Real Estate
Canadian Property Management
NS vendor disclosure now embeds flooding risks
Prospective purchasers can now expect information about flooding risks on Nova Scotia properties as a standardized element of vendor disclosure.
Canadian Property Management
Order of Canada appointees have CRE credentials
Governor General Mary Simon announced the honours for Chris Tambakis, chief executive officer of Adgar Canada, and Rod Senft, chairman of Tricor Pacific Capital, just ahead of Canada Day 2025.
Canadian Property Management
Canadian investors escape super BEAT down
International negotiations have given Canadian investors a reprieve from threatened higher costs of doing business in the United States commercial real estate market.
Canadian Property Management
Oxford takes full ownership of office portfolio
Oxford Properties Group has taken full ownership of seven office towers in Calgary and Vancouver that were previously held in 50-50 partnership with CPP Investments.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
CLV Group poised to expand multifamily portfolio
Ottawa-based CLV Group is poised for a 74 per cent expansion of its multifamily portfolio through an agreement to purchase InterRent REIT and take it private.
CondoBusiness
Competition Bureau probes Quebec MLS oversight
The Competition Bureau of Canada is continuing to investigate the Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers’ control of the multiple listing service (MLS) and real estate transaction data.
Canadian Property Management
Property values not yet reflecting market pause
Property values held fairly steady in the first quarter of 2025, while commercial real estate transaction volume dropped nearly 17 per cent from the comparable period in 2024.
Canadian Property Management
Colliers Canada absorbs Triovest operations
Colliers Canada will add 36 million square feet of commercial space and $2.5 billion worth of projects under development to its portfolio through a newly announced deal to acquire Triovest Inc.
Canadian Property Management
Hedge status ascendant for U.S. real estate
Real estate economist predicts mounting investor appetite coupled with a “once-in-a-generation buying opportunity” as distressed properties flood into the marketplace.
Canadian Property Management
Familiar market patterns transpire in Q1
Canada’s industrial availability rate crept slightly upwards during Q1 2025, while office vacancies continued to hover in the same general range they’ve occupied since mid-2023.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
U.S. REIT to acquire Amica Senior Lifestyles
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has agreed to sell the portfolio of 38 high-end seniors residences to Wellltower Inc. for CAD $4.6 billion.
CondoBusiness
Nova Scotia to double deed transfer tax
Out-of-province purchasers of residential properties that are no larger than a triplex will be subject to a 10 per cent tax on the sale value as of April 1, 2025.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Ski resort offered in NL’s asset sell-off
The government of Newfoundland and Labrador has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the Marble Mountain Ski Resort, as part of an effort to divest non-core provincial assets.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Multifamily consistently delivers for investors
Multifamily assets were consistent performers again last year for institutional investors represented in the MSCI/REALPAC Canada Property Index.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
U.S. CRE investors ponder tariff implications
Threatened tariffs could almost immediately translate into a 7.5 per cent premium on construction materials, while tariff-related inflation is expected to have an impact on interest rates and financing.
Canadian Property Management
Classic portfolio management set for comeback
Retail was the best performing asset type in 2024 for institutional investors represented in the MSCI/REALPAC Canada Property Index, but all property sectors showed year-over-year improvement.
Canadian Property Management
Tariff chill could put CRE investment on ice
Tariff chill pervades the investment climate throughout Canada’s economy this winter, but commercial real estate insiders are tallying some reasons to be optimistic.
