Real Estate
CondoBusiness
Real estate flies red flags of money laundering
Some of the signals of potential malfeasance in real estate transactions are not obvious or only appear ominous when they are part of a pattern of questionable conduct.
Canadian Property Management
Offbeat locales hold co-working space bargains
Despite shared status for the lowest office vacancy rate in North America, co-working space in Toronto and Vancouver appears generally more affordable than in major markets in the United States.
Canadian Property Management
Cheryl Gray recognized for proptech innovation
CRE Women of Influence are nominated by industry peers and evaluated based on professional achievement, contributions to the broader real estate industry and their actions as role models and mentors for other women.
Construction Business
Alberta enables long-term property tax breaks
Newly adopted amendments to Alberta's Municipal Government Act extend provisions that were initially devised to support the rejuvenation of derelict brownfields to all non-residential properties.
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.
Canadian Property Management
Canada inconspicuous in Global Property Index
The 2018 total return on Canadian real estate assets was in the back half of the pack among 25 national markets, but Canada is part of a smaller group of 12 that can boast an improvement over 2017 results.
Canadian Property Management
Making space for talent attraction efforts
Commercial real estate's core function as a provider of workspace serves as something of a living lab for the industry's own human resources strategies.
Canadian Property Management
BentallGreenOak officially emerges
Bentall Kennedy's merger with GreenOak Real Estate is now in place, extending the newly formed entity's worldwide reach and bringing approximately USD $46 billion worth of assets under management.
Canadian Property Management
Canadians on BOMA International centre stage
Canadian real estate had a winning presence again this year at the annual Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International conference and expo.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Ministers shift around expanded Ontario cabinet
The 28-member reconfigured roster brings some fresh faces to portfolios of key interest to the commercial real estate industry, but also leaves one of the most prominent players in place.
Canadian Property Management
Property tax shifts continue to plague Calgary
Nearly 12,000 non-residential ratepayers will get some relief from the property tax shifts Calgary's sliding downtown office values triggered this year
Canadian Property Management
Montreal enjoys investment volume upswing
Investors snapped up $6.5 billion worth of property in Montreal last year, accounting for nearly 12 per cent of deals valued in excess of $1 million Canada-wide.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Ottawa-Gatineau tapped for value-add potential
The partners will invest in in-suite and common area upgrades with the aim of generating more revenue from the units, which are located in the downtown cores on both sides of the Ottawa River.
Canadian Property Management
ESG guides prominent global real estate players
ESG provides a framework to set priorities, steer action and monitor progress toward more resilient assets, with 93 per cent of respondents reporting that criteria linked to sustainability, supporting local communities and shunning corruption influence their investment decisions.
Canadian Property Management
Blackstone eyes Bentall Centre for the long term
Vancouver's iconic Bentall Centre is set to have prominent new ownership.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Rent sticker shock awaits Canadians in the U.S.
Asking rents in the five largest American cities of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston and Phoenix appear moderately to dramatically steeper than Canadian tenants typically pay.
Canadian Property Management
Pension funds trade trio of Toronto buildings
OPTrust now has an ownership stake in the office tower that houses its own corporate headquarters.




