A new standardized approach for collecting, measuring and interpreting real estate investment performance data responds to the ever widening scope of global portfolios and institutional investors' need for transparency and cross-border consistency.

Ontario has announced it will invest $175 million in 2016-17 to hospitals across the province to keep them in good repair, a $50 million increase over 2015.

Ontario is providing $16 million to complete 550 facility upgrades and repair projects at more than 140 children's care centres across the province.

Canadian open-ended property funds have been formally added to the IPD Global Property Fund Index following two quarters of consultative performance tracking.

Toronto-area schools will be receiving an additional $297 million from the province over the next two years to repair and renew buildings in Scarborough and other

Multifamily is the only commercial property sector that has not yet surpassed the $1 billion threshold for sales volume thus far in 2016.

John McKinlay has been named chief executive officer of LaSalle Canada, coming to the post with 20+ years of experience in real estate investment management.

Infrastructure Ontario and Michael Garron Hospital have issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) for a team to design, build and finance a new patient care

Over the next two years, Ontario will be investing an additional $41 million to repair and renew schools in York Region. This investment will allow

A companion metric to the Global Real Estate Transparency Index, the Sustainability Transparency Index uses a different scoring system tied to the availability of voluntary or compulsory methods of demonstrating a building's energy and environmental performance.

Ontario is investing $1.1 billion to repair and renew schools across the province to ensure they remain safe and modern spaces for students to learn.

Vancouver and Toronto markets capture a large share of Q2 investment action, while multifamily, office and industrial are favoured property types.

All 18 transactions in the first half of 2016 were off-market deals, in which purchasers made unbidden offers to undeclared vendors and convinced them to sell.

Like a time out in a sporting event, a suspension of trading temporarily halts market action — giving fund managers more room to manoeuvre in paying out departing investors and/or interrupting an exodus that could force the sale of assets and further devalue the fund.

Realtors in Mexico's popular Riviera Maya offer a timely reminder that there are only two recognized ways for foreign investors to purchase land within 50 kilometres of the country's coastline or 100 kilometres of its international borders.

Ontario is investing $16.76 million towards athletes and sporting events in the province, including supporting the continued operation of key sporting venues. As part of

Efforts to streamline governance of investment data and the exchange of information across international borders have received a boost with the signing of a new collaborative agreement.