Financial Management

Multifamily asset values hold steady

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Multifamily asset values hold steady

Multifamily asset values appear to be holding steady, but transaction volume plummeted in the first quarter of 2023.
Ontario offers bonus incentives on retrofits

Canadian Property Management

Ontario offers bonus incentives for retrofits

Bonus incentives for energy efficiency upgrades will be available to select commercial and multifamily landlords and condominium corporations in Ontario during the second and third quarters of 2023.
Sustainable finance products clear path to 2050

Canadian Property Management

Sustainable finance products forge way to 2050

Sustainable finance products, are expected to increasingly come into play as building owners/managers pursue decarbonization and look to bolster the climate resiliency of their properties.
REITs unexpectedly tapped for new tax measure

Canadian Property Management

REITs unexpectedly tapped for new tax measure

Advocates for the Canadian commercial real estate industry are asking the federal finance department to clarify why real estate investment trusts have been included in a pending new tax measure.
Inadvertent blocks on commercial deals lifted

Canadian Property Management

Inadvertent blocks on commercial deals lifted

Regulatory amendments to Canada’s Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act address inadvertent impacts on commercial transactions and property development.
Multifamily remains favoured investment asset

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Multifamily remains favoured investment asset

Industry analysts cite Canada’s demographic trends and seemingly chronic housing supply-demand imbalance as fundamentals that should drive robust returns on new purpose-built rental projects.
Department store drain continues

Canadian Property Management

Department store drain continues

Nordstrom Canada’s sudden swoosh into the department store drain will leave empty anchor space in some of the country’s top-performing and most prestigious regional malls.
tenant

CondoBusiness

Rental demand spotlights tenant relationships

As condos supply the surging demand for rental housing many corporations may be experiencing a rise in tenant-occupied units.
working

Canadian Facility Management & Design

New research digs into state of the workplace

The social infrastructure of the office underscores new research-driven analysis that measures shifts in employee sentiment post-pandemic.
CDM program hiccups logged in Ontario review

Canadian Property Management

CDM program hiccups logged in Ontario review

The COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain disruptions are frequently cited, but not the only reasons for uneven uptake of Ontario’s energy retrofit and performance incentives over the past two years.
For Affordable

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Working together for affordable housing

On a mission to provide clarity and solutions to Canada's affordable housing crisis, five large residential REITs launched ForAffordable.ca.
Manulife

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Inside Manulife’s latest workplace transformation

Overhauling Manulife’s Canadian head office in Waterloo transformed into an even more significant project than previously intended.
labour shortage

CondoBusiness

Rethinking staffing models amid a labour shortage

How new staffing solutions could improve a property manager’s working conditions and ease the labour shortage.
Lender confidence varies by CRE asset class

Canadian Property Management

Lender confidence varies by CRE asset class

Logistics warehouses, multifamily rental buildings, data centres and life sciences labs are tapped as favoured assets in CBRE Canada’s newly released survey of lenders' sentiment.
Condo project financing confronts new math

CondoBusiness

Condo project financing confronts new math

More cautious criteria for condo project financing could upend some development pro formas and potentially constrain housing starts in the coming months.
Push to curb inflation has CRE ramifications

Canadian Property Management

Push to curb inflation has CRE ramifications

Transaction volume had been surpassing pre-pandemic levels until the steepest and most rapid rise in interest rates thus far this century undermined that momentum.
building conversions

Canadian Apartment Magazine

From office to residential

Office-to-residential building conversions have been gaining momentum in some Canadian cities, but how viable are they as a long-term housing solution?