Real Estate
Canadian Property Management
Fastidious work lies ahead of AI advancement
Early adopters and enthusiasts in the commercial real estate industry cite AI's possibilities for portfolio management, risk management, valuation and assessing investment performance.
Canadian Property Management
Canada highly transparent for CRE investors
Canada is ranked fifth among 89 countries and deemed to be highly transparent in JLL’s biennial survey of openness, integrity and credibility in global real estate markets.
Canadian Property Management
Real estate underperforms in pension fund mix
The real estate asset class is currently taking its turn as the underperforming piece in large Canadian pension funds' diversified mix of holdings.
Canadian Property Management
UK looks to investor role models in Canada
Canada’s largest pension funds have been identified as investor role models as the new government of the United Kingdom looks to catalyze economic growth.
Canadian Property Management
Canada’s share of global CRE value nudges up
Global investment property transaction volume dropped by 48 per cent last year, but deal-makers appeared somewhat more amenable in Canada, which posted one of the highest turnover ratios.
Canadian Property Management
OSCRE sets principles for AI in data management
The Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate underscores AI's potential to advance data management capabilities, provided it is grounded in an ethical, standardized, industry-approved approach.
Canadian Property Management
New green buildings strategy mostly a rehash
The Canadian government’s newly released green buildings strategy contains little that is actually new for commercial real estate or public sector facilities.
Canadian Property Management
Interest rate cut emits positive signal for CRE
Practical impacts on the cost of debt aren’t expected to flow through to the market for a few more months, but economists suggest the apparent momentum of falling rates should provide a psychological lift for investors.
REMI Network
U.S. real estate financiers look out to 2025
U.S. real estate financiers express somewhat less confidence in the country’s economy as summer takes holds, but foresee relatively stable conditions for commercial and multifamily real estate finance.
CondoBusiness
Canada bolsters guard against money laundering
Title insurers, real estate brokers and sales representatives will have new obligations to guard against money laundering and terrorist financing under proposed federal regulations.
Canadian Property Management
New sustainability report deciphers CRE concerns
REALPAC's newly updated 2024 sustainability report discusses a range of issues that are increasingly being raised in investment decisions and regulatory compliance.
Canadian Property Management
Ivanhoé Cambridge receives investment accolades
Ivanhoé Cambridge has been named global real estate investor of the year in the 2024 IPE Real Estate Awards for institutional investors.
REMI Network
CRE insiders feeling more optimistic in the U.S.
NAIOP’s newly released sentiment index reveals modest expectations for improved conditions over the coming 12 months, contrasting with last fall’s negative outlook.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Promise of safe haven woos foreign investors
Foreign investors contemplating Canada’s multifamily market may see more theoretical than actual opportunity, given the current scarcity of available product.
Canadian Property Management
NAIOP imposes order on CRE’s evolving vocabulary
An updated glossary of commercial real estate’s common business terms presents an expanded list reflective of an evolving vocabulary across a multidisciplinary workforce.
Canadian Property Management
National office vacancy rate nudges up in Q1
Vancouver and Winnipeg led positive absorption while Toronto and Montreal posted the largest losses, as the national office vacancy rate nudged up to 18.4 per cent during the winter of 2024
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Ontario’s shifting real estate landscape
As we head into Q2-2024, a significant shift in Ontario’s real estate landscape has occurred, putting the rental market front and centre amid declining home sales.