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December 22, 2025
Ontario Teachers' appoints new managing director of real estate
The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board has appointed an executive based in London to oversee its real estate team’s strategy, portfolio and asset management activities globally.
December 19, 2025
CPP Investments forms $3 billion partnership to invest in last-mile warehouses
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is making one of its largest recent bets on domestic real estate with a $3 billion joint venture targeting last-mile industrial assets, a move that comes during a period of heightened scrutiny over how Canada’s biggest retirement fund allocates capital.
December 18, 2025
Canadian pension fund buys Sun Belt shopping centres to expand in US
Oxford Properties, a global real estate investor owned by a Canadian pension fund, is expanding its U.S. real estate holdings with the acquisition of more than 1 million square feet of open-air retail space in a rapidly growing Sun Belt market through a joint venture with Pine Tree of Chicago.
December 18, 2025
Canada shoppers face first holiday season without Hudson's Bay since 1881
On a bitterly cold December day in Montreal, the Hudson’s Bay flagship at 585 Sainte Catherine Street West sat eerily quiet as the building with hundreds of thousands of square feet of retail space was locked tight. Instead of hosting bustling shoppers, the empty building symbolized the end of a long-held retail tradition across Canada.
December 18, 2025
On foreign buyer ban, softer housing markets could benefit from precision over prohibition
Canada’s housing crisis is multifaceted: Picture a Venn diagram of overlapping issues involving affordability, availability and price stability. In an ideal world, home prices would remain relatively flat on a nominal basis while the country increased productivity and wage growth, helping to address housing affordability issues.
December 17, 2025
Avison Young adds three principals to Ontario occupier services team
Commercial real estate adviser Avison Young has appointed Jarrod Bogler, Howard Bogler and Elliot Greenberg as principals and senior vice presidents on its Ontario occupier services team.
December 16, 2025
HBC, Sears closings at Primaris centers clear path for expanding retailers
Primaris REIT’s new leasing strategy, an approach that aims to fill vacancies left by longtime retailers Hudson’s Bay Co. and Sears, reflects Canada’s current economic landscape where shoppers are looking for lower prices.
December 12, 2025
Renters see more options as Canada's apartment vacancy rate rises to 3.1%
Canada’s housing crisis has begun to ease as the national apartment vacancy rate has increased to 3.1%, above the threshold that the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says indicates high demand and tighter markets.
December 12, 2025
Industrial market's stabilization may boost property values, market liquidity
The industrial property investment market in Toronto has fluctuated significantly, a phenomenon that shows up when comparing completed sales from the first 11 months of each year.
December 11, 2025
Multifamily valuations face structural limits
Toronto’s multifamily market has been buoyed by chronic undersupply, but cracks are beginning to appear.
December 10, 2025
Bank of Canada holds rates steady as property pros seek resumption of cuts
The Bank of Canada's decision to keep its overnight rate at 2.25% prompted commercial real estate professionals to say they are already looking forward to when cuts can resume.
December 10, 2025
Toronto's office leasing recovery may spur investment activity
Toronto’s office investment market still faces significant headwinds, with sales volumes plummeting to $1.05 billion in the first 11 months of 2025 from $4.28 billion in 2022, the lowest since the pandemic's onset. But investor sentiment toward office space is gradually improving.
December 9, 2025
Toronto's retail investment outlook turns less optimistic due to macroeconomic factors
Investment in Toronto retail properties has had a strong run, but signs of cooling are beginning to emerge in a reflection of both market dynamics and shifting investor priorities.
December 8, 2025
Municipal development charges cited as significant cost for builders
Some developers are saying municipal development charges have put a stick in the spokes of their real estate projects in Canada, just as Ottawa pushes for a surge in construction, and a new federal research study shows how such fees can vary widely across the country.
December 8, 2025
Costco to expand Business Centre concept across country
Costco Wholesale says it opened its fifth Business Centre store in Ontario, just north of Toronto, in East Gwillimbury, as it looks to grow the new concept across the country.
December 8, 2025
Why the housing correction won’t trigger a banking crisis
While the housing market is correcting, there are some specific reasons why it won't end up as a repeat of 2008.
December 5, 2025
Architect Frank Gehry remembered for buildings ‘that elevated the human spirit’
Architect Frank Gehry is remembered for an ability that won him worldwide acclaim for designing buildings that appear to defy gravity, with extreme curves and walls so steeply angled they seem to be falling over.
December 5, 2025
How AI’s effect on real estate is expected to accelerate in 2026
The integration of artificial intelligence in the real estate industry for a wide span of uses, from predictive maintenance to energy optimization and system-to-system information flow, is expected to have a noticeable effect in 2026, according to a report issued by PwC and the Urban Land Institute.
December 4, 2025
Asking apartment rents fall in Canada's three biggest cities
After years of steep rent hikes driven by tight vacancy rates and fierce competition for housing, apartment landlords in Canada’s three largest cities are cutting asking rents to attract tenants.
December 3, 2025
Dream group office executive takes C-suite slot at its industrial company
One of Canada’s largest publicly traded industrial real estate investment trusts has tapped a veteran of the group to fill a key leadership position.

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