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A particular property type continues to be Canada’s most sought-after investment asset class.

New report projects improvements for beaten-down commercial segments, with earnings to recover by 2022

Major Canadian cities saw office vacancies either rise or hold steady from Q1 to Q2 in 2021, except Montreal where the vacancy rate dropped 10 basis points.

If you have invested in residential real estate in the past and have been pleased with the outcome, you might be interested in exploring the world of commercial real ... More

Amid swelling confidence in the economy’s prospects, Canadian commercial property market conditions stabilized during the first quarter, according to Morguard’s ... More

You might not know it by visiting the nation’s shopping centres nor by scrolling through the news, but retail sales in Canada are up from last year

The head of one of Canada’s major office landlords said pandemic restrictions have made finding new tenants a big challenge.

Finding space around Toronto has never been harder and shortage is disrupting businesses and threatening broader economy

Toronto, Vancouver and Waterloo, Ont., had lowest 1st-quarter availability rates for industrial real estate

Despite mounting pandemic pressures, Canada’s commercial assets remained a focus of investor activity over recent months, according to a new study by Altus Group.

A huge shift to e-commerce means it may soon become nearly impossible for businesses to find places to store their goods.

Upward pressure on commercial asset values continues to dominate the nation’s largest cities, according to a new study by Colliers Canada.

A recent survey indicates that 57 per cent of CRE execs active in the office sector believe their tenants will downsize.

The last quarter of 2020 saw “favourable” deal flow and intensified competition in the commercial mortgage market, leading to sustained downward pressure on credit ... More

Despite the recent arrival of the vaccine for the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report expects the first half of 2021 to be a continuation of 2020’s acceleration toward ... More

Canada's pandemic-weary economy is poised to "take off like a rocket" in the latter part of 2021, says CIBC World Markets deputy chief economist Benjamin Tal. His ... More

No matter when it ends, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on commercial real estate will be far-reaching and long lasting, according to a group of industry professionals ... More

A new report from Morguard Corporation indicates that in the third quarter of 2020, the multi-suite residential and industrial sectors of Canada’s commercial real estate ... More

Canadians involved in the real estate industry are significantly more optimistic about its 2021 prospects than their American counterparts, according to PwC real estate ... More

The office market in Canada’s major cities experienced its largest negative quarterly net absorption in more than a decade during Q3 2020, according to JLL, totalling ... More

Altus Group says the commercial-to-residential tax ratio threatens businesses in several markets

Expect strong industrial demand through second wave of pandemic with continued challenges for the office sector.

Retail continues getting crushed, but investment in office space also softened in Q2

Latest data from Statistics Canada showed that e-commerce flourished in the months following the widespread implementation of COVID-19 mobility restrictions – leading ... More

A significant fraction of Canadian business tenants are expecting their revenues to bounce back to pre-pandemic levels within 12 months, according to a recent survey by the ... More

Market pause from COVID-19 will likely result in a drop-off in Canadian investment activity for the remainder of the year, although it’s still too early to tell.

The commercial segment will likely lose a significant portion of its tenant base, with small businesses being forced to go online, according ... More

Commercial rent collection will not immediately resume at its previous pace even after businesses nationwide have restarted their operations, according to Colliers Canada.

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