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What does today’s 50 basis point interest rate cut mean for the Canadian commercial real estate market?

Canada’s commercial real estate sector saw positive momentum in the second quarter of the year, according to a new report, which notes further reductions in borrowing ... More

The bottom is in sight for commercial real estate valuations, though there’s probably more room for office values to continue their decline.

The new report analyzed 12 markets nationwide in Q1 2024, identifying 13 key trends.

While growing optimism has nudged some long-term developers off the sidelines with regards to land sales, there continues to be an overall impasse between buyers and sellers in ... More

2024 transaction pace is for about $10B in sales, one-third of the activity in 2022

Morguard report shows declines in all major commercial real estate sectors

The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) condominium market has softened considerably since April 2022, especially during the past six months.

Avison Young has released its Q1 Canadian cap rate and investment trends report, forecasting that although lenders will remain conservative in 2024, capital from lenders ... More

Empty office space is spiking as the pandemic fallout continues

Overall commercial real estate dollar values drop from pre-pandemic highs, buyer trend shifts

Industrial landlords list spaces early amid rising tenant demand and supply

'Turbulence' is the best way to describe the current challenges, according to executive

Altus Group research finds commercial tax rates 3x higher than residential in more than half of cities surveyed

As the market softens, tenants may have an opportunity to negotiate lower rents

The region's most attractive spaces remain scarce according to a new report.

Investors remain cautious amid rising rates and inflationary pressures

Investors are currently shelling out an average of $11.89 per square foot or $517,928.40 per acre for industrial land

Commercial activity in multiple asset classes held steady in Q1 2023 even as markets continued to labour under higher borrowing costs and sustained inflationary pressures, ... More

While overall transaction activity remains relatively slow, private buyers continued to be more active than institutional investors in the first quarter, according to ...

Canada’s malls are facing a wave of skipped rents and could see vacancy rates triple by year-end, with the coronavirus poised to leave its scars on a fragile retail ... More

Acquisition of expansive properties has fallen to the wayside, but commercial real estate is poised to become an even more desirable choice for investment after the coronavirus ... More

One quarter of small businesses can't make April lease or mortgage payments — and it won't get much better any time soon.

Canada’s commercial real estate (CRE) sector could reach a record-breaking level of investment in 2020 according to CBRE.

The industrial real estate sector’s 2019 rate of total return far outpaced any other on the MSCI/REALPAC Canada Annual Property Index, and it’s looking good in 2020 ... More

Altus Group Limited has released its 2020 GTA Flash Report, which provides a comprehensive review of the real estate market in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) based on 2019 ... More

Data centres are now a cornerstone of business and $100 billion has flowed into the asset class in the last decade according to a new report from Cushman & Wakefield.

Strength in the US and core markets in Asia are driving growth in commercial real estate transactions according to a new report.

This year should be a good one for Canada’s commercial real estate sector with overall strong performance.

Transactions in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) once again dominated Canada’s commercial real estate activity in 2019.