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• The Apartment Building Expert »
  • Four reasons to build new apartments
    Derek Lobo | The Apartment Building Expert | 2014-02-26 | (0) Reply
    Canada’s purpose-built rental apartment industry is about to boom. New units are under construction across Canada, but these scratch the...
  • Canadian apartments enjoy perfect storm of supply and demand
    Derek Lobo | The Apartment Building Expert | 2014-01-30 | (0) Reply
    The past decade has seen a remarkable shift in the purpose-built rental apartment industry. Across Canada, vacancy rates are dropping,...
  • Apartment developers need to think of the children
    Derek Lobo | The Apartment Building Expert | 2014-01-12 | (0) Reply
    The past few years have been very good ones for the purpose-built rental apartment industry. Developers are discovering that years...

• The Legal Corner »
  • Representations v. warranties – Are they different? Do you know the difference?
    Darrell Gold | The Legal Corner | 2014-02-19 | (0) Reply
    Almost every agreement, including many leases, contain clauses that purport to be representations and/or warranties. In many cases the parties...
  • Relief from forfeiture: When does changing the locks make you less secure?
    Darrell Gold | The Legal Corner | 2014-02-06 | (0) Reply
    Typically, changing old locks for new ones should make your premises more secure. However, in the context of commercial leases,...
  • Are you at risk on January 1, 2014? Hiring a contractor and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act
    Darrell Gold | The Legal Corner | 2013-12-04 | (0) Reply
    This article has been contributed by Darrell Gold LLB with Robins Appleby & Taub LLP. Starting January 1, 2013, almost everyone...

• Capital Commentary »
  • The ideal industrial borrower
    Adam Powadiuk | Capital Commentary | 2014-01-30 | (0) Reply
    I frequently find myself being asked the question “what’s the interest rate?” Given that I’m a lender, I’m not surprised...
  • Why is the lending value different from the purchase price?
    Darryl D. Bellwood | Capital Commentary | 2014-01-28 | (0) Reply
    Real estate is never static. It changes regularly, constantly requiring anyone involved to keep current with the market. With so...
  • Trying to maximize apartment leverage? Get out of the city
    Adam Powadiuk | Capital Commentary | 2014-01-17 | (0) Reply
    I was recently presenting to a room full of real estate agents in Montreal. The topic was lending values in...

• Value: Weighed and Measured »
  • Who’s going to brew morning lattes for San Fran vulgarians?
    John Clark | Value: Weighed and Measured | 2014-02-26 | (0) Reply
    A class war has begun in San Francisco. Just look at the papers. Earlier this week, the Ottawa Citizen republished...
  • Speak now, or forever hold your peace on 2014 property taxes
    John Clark | Value: Weighed and Measured | 2014-02-10 | (0) Reply
    It’s that time of year again — tax deadlines are upon us. I’m not referring to income taxes, but property...
  • Too Hot, Too Cold, Just Right: The tale of the three bears city and achieving balanced urban development
    John Clark | Value: Weighed and Measured | 2014-01-22 | (0) Reply
    I always find Vancouver to be an interesting study in contrast and contradictions. The city boasts about how it has...

• REALpac REports »
  • Just how long can Canada’s CRE rise continue?
    Paul Brent | REALpac REports | 2014-02-14 | (0) Reply
    The release of REALpac/IPD Canada Quarterly Property Index in Toronto this week was followed by a panel of four commercial...
  • Canada CRE industry continues winning streak: REALpac/IPD
    Paul Brent | REALpac REports | 2014-02-13 | (0) Reply
    Perhaps the best indication of just how far the Canadian commercial real estate industry has progressed from the dark days...
  • The Canadian commercial real estate sector by the numbers
    Paul Brent | REALpac REports | 2013-12-23 | (0) Reply
    In October, Property Biz Canada delved into some of the really big numbers from REALpac’s recent study The Contribution of...

• The Better Buildings Breakfast »
  • Water management in the commercial real estate sector. Is blue the new green?
    Ann White | The Better Buildings Breakfast | 2013-12-05 | (0) Reply
    For the Jan. 23, 2014 Better Buildings Breakfast we are honoured to have Julia St. Michael with REALpac and Meredith...
  • Bright Green Buildings: The Convergence of Green and Intelligent Buildings
    Ann White | The Better Buildings Breakfast | 2013-09-16 | (0) Reply
    RENX hosts the Better Buildings Breakfast in Ottawa in partnership with James McNeil of J.J. McNeil Commercial.   The Breakfasts are...
  • The occupants' experience of green buildings
    Ann White | The Better Buildings Breakfast | 2013-03-24
    For the April 29th Better Buildings Breakfast we are honored to have Dr. Guy Newsham, Principal Research Officer, National Research...

• RENX Editorial »
  • Will low interest rates and rising U.S. housing prices impact the Canadian market?
    Ann White | RENX Editorial | 2013-09-19 | (0) Reply
    Earlier this week Julien Jacques, of Vancouver-based condo marketing company The Key, took to Twitter to rebut SunLife executive Sadiq...
  • Second weekly edition of Property Biz Canada coming soon!
    Ann White | RENX Editorial | 2013-09-05 | (0) Reply
    This fall Property Biz Canada is taking steps toward becoming a daily business news service in 2014. While the commercial...
  • Welcome to our new website
    Ann White | RENX Editorial | 2013-09-03 | (0) Reply
    RENX is delighted to announce the official unveiling of its brand-new website. The new site is a waypoint on a...