Real Estate
Canadian Facility Management & Design
New gen of IWMS targets facilities challenges
A guide to the who, what and why of rolling out the latest generation of integrated workplace management systems (IWMS).
REMI Network
Best Managed Companies praises real estate
Nine real estate companies across Canada have been named among 50 winners of Deloitte’s 2015 Canada’s Best Managed Companies awards program.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Breaking down silos between FM and HR
RE and FM professionals typically operate independently of HR, but both groups can benefit from breaking down silos to face challenges together.
Canadian Property Management
Ontario threatens retroactive land transfer tax
The suddenness of a new Ontario regulation and, more particularly, its backdating of tax obligations to July 19, 1989, have caught both tax experts and real estate industry advocates off guard.
CondoBusiness
GTA luxury home sales doubled in 2015
Luxury properties priced over $5 million in the GTA saw unparalleled demand in 2015, causing sales to soar 108 per cent to 77 units, up
REMI Network
Best real estate value pegged for U.S. markets
Orlando, Florida, and the Texas cities of Austin and San Antonio are identified as the U.S. markets offering investors the best real estate value for 2016.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
U.S. apartment rents and value still climbing
Last year's average sales price of USD $131,233 per unit was 40 per cent higher than the peak prior to the 2008 financial crisis.
Canadian Property Management
Targeted tax back on Toronto CRE industry radar
The city of Toronto's renewed contemplation of its special revenue-generating powers has real estate industry advocates proactively calling for a role in any future discussions.
Canadian Property Management
Market divergence in 2015 investment returns
The total return on directly held standing assets in Calgary plunged to 0.9 per cent as the fallout from sustained low oil and gas prices walloped the Alberta economy, while Toronto properties delivered a chart-topping total return of 12.8 per cent.
CondoBusiness
Intensification impacts on millennial consumers
A new report on the impacts of residential intensification on consumers makes recommendations for consumer education, planning policies and more.
Canadian Property Management
CPPIB asset allocation scorned and defended
Real estate analysts suggest there's more 'tank' than 'think' in the Fraser Institute's recent characterization of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board's asset allocation strategy.
Canadian Property Management
Global real estate ethics standards in works
The draft standards and associated consultation period follow 15 months of work since the effort was launched at the United Nations in October 2014 to develop a consistent global definition of appropriate behaviour that practitioners, clients, third parties and stakeholders can readily reference.
CondoBusiness
TREB raises tax fairness at budget committee
The Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) issued a news release Tuesday stating that it would appear before the city’s budget committee to press for fairness in taxation.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Multi-residential cap rates inch up in Calgary
Calgary trends pushed the national average higher in the fourth quarter of 2015, but multi-residential cap rates remain generally lower than other property types.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Canadian investors shun student housing
Student housing appears to be a negligible factor in Canadian investment strategies for 2016, even though interest in the multi-residential sector remains strong.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Steep apartment rents spur NYC market trends
Apartment rents in New York City are projected to rise at a greater rate than either housing sales prices or household incomes in 2016.
REMI Network
Toronto’s Bay Street is most expensive in Canada
For the fifth consecutive year, Toronto’s Bay Street has topped the list of most expensive streets for office space in Canada.




