Bottom is nigh for most CRE valuations, office still a struggle: Altus
7/16/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
The bottom is in sight for commercial real estate valuations, though there’s probably more room for office values to continue their decline. ... More
High Cost of Toronto Commercial Real Estate Stokes Suburban Activity
6/7/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
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
Many challenges facing Canada's development land market
5/30/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
2024 transaction pace is for about $10B in sales, one-third of the activity in 2022 ... More
Q1 CRE transactions plunge 55% in Canada's major markets
5/27/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
Morguard report shows declines in all major commercial real estate sectors ... More
Toronto's Commercial Real Estate Update
4/16/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
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
Listings up, sales down in slow GTA high-density land market: Myers
3/11/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) condominium market has softened considerably since April 2022, especially during the past six months. ... More
Industrial to remain strong suggests Avison Young
2/8/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
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
Why another challenging year could be ahead for Canada's office market
1/24/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
Empty office space is spiking as the pandemic fallout continues ... More
Foreign buyers dominate GTA, GGH Top-10 CRE transactions of 2023
1/19/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
Overall commercial real estate dollar values drop from pre-pandemic highs, buyer trend shifts ... More
Commercial real estate sector not in crisis, says analyst
10/19/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
'Turbulence' is the best way to describe the current challenges, according to executive ... More
GTA industrial sector seeing consistent growth in rental rates: report
7/28/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
The region's most attractive spaces remain scarce according to a new report. ... More
Canadian CRE investment remains slow says Altus Group
7/10/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
Investors remain cautious amid rising rates and inflationary pressures ... More
Are we gonna hit $2 million an acre?': Industrial land prices are soaring to new heights in Ontario
6/26/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
Investors are currently shelling out an average of $11.89 per square foot or $517,928.40 per acre for industrial land ... More
Rents keep rising, demand stays strong in GTA industrial sector
6/8/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
Asset values have almost doubled since 2018, Land & Development Conference panel hears ... More
Q1 Greater Toronto Area high-rise land sales fall over 50%
5/25/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
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
Report: Commercial market "held steady" in the first quarter
6/1/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
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
Cap rates still trend up, transaction activity stays slow: CBRE
5/3/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
While overall transaction activity remains relatively slow, private buyers continued to be more active than institutional investors in the first quarter, according to ... ... More
Malls face catastrophic hit in Canada with unpaid rent surging
4/27/2020 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
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
Commercial sector to become more valuable post COVID-19
4/22/2020 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
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 rent delays could turn into abatements if crisis drags
4/21/2020 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
One quarter of small businesses can't make April lease or mortgage payments — and it won't get much better any time soon. ... More
GTA commercial sales up 4% in 2019 as fourth quarter sizzles
2/26/2020 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
The last three months of 2019 provided further momentum for the Greater Toronto Area’s commercial real estate market. ... More
GTA commercial market strong in 2019
2/4/2020 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
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 Altus ... More
Toronto has slipped again in global CRE investment rankings
1/21/2020 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
Strength in the US and core markets in Asia are driving growth in commercial real estate transactions according to a new report. ... More
Top-10 CRE transactions in Toronto/GTA during 2019
1/6/2020 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
Transactions in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) once again dominated Canada’s commercial real estate activity in 2019. ... More
Commercial real estate outlook for 2020
12/9/2019 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
As a result of the growth of e-commerce, industrial and storage space will increase next year ... More
Commercial cap rate compression around the corner
8/27/2019 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
Declining bond yields are putting downward pressure on cap rates and creating opportunity for investment in Canada’s commercial sector. ... More
Offices lead GTA commercial property sales 24% higher
8/20/2019 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
There were strong gains for commercial real estate sales in the Greater Toronto Area last quarter. ... More
Offices and apartments are bolstering GTA commercial investment
8/12/2019 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
Offices and apartments were the major commercial asset investment drivers in the GTA during Q2 2019, according to Altus Group. ... More
Dynamism in GTA industrial's segment fuelled by e-commerce, logistics
7/24/2019 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
The Greater Toronto Area’s surging industrial property market is largely impelled by sustained demand for e-commerce and logistics facilities. ... More
Office construction in Canada's major cities accelerates significantly
7/18/2019 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
Relative to the sizes of their respective markets, new office building construction in Canada is at a pace nearly twice that in the United States, according to a recent report by ... More
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