JLL
Canadian Property Management
All grocery retail segments gaining in Canada
Canada outpaced the U.S. in adding per capita grocery retail space last year, with new stores mostly in the discount segment of major players' multi-brand portfolios
Construction Business
Report: high demand for construction in 2024
Canada's construction industry will face strong demand, modest cost growth, stable prices and continued labour shortages in 2024.
Canadian Property Management
Distressed asset sales remain a steady fraction
Distressed asset sales were a nominal and relatively consistent fraction of the Canadian commercial investment property market in the first half of 2023.
REMI Network
Data centre hubs grow in scale and number
More than half of hyperscale sites worldwide are located in the United States, but Canada is among nine other countries where JLL analysts identify a development surge underway.
REMI Network
Hotel transactions up, sales value down in 2022
The number of hotel transactions hit a record high globally in 2022, but came with a high proportion of single-asset deals for lower-budget properties.
Canadian Property Management
Canada’s premium office rents pose global value
Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal are categorized as “value” markets, but share that status with nearly 60 per cent of the 134 global markets ranked in JLL's annual survey.
Canadian Property Management
Canada transparently draws investor confidence
Canada retains its fifth place ranking and its status as a highly transparent real estate market in JLL’s newly released 2022 Global Real Estate Transparency Index.
Canadian Property Management
Nothing average in premium office rent data
The priciest office space in Toronto and Montreal is deemed "mid-level" among 127 global markets, while Vancouver is in a larger group said to offer "value" to premium tenants.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Multifamily investment remains red hot: JLL
Canada's multifamily investment volume is up 36 per cent on the 5-year quarterly average, according to JLL’s 2021 mid-year report.
Canadian Property Management
Canadian hotels await post-pandemic recovery
Canadian hotels still aren’t making the Dean’s list for investment performance, but market analysts appear confident that rallying conditions are pushing the sector in a positive direction.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Preference for multifamily assets signalled
Under COVID-19-induced pressure, investors, lenders and public markets are signalling a preference for multifamily assets. The asset class was the top attractor of investment dollars in Canada’s commercial real estate market during the first half of 2020.
Canadian Property Management
COVID-19 expected to drive transparency metrics
Canada once again places in the top tier of “highly transparent” nations in the newly released 2020 edition of the JLL/LaSalle Global Real Estate Transparency Index.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Public transit wariness makes the core edgy
Commuters’ willingness to jump on the bus, light-rail car or subway is expected to be a driving factor in repopulating office space in some major North American markets, including Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
COVID-19 lets loose work-from-home preference
Fewer than 18 per cent of survey respondents report they have been more productive in home workspaces during the COVID-19 lockdown, but a majority conclude they are at least 80 per cent as productive as in a formal office setting.
Canadian Property Management
Strong office rent growth foreseen for Toronto
That follows double-digit increases last year when Toronto was dubbed one of the "stand out performers" among major global cities, along with Boston and San Francisco.
REMI Network
Bloor-Yorkville most expensive retail corridor in Canada
Toronto’s Bloor-Yorkville retail corridor is the most expensive in Canada and the fifth priciest in North America according to JLL's City Retail 2018 report.
Canadian Property Management
Energy exposure fuels Calgary office woes
Energy firms drove Calgary office leasing deals in the first quarter of 2019, but in a way that had few landlords celebrating. The largest transactions involved companies relocating and downsizing into smaller spaces.