Real Estate
Canadian Property Management
Canada opportune for tech sector investors
Investors in Canada’s tech sector can generally expect more favourable operating costs than in comparable markets in the United States.
Canadian Property Management
Canada’s 2025 tech job growth outpaces U.S.
Major Canadian markets are coming off four years of moderate-to-meteoric tech job growth, while consistently posting lower operating costs than counterparts in the United States.
Canadian Property Management
Canada in step with real estate bounce back
Canada dropped a notch in the rankings of the world’s largest professionally managed real estate markets last year, even while regaining asset value since 2024.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Multifamily rent growth rests on renewals
On average, Canada’s private rental housing stock delivered roughly $1,093 of monthly operating income per unit across a universe of 533,000 units in 12 major markets during Q2 2026.
Canadian Property Management
Acquisitions propel credit rating actions
An uptick in acquisitions underpins a flurry of credit rating actions and a generally upbeat assessment of the North American corporate real estate market in Q2 2026.
Canadian Property Management
NAIOP swaps cryptic acronym for reflective name
NAIOP has adopted a new name, Commercial Real Estate Development Association, as it rounds out a sixth decade of advocacy for a broad range of industry interests.
REMI Network
First Capital portfolio on deck to be divvied
First Capital REIT’s board of trustees has endorsed a $9.4-billion deal that would see Choice Properties REIT and KingSett Capital divvy up the portfolio of open-air, grocery-anchored retail centres.
Canadian Property Management
Resurgent office market lures back lenders
The financial services sector provides dual momentum for Canada’s resurgent office market — as a tenant ramping up demand for space;, and as a lender loosening access to capital.
Canadian Property Management
Michael Brooks triggers REALPAC succession plan
Michael Brooks has announced plans to depart from the Real Property Association of Canada at the end of 2027 after serving as the industry association’s chief executive officer for nearly 30 years.
Canadian Property Management
Canada sees institutional investment uptick
Institutional investment in Canadian commercial real estate began to rebound last year, while a lower-than-usual share of outbound capital went to the United States.
Canadian Property Management
Canadian real estate underperforms globally
The MSCI REALPAC Canada Property Index pegs the 2025 all-asset average total return at 1.3 per cent across 50 portfolios collectively valued at roughly CAD $160 billion.
Canadian Property Management
OSCRE advances data infrastructure strategy
The Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate (OSCRE) will convene a roundtable in Toronto later this month to discuss projects aligned with its data infrastructure strategy.
Canadian Property Management
Feds reiterate tax obligations for insurers
Current terminology in Canada's rule specifying foreign accrual property income (FAPI) for insurers creates inadvertent wiggle room around investment income from their foreign affiliates.
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 Facility Management & Design
Halifax casino to relocate from waterfront site
A prominent waterfront site will soon hit the market, as Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation prepares to relocate its Halifax casino further inland to Dartmouth Crossing.
Canadian Property Management
Industrial market dips, but avoids slide in 2025
Canada’s industrial market posted nearly 6.9 million square feet of positive absorption in a year when 23 million square feet of new inventory arrived.
REMI Network
BCFSA and Greater Vancouver Realtors form data-sharing partnership
BCFSA and Greater Vancouver Realtors have entered into an information-sharing partnership designed to strengthen data-driven regulatory oversight.
