Real Estate
Canadian Property Management
Tax reprieve for investment property vendors
Reversion to a 50 per cent capital gains inclusion rate will deliver higher returns than vendors might have expected on investment property sales since June 25, 2024.
Canadian Property Management
Tariff threats cloud investment outlook
Tariff threats bring a new source of hesitation to what had been an expected pickup in commercial real estate investment activity in 2025.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
OSCRE and ConnexFM forge administrative ties
ConnexFM will assume association management services for the Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate, while the two industry organizations remain independent.
Canadian Property Management
Primaris to trade three enclosed shopping centres
Primaris Real Estate Investment Trust is set to pump up its holdings with major acquisitions in Ontario and Alberta, with its first disposition of an enclosed mall to follow soon after.
Canadian Property Management
More deals but less industrial uptake in 2024
Nearly 35.5 million square feet of new industrial supply came onto the market across 15 Canadian regions in 2024, as the year saw negative absorption and a climbing national vacancy rate.
Canadian Property Management
Office leasing makes national gains in 2024
Office leasing activity ticked up by 2.6 million square feet across 10 major Canadian markets in 2024, marking the first year of national positive net absorption since 2019.
Canadian Property Management
RioCan’s Jennifer Suess joins Order of Ontario
Jennifer Suess, senior vice president and general counsel with RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust, has been named to the Order of Ontario.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
More Ontario agencies to drop realty functions
The Ontario government is continuing to centralize realty functions within the Ministry of Infrastructure, with 12 additional provincial agencies now tapped to hand over their autonomy.
Canadian Property Management
BGO appoints Canadian chief investment officer
Simon Holmes has been appointed BGO’s chief investment officer in Canada and chair of the company’s Canadian investment management committee.
REMI Network
Real estate software business under investigation
The Competition Bureau obtained a court order to gather information and advance an ongoing investigation into alleged anti-competitive conduct.
Canadian Property Management
Michelle Brown promoted to lead BGO Properties
Michelle Brown has been promoted to the helm of BGO Properties, tasked with overseeing Canadian third-party real estate management.
Canadian Property Management
Clinically fit space on the leasing agenda
A small but noteworthy cohort of tenants will be leasing specialized space as the Ontario government moves toward granting licences for new independently operated surgical and diagnostic clinics.
Canadian Property Management
New tax credits on CRE’s U.S. election wish list
New tax credits for investments in energy efficiency and office-to-residential conversions are on the wish list for commercial real estate ahead of the United States election.
Canadian Property Management
Canada aims to foster decarbonization capital
The Canadian government promotes a standardized approach for categorizing sustainable investment and verifying its credibility for market participants.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Investigators seek input on property controls
The Competition Bureau is continuing to examine the use of exclusivity clauses and land covenants in Canadian grocery retailing via a newly issued call-out for input from the real estate sector.
Canadian Property Management
Canadian GRESB participation up again in 2024
Canadian participation in the GRESB global assessment and benchmark for the ESG performance of commercial real estate portfolios grew in step with worldwide trends in 2024.
Canadian Property Management
Slate Asset Management sheds office holdings
Slate Asset Management will sell its interest in an 11-building office portfolio located in midtown Toronto and Ottawa, in keeping with a sharpened focus on what it defines as “essential” real estate.
