Owners and Managers Association of Canada (BOMA Canada) presented its national awards on September 17, 2025, during its annual BOMEX conference.

With science offering up assurance that climate response will be a long-term and intensifying societal need, analysts suggest this could be a lucrative time to get into a surging market.

International negotiations have given Canadian investors a reprieve from threatened higher costs of doing business in the United States commercial real estate market.

The Canadian government has made slow progress in downsizing its real estate portfolio and is carrying hundreds of millions of dollars in undue annual costs for sparsely occupied and obsolete office space.

Real estate economist predicts mounting investor appetite coupled with a “once-in-a-generation buying opportunity” as distressed properties flood into the marketplace.

As the seasons change, being proactive with maintenance can save property managers time and money, while simplifying the day-to-day operations. Staying on top of regular

Canadian lenders may be reassessing the urgency of decarbonization, but they still express enthusiasm for the sustainable assets and impact investments that appear to be losing cachet in the United States.

Multifamily assets were consistent performers again last year for institutional investors represented in the MSCI/REALPAC Canada Property Index.

Retail was the best performing asset type in 2024 for institutional investors represented in the MSCI/REALPAC Canada Property Index, but all property sectors showed year-over-year improvement.

Tariff chill pervades the investment climate throughout Canada’s economy this winter, but commercial real estate insiders are tallying some reasons to be optimistic.