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CBRE report ranks Toronto as 4th-best North American market, has largest job growth since 2018

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The last three months of 2019 provided further momentum for the Greater Toronto Area’s commercial real estate market.

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

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

As a result of the growth of e-commerce, industrial and storage space will increase next year

Toronto's commercial property tax rate is at “unreasonable” levels, clocking in at almost four times higher than the residential rate, according to a new ... More

The cities where commercial real estate will thrive will be those that can adapt to the emerging demands of corporates and investors according to a new report.

Declining bond yields are putting downward pressure on cap rates and creating opportunity for investment in Canada’s commercial sector.

Offices and apartments were the major commercial asset investment drivers in the GTA during Q2 2019, according to Altus Group.

The Greater Toronto Area’s surging industrial property market is largely impelled by sustained demand for e-commerce and logistics facilities.

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 ... More

Commercial real estate in the Greater Toronto Area saw a slower pace of activity in the second quarter of 2019 compared to a year earlier.

Demand for offices in Toronto and Vancouver has squeezed the vacancy rates of both, making them the joint tightest markets in North America.

The shift towards flexible working has been changing the demand of office tenants over recent years and a new report shows the strength of ... More