Leasing
Canadian Property Management
Canadian cities see tech office leasing upswing
Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver collectively welcomed tech tenants to 1.4 million square feet of office space in Q1 2026, accounting for nearly one third of leasing activity across the three markets.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Professional women’s sports needs growing room
Professional women’s sports franchises are increasingly acquiring dedicated practice and office space, as game attendance, broadcast and merchandise revenue and investment activity all rise.
Canadian Property Management
Office leasing resurgence heralds staff return
Companies invoking return-to-office mandates have spurred renewed leasing activity in some cities and economic sectors, particularly seen in Toronto's downtown Class A inventory in Q3 2025.
Canadian Property Management
Crackdown on property controls clarified
New guidance from the Competition Bureau of Canada advises that reprieve could be given for exclusivity clauses in leases, but there will be little tolerance for restrictive covenants on land titles.
Canadian Property Management
HBC leases transitioning as shutdown nears
Central Walk Properties is negotiating to acquire the leases for 28 soon-to-be shuttered Hudson’s Bay Company retail locations in a deal that would expand its Canadian footprint.
Canadian Property Management
Manitoba takes lead in nixing property controls
Manitoba consumers could see the distance shrink between competing grocery stores with the adoption of new provincial legislation addressing restrictive covenants and exclusivity clauses.
Canadian Property Management
More deals but less industrial uptake in 2024
Nearly 35.5 million square feet of new industrial supply came onto the market across 15 Canadian regions in 2024, as the year saw negative absorption and a climbing national vacancy rate.
Canadian Property Management
Office leasing makes national gains in 2024
Office leasing activity ticked up by 2.6 million square feet across 10 major Canadian markets in 2024, marking the first year of national positive net absorption since 2019.
Canadian Property Management
Clinically fit space on the leasing agenda
A small but noteworthy cohort of tenants will be leasing specialized space as the Ontario government moves toward granting licences for new independently operated surgical and diagnostic clinics.
Canadian Property Management
Grocery store lease clauses under scrutiny
Canada’s Competition Bureau is investigating whether dominant grocery retailers are using exclusivity clauses and restrictive covenants to improperly curtail rival businesses.
Canadian Property Management
Green leases go platinum for Canadian companies
Canadian companies are well represented in this year’s inaugural platinum tier of the Green Lease Leaders program, achieving recognition as landlords, tenants and deal-makers.
Canadian Property Management
Commercial leases attract political attention
Both the NDP and Green parties float concepts for standardized lease agreements and rent control guidelines in their recently released platforms for the June 2 Ontario election..
Canadian Property Management
Updated model green lease attuned to the 2020s
REALPAC’s newly updated model green lease for Canadian office buildings introduces measures aligned with the broadening demand for ESG reporting and performance outcomes.
Canadian Property Management
Office markets recover lost ground
After six consecutive quarters of declining occupancy, some of Canada’s office markets began to recover lost ground in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Innovative workspaces reinvent Royal Bank Plaza
The Royal Bank Plaza is now looking to entice a new generation of tenants—small- to medium-sized tech companies.
Canadian Property Management
Commercial office watchwords attuned to COVID
Market analysts typify a second quarter uptick in downtown sublet activity as a spurt, not a glut. However, they project the trend is likely to continue.
Canadian Property Management
Vague or cumbersome details flagged in OCECRA
Commercial leasing specialists suggest landlords may prefer to stick with rent deferral agreements they have already negotiated.
