Ugo Bizzarri, Founder and Executive Chair of Hazelview Investments, was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Rental Housing Canada National Conference in Ottawa.

A new stream of incentives to extract energy saving potential in Class B and C buildings dovetails with projections about their future competitiveness in a recovering office market.

Tourism promoters recently pitched Canada as a destination for investment returns at MIPIM, the international gathering of property professionals occurring annually in Cannes, France.

The MSCI REALPAC Canada Property Index pegs the 2025 all-asset average total return at 1.3 per cent across 50 portfolios collectively valued at roughly CAD $160 billion.

Loan conditions are expected to be onerous for residential condominium developments again in 2025, following a year when many lenders pulled back on construction financing.

This Real Estate Executive Video Series video report looks at how the Canadian apartment market performed in 2012, and the outlook for 2013. Commentator: Ugo Bizzarri, founding managing director, portfolio management and investments, Timbercreek Asset Management Inc.