Industrial
Canadian Property Management
Industrial assets deliver outsized Q1 returns
Canada stands out in newly released global investment performance data for outsized returns on industrial assets during the first quarter of 2022.
Canadian Property Management
Q2 market trends follow familiar patterns
Midway through 2022, Colliers Canada pegs the national office vacancy rate at just below 13 per cent, while the national industrial vacancy rate sits 1,200 basis points lower.
Canadian Property Management
Skyline REIT introduces new name and president
Mike Bonneveld takes the helm at Skyline Industrial REIT as it rebrands to reflect its investment focus on the warehouse, distribution and logistics sector.
REMI Network
Anthem acquires 95-acre industrial site in Calgary
The former site of a welded steel pipe manufacturing facility will be turned into a multi-phase business park with facility options for small- to medium-format occupiers, along with ancillary retail components.
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 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
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
Trio of transactions refines REIT’s portfolio
Skyline Commercial REIT pockets $297 million and hands over 24 industrial buildings in three separate deals, occurring over just two business days.
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.
Canadian Property Management
Industrial rental rates continue upward climb
Colliers Canada's Q4 2021 snapshot of 12 metropolitan areas finds industrial vacancy rates below 1 per cent in five markets, and between 1 and 5.4 per cent in the seven others.
REMI Network
BOMA Canada honours national award winners
The Building Owners and Managers Association of Canada (BOMA Canada) hosted its second virtual National Awards Gala on October 21, 2021.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Subsidy to ease industrial site approval costs
Industrial land owners in Ontario could qualify for up to $25,000 to reimburse 50 per cent of the costs of municipal and provincial planning and environmental studies.
Canadian Property Management
Office market turnaround delayed at least to Q4
A fourth wave of COVID-19 stalled hopes for an office market turnaround in the third quarter of 2021, while demand for industrial space continued unabated.
Canadian Property Management
Real estate deals hit record volume in Q2
Nearly $14 billion worth of commercial real estate transactions closed in the second quarter of 2021, making it Canada’s most active quarter ever for non-M&A investment volume.
REMI Network
Green goals for adaptive reuse of vacant Hamilton warehouse
An industrial warehouse in Hamilton’s East Bayfront neighbourhood is transforming into a sustainable waste management facility that will produce about $2 million worth of organic fertilizer daily.
Canadian Property Management
U.S. infill light industrial fits Oxford’s aims
The USD $2.2-billion (CAD $2.7 billion) deal involves 149 warehouse/distribution buildings located in 12 major metropolitan markets throughout the United States.
REMI Network
LaSalle purchases GTA logistics portfolio
LaSalle Investment Management has acquired three industrial buildings in the Greater Toronto Area through its core real estate fund in Canada. This purchase reduces the fund's overall exposure to the office market.
