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Some Canadian banks have frozen new lending for smaller commercial property purchases, in some cases withdrawing letters of intent, as the coronavirus crisis raises concerns ... More

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.

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

Commercial real estate executives in the US are generally upbeat about the market as we head into 2020.

Cushman & Wakefield says transaction activity has "exploded" in recent years.

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.

The analysis forecasts Canada's industrial, office and retail sectors

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.

Colliers says that with strong demand and a record low vacancy, the GTA’s industrial market will solidify its position as one of North America’s leaders.

But residential lots and apartment development sites saw strong growth

A report from CBRE forecasts rising demand from domestic and international investors which will boost investment in the sector beyond 2018’s $1.5 billion and the 10-year ... More

Sales activity in the Greater Toronto Area investment market considerably slowed down in Q1 2019, according to a new quarterly analysis by Altus Group.

A robust 2018 will serve as the foundation of the Canadian commercial/industrial property market’s strength for the foreseeable future, according to Avison ... More

Burgeoning industries pushed industrial and offices to new highs in Q1.

Market was led in 2018 by strong performance of industrial.

Toronto has broken into North America’s top-five cities for tech talent as the city undergoes an economic boom.

There was a slight dip in the value of commercial real estate sales in the Greater Toronto Area in 2018; but it was another strong performance following the previous ... More