GTA office sales bolster record CRE investment

GTA office sales bolster record CRE investment

Commercial real estate investment in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is on pace to set a record this year after $4.6 billion in transactions took place in the third quarter. Avison Young, in a new report, says the level of activity, bolstered by strong investor interest in office buildings, was 12 per cent higher than the previous quarter.

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Greenwich tops long list of Melcor’s Calgary developments

Melcor Developments remains bullish on the Calgary region with a whopping 14 major projects on the go.
At the top of the list is the 70-acre Greenwich mixed-use development located across the TransCanada Highway from Winsport, formerly Canada Olympic Park.

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Scarborough church building seniors condominiums

“We’re not just building a building, we’re building a community,” Trinity Ravine Towers chief executive officer Kern Kalideen said of Global Kingdom Ministries’ adult lifestyle condominium development which had its ceremonial groundbreaking on Oct. 19. Trinity Ravine Towers is located on the same 11-acre property as a church built by Global Kingdom Ministries at 1250 Markham Rd. in Scarborough in 2008.

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Transit, mixed-use driving Ottawa’s major developments

During the next decade, the City of Ottawa might finally be about to shed some of its reputation as a big city with a small town feel. That’s certainly likely to be the case in and around its downtown. At the 2017 Ottawa Real Estate Forum, executives crafting four of Ottawa’s largest developments offered overviews of their projects and weighed-in on trends shaping their planning and construction.

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There’s a pattern to Saskatoon’s industrial vacancy rates

Our latest 3Q17 market report shows a very slight increase of 10 basis points to 8.1 per cent in Saskatoon’s overall industrial vacancy rate. This very marginal change does not alter our belief that this market has stabilized.

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Six months ago: Rent controls could be ‘very damaging’: FRPO

The head of the Federation of Rental-housing Providers of Ontario (FRPO) says one key plank in the province’s Fair Housing Plan could be “very damaging” to the GTA’s rental housing sector. Rent controls could stall the construction of new purpose-built rental apartments, said FRPO president/chief executive officer Jim Murphy.

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One year ago: Vancouver’s Concert Properties is a developing story

Concert Properties, which has evolved over its 27-history from a residential developer to a diversified real estate owner and operator, this month announced the completion of its CREC Commercial Fund LP.

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