9/10/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Catherine Methven
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CBRE report ranks Toronto as 4th-best North American market, has largest job growth since 2018 ... More

Toronto remains a top tech talent market, but leasing activity slow

  9/5/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Catherine Methven
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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 costs ... More

Investors showed

  7/16/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Catherine Methven
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The bottom is in sight for commercial real estate valuations, though there’s probably more room for office values to continue their decline. ... More

Bottom is nigh for most CRE valuations, office still a struggle: Altus

  6/18/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Catherine Methven
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The new report analyzed 12 markets nationwide in Q1 2024, identifying 13 key trends. ... More

2024 Re/Max Commercial Real Estate Report Highlights Key Trends

  6/7/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Catherine Methven
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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

High Cost of Toronto Commercial Real Estate Stokes Suburban Activity

  4/16/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Catherine Methven
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An Altus Group study found that, in the final quarter of 2023, the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) witnessed a total dollar volume of $22.8 billion in 2023’s final quarter, ... More

Toronto's Commercial Real Estate Update

  3/11/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Catherine Methven
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The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) condominium market has softened considerably since April 2022, especially during the past six months. ... More

Listings up, sales down in slow GTA high-density land market: Myers

  2/8/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Catherine Methven
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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 remains ... More

Industrial to remain strong suggests Avison Young

  1/19/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Catherine Methven
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Overall commercial real estate dollar values drop from pre-pandemic highs, buyer trend shifts ... More

Foreign buyers dominate GTA, GGH Top-10 CRE transactions of 2023

  10/19/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Catherine Methven
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'Turbulence' is the best way to describe the current challenges, according to executive ... More

Commercial real estate sector not in crisis, says analyst

  10/16/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Catherine Methven
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Altus Group research finds commercial tax rates 3x higher than residential in more than half of cities surveyed ... More

Property taxes are out of step with CRE investors facing oversized costs

  8/15/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Catherine Methven
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A new report by Colliers Canada predicts the national office vacancy rate could peak at approximately 15 per cent by the end of 2024 as the rise of hybrid work models prompt ... More

Office vacancy rate could peak in 2024 as hybrid work models gain popularity: report

  8/8/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Catherine Methven
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As the market softens, tenants may have an opportunity to negotiate lower rents ... More

Canada's industrial market is slowing, but remains strong

  6/26/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Catherine Methven
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Investors are currently shelling out an average of $11.89 per square foot or $517,928.40 per acre for industrial land ... More

Are we gonna hit $2 million an acre?': Industrial land prices are soaring to new heights in Ontario

  6/8/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Catherine Methven
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Asset values have almost doubled since 2018, Land & Development Conference panel hears ... More

Rents keep rising, demand stays strong in GTA industrial sector

  6/1/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Catherine Methven
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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

Report: Commercial market

  5/25/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Catherine Methven
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Transactions for high-density land in the Greater Toronto Area are down over 50 per cent from 2022 according to Bullpen Research & Consulting Inc. and Batory ... More

Q1 Greater Toronto Area high-rise land sales fall over 50%

  5/3/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Catherine Methven
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While overall transaction activity remains relatively slow, private buyers continued to be more active than institutional investors in the first quarter, according to ... ... More

Cap rates still trend up, transaction activity stays slow: CBRE

  4/27/2020 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Catherine Methven
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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 sector ... More

Malls face catastrophic hit in Canada with unpaid rent surging

  4/22/2020 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Catherine Methven
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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

Commercial sector to become more valuable post COVID-19

  4/21/2020 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Catherine Methven
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One quarter of small businesses can't make April lease or mortgage payments — and it won't get much better any time soon. ... More

Commercial rent delays could turn into abatements if crisis drags

  4/13/2020 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Catherine Methven
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The booming Greater Toronto Area has again taken top spot on the North American Crane Index, with the region hosting an astounding 27 per cent of the cranes counted in 14 of the ... More

Condo boom puts Toronto atop Crane Index ... again

  2/27/2020 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Catherine Methven
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Canada’s commercial real estate (CRE) sector could reach a record-breaking level of investment in 2020 according to CBRE. ... More

CBRE: Canadian commercial real estate set for $50 billion year

  2/26/2020 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Catherine Methven
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The last three months of 2019 provided further momentum for the Greater Toronto Area’s commercial real estate market. ... More

GTA commercial sales up 4% in 2019 as fourth quarter sizzles

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