Pressure on office market to continue: Sandy McNair

Pressure on office market to continue: Sandy McNair

Changes in Canada’s office market will accelerate in 2016 and beyond, according to longtime real estate observer Sandy McNair. “We see the fragmentation accelerating, based on the users becoming more and more distinct and different,” said Altus Data Solutions’ data curator.

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Waterloo next step in Regus expansion

Global workspace provider Regus’ explosive Canadian growth continued this week with the opening of what it believes is a groundbreaking technology-driven centre in Waterloo, Ont. “We look at Waterloo as both a great short-term and long-term investment,” said Regus Canada vice-president Wayne Berger.

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Development charges high on REALpac’s 2016 agenda

Toronto-based industry group REALpac has a busy slate of activities for 2016 but taxes (and bureaucratic red tape) are the one subject sure to elicit a reaction from CEO Michael Brooks. “The big issue and it was part of my pre-budget submission to the Ontario government is the incredible delay in getting anything approved in the City of Toronto and the high taxes, development fees and charges,” he said.

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Green building employs more than oil, gas extraction: Study

The Canadian green building industry has experienced exponential growth and now employs more people than oil and gas extraction, mining, and forestry industries combined. Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) president and chief executive officer Thomas Mueller would like to see the industry double in size in the next decade.

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Strathallen builds investment capacity, buys Nortown Centre

Strathallen Capital continued to build its investment capacity with the recent closing of its fourth closed-ended Canadian retail value-add property fund.

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How to keep your national tenants happy

If I’ve learned one thing about my tenants over the decades, it’s that it doesn’t matter if it’s national or local, you need to know their business well. However, there are certain nuances of working with a tenant national in scope.

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Real estate brokers masters of our own destiny

As self-governing, quasi-judicial bodies, we in organized real estate were charged with the responsibility of determining how the public will be served by our industry. This was not a responsibility that came easy.

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Six months ago: Skyline doubles Cleveland hotel stake

Skyline International Development Inc. knows something most Canadian real estate companies don’t: it’s hot in Cleveland. While the words “booming” and “Cleveland” have not been used together for decades, the former manufacturing hub on the shore of Lake Erie is enjoying an economic renaissance thanks to the development of a service-, medical- and education-oriented business base.

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One year ago: Waterloo region has record-breaking 2014 investment sales

Although BlackBerry’s (BB-T) downsizing and real estate sell-off have given suburban Waterloo the highest office vacancy rate in the region at 22 per cent, record-breaking investment sales in 2014 and strong market fundamentals are providing grounds for

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