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Shedding light on Canada's Emerging Trends in Real Estate
Shedding light on Canada's Emerging Trends in Real Estate
Canada's real estate industry faces both significant challenges and new opportunities. Housing supply and affordability issues are top-of-mind for many, while retail, student and seniors housing, self-storage and industrial properties are demonstrating resilience and, in some cases, outperforming expectations.
QuadReal sells The Post office towers in Vancouver
QuadReal Property Group has sold one of its landmark Vancouver office and commercial properties, the recently-reimagined The Post complex, in what will stand as one of the most significant commercial real estate transactions of 2025.
Farhi details $300M in downtown Windsor developments
Windsor has selected Shmuel Farhi to inject life into a dreary and underused downtown parking lot – part of the developer’s $1B dream for the border city’s waterfront. Farhi Holdings Corporation has roughly five years to revive vacant waterfront land.
TD Coliseum re-opens in Hamilton after $300M renovation
TD Coliseum is officially alive. When Paul McCartney takes the stage at the newly renovated arena Nov. 21, it marks the start of a long-awaited new chapter for Hamilton.
Toronto City Council approves 13 development projects
Thirteen development applications across Etobicoke, North York, Midtown, Downtown and Scarborough were adopted by Toronto City Council at its November meeting last week, advancing zoning permissions for projects ranging from freehold townhouses to towers reaching 84 storeys.
Brossard, Que. is moving forward with its first 30-storey tower
Freshly re-elected, Brossard Mayor Doreen Assaad has just approved the construction of the first 30-storey tower near the Panama station of the Réseau express métropolitain (REM). Thousands of housing units are planned for the area in the coming years.
Building height increases proposed for Heather Lands site
A development company comprised of Aquilini Development and the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations has submitted a new rezoning application for the Heather Lands site that requests a significant increase in building heights.
Redevelopment of Lansdowne mall site passes initial hurdle
Plans to dramatically transform one of Richmond’s central landmarks, the sprawling Lansdowne Centre shopping mall, into a mixed-use community passed an initial hurdle recently with city council’s approval of a master plan for green space on the site.
Aritzia to open flagship store in downtown Vancouver
Aritzia is set to open a massive flagship store in its hometown. The Vancouver-headquartered clothing company announced its plans to open a 40,000-square-foot retail store at CF Pacific Centre in 2027.
Conestoga Mall welcomes new retailers
Conestoga Mall in Waterloo has welcomed two new key retailers to its tenant mix – Ardene and Chipotle. “This marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter at Conestoga Mall,” said Lauren Robbers, vice president, leasing, Primaris REIT (PMZ-UN-T).
Commercial shingle recycling facility opens in Calgary
Northstar Clean Technologies Inc. (ROOF-X) has opened its Calgary asphalt shingle recycling facility, its first commercial-scale asset, and marked the occasion with the announcement of a five-year service contract with the City of Calgary.
OSFI plans looser bank rules to boost business loans
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) is proposing to ease capital rules for certain corporate and real estate loans, aiming to fuel more business investment in the country.
‘Buy Canadian’ leads to real estate rebound in ski towns
Real estate in Canada’s biggest ski towns is rebounding as Canadians look to buy more locally to push back against United States tariffs. Real estate agents in 16 of the 18 biggest ski destinations in Canada have seen increased sales.
Real estate podcasts
Tiffany Duzita, RCG Group: Building community, People Who Perform
Justin Smith, Hawkeye Wealth: How to win in a tight capital market, CRE Podcast
ZERO Growth: How population targets will reshape housing, Vancouver Life RE
Miami’s priciest office abandoned by failed Brazilian bank
Banco Master SA, the failed Brazilian bank at the centre of a swirling financial scandal, made waves of a different sort last year, when it paid record rent for the last available office space in Miami’s most exclusive skyscraper.
'Everybody's in the game' as REIT M&A picks up steam
Investors have announced plans to spend roughly US$3B to take three REITs private since September. It’s a modest sum in the US$1T-plus REIT market, but could signal the dam is finally breaking after period of stagnation.
Broad equity and REIT market divergence offers opportunity
Broad equity and REIT market valuations diverge from time to time. The recent strong performance of the U.S. equity market relative to REITs has resulted in equity valuation multiples soaring above similar REIT metrics.
Builders of the boom: Top-10 data centre developers
The U.S. data centre real estate market is booming, driven by growing demand for cloud services, AI, edge computing and data storage. AI is the primary catalyst for expansion, and it’s driving innovation around sustainability and energy sources.
Industry Events
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Global Property Market
Dec 02 2025
Fairmont Royal York
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Toronto Real Estate Forum
Dec 03 2025
to Dec 04 2025
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
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Apartment Development & Affordable Housing Conference
Dec 03 2025
to Dec 04 2025
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South
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Québec Apartment Investment Conference
Feb 04 2026
Palais des congrès de Montréal
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BUILDEX Vancouver
Feb 11 2026
to Feb 12 2026
Vancouver Convention Centre West
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