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May 1, 2025
Downtown Montreal's office vacancy is concentrated in handful of buildings
Montreal’s downtown office vacancy rate has continued to move higher in recent quarters and now sits at over 15%, or over 20% for only those buildings actively marketing available space.
May 1, 2025
Top office leases recognized for Toronto
Prominent office leases signed by AstraZeneca PLC, Allstate and Metrolinx negotiated by top dealmakers from Cushman & Wakefield, Avison Young and CBRE are among the first-quarter office leases recognized by CoStar.
May 1, 2025
Top office leases recognized for Edmonton
Prominent office leases signed by Berlin Communications, National Bank and Alberta Surgical Group negotiated by top dealmakers from Avison Young, The Onni Group and CBRE are among the first-quarter office leases recognized by CoStar.
May 1, 2025
Top office leases recognized for Ottawa
Prominent office leases signed by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, Qliqsoft and Eion Wireless negotiated by top dealmakers from Colonnade BridgePort, Sakto, Proveras Commercial Realty and Proveras Commercial Realty are among the first-quarter office leases recognized by CoStar.
May 1, 2025
Top office leases recognized for Montréal
Prominent office leases signed by Actalent, Crédit Agricole and DLA Piper negotiated by top dealmakers from Cushman & Wakefield, Groupe Petra and JLL are among the first-quarter office leases recognized by CoStar.
May 1, 2025
Top office leases recognized for Calgary
Prominent office leases signed by the University of Calgary, Hopewell and Steelhaus Technologies negotiated by top dealmakers from Colliers, Epic Investment Services and Avison Young Commercial Real Estate Services are among the first-quarter office leases recognized by CoStar.
May 1, 2025
Top office leases recognized for Vancouver
Prominent office leases signed by Cassels, Stikeman Elliott and Roper Greyell negotiated by top dealmakers from QuadReal, JLL and Colliers are among the first-quarter office leases recognized by CoStar.
April 30, 2025
CoStar World News for May 1
April 30, 2025
Canadian pension fund looks to sell 31-story office tower in Chicago
A major pension fund in Canada is looking to sell a 31-story office tower in Chicago’s Loop business district in what could become the latest example of downtown properties trading at steep discounts to pre-pandemic values.
April 29, 2025
Buy a Miami condo, get a separate office suite: Developer expands sales deal after strong demand
National developer PMG is launching its second two-for-one deal that offers buyers a separate office suite with the purchase of a residential condo unit in Miami, a move that reflects the changing dynamics of workspace real estate.
April 29, 2025
Developers of The Wharf in DC sell stakes to Canadian financial partner
The developers of The Wharf sold their interests in the project to their Canadian investment partner in a transition for the high-profile Washington, D.C., mixed-use property.
April 29, 2025
Here’s the office building where this urban farmer could grow broccoli, cabbage and more
A company aiming to make Chicago a national model for urban farming is planting roots next to the city’s tallest skyscraper, signing the first of a planned series of long-term leases in downtown office properties.
April 25, 2025
€5 billion in the marketing phase, under exclusivity or under promise in the Paris region office market
For the time being," says Arthur Loyd in its latest study, exclusively available to Business Immo, "the year-end forecasts remain valid. In other words: the market for investment in unmarked commercial real estate should reach between €13 and €16 billion by 2025, compared with just €12.5 billion last year.
April 23, 2025
Shifting US tariffs prompt property pros to balance concern with calculation
Greater Vancouver real estate brokers and investors are doing their best this week to express confidence that the region’s property markets will weather the global turmoil attributed to the U.S. government’s shifting trade policies.
April 23, 2025
A strong dichotomy between real estate asset classes, according to IEIF
IEIF has just published a new version of its study on the comparative performance of investments over the long term, the aim of which is to "put real estate into perspective with other financial investments in terms of levels of performance and risk".
April 18, 2025
Growing federal workforce may affect Ottawa office market
A growing federal workforce has not done much for Ottawa's office vacancy rate, but Avison Young says recent return-to-office mandates could help fill empty spaces and bring people back downtown.
April 16, 2025
CoStar World News for April 17
April 16, 2025
Large Auto Trader deal drives Manchester to best first quarter leasing since 2020
Bruntwood SciTech's signing of Auto Trader to 130,000 square feet at 3 Circle Square helped Manchester city centre to its best first quarter office take-up performance since 2020, according to analysis by the Manchester Office Agents Forum.
April 10, 2025
IMCO manages almost 10% return despite property dragging down results
The Investment Management Corporation of Ontario, the manager of billions of dollars in real estate assets, produced an overall return of nearly 10% last year but said its property holdings dragged down its results.
April 10, 2025
Office leasing in downtown Calgary slowed, but activity suggests it could match the past three years
Leasing activity in Calgary’s downtown core approached 500,000 square feet in the first quarter of the year. While this level of activity is on the lower end of quarterly leasing seen historically, it does provide a relatively healthy starting block toward reaching 2.6 million square feet of annual leasing in 2025, a measure of activity that has been seen over each of the last three years.