Slate has monopoly at Toronto’s Yonge and St. Clair

Slate has monopoly at Toronto’s Yonge and St. Clair

Five office buildings near the intersection of Toronto’s Yonge Street and St. Clair Avenue were the jewels in Slate Asset Management’s 2013 acquisition of GE Capital’s Canadian real estate holdings, and Slate has since added three more nearby properties as it looks to revitalize the neighbourhood.

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Change at the top for LaSalle Canada

While John McKinlay will become LaSalle Canada’s chief executive officer on Aug. 9, predecessor Zelick Altman will remain active in the financial and professional services firm that specializes in commercial real estate services and investment management.

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CF Rideau Centre redevelopment now complete

The completion of Cadillac Fairview’s $360-million redevelopment of Ottawa’s CF Rideau Centre will be celebrated next week, almost three years after the project was first announced. Located at the centre of the nations capital the CF Rideau Centre is one of Cadillac Fairview’s best performing shopping centres and a major tourist destination.

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Heathwood looking east of Toronto to build homes

The population of Ontario’s Durham Region — anchored by Ajax, Pickering, Whitby and Oshawa — grew by 33 per cent between 2004 and 2014 and is becoming home to a lot of Torontonians who can’t afford to buy a house there.

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Five reasons to buy a Calgary commercial condo now

Are you leasing an office or warehouse space in Calgary? With interest rates at all time lows, now might be a good time to think about buying into your own commercial condo. Commercial condos are an increasingly popular choice for savvy business owners who understand the value of building equity in their own company.

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The employee ownership model at ICR: Pros and cons.

In an earlier, January 2015 blog post I discussed the Employee Purchase of ICR. Nineteen months have passed since that announcement; let’s try and take an objective look at the pros and cons of this method of selling a business.

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Interview with Cathy Grant on boomers

For my book, The Stackable Boomer, we asked Cathy Grant, SVP of Sales and Marketing at Intracorp Projects Ltd for her thoughts on baby boomers.

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Six months ago: REALpac/IPD index trumped by takeover talk

Rumoured takeovers of large Canadian REITs and evolving buying opportunities in Calgary overshadowed Wednesday’s release of theREALpac/IPD Canada Quarterly Property Index in Toronto.  Predatory companies, mainly U.S. big-money investors, have been attracted to the scent of blood in Canadian real estate markets and are poised to pounce, Darren Warren, assistant vice-president with Lincluden Asset Management, noted at the REALpac/MSCI Real Estate Investment Forum.

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One year ago: Edgefront REIT inks trio of deals in July

While many commercial real estate pros are complaining that it is a tough time to do deals, Edgefront REIT has encountered no summer slowdown, inking a trio of deals in July. “There are deals to be had if you are creative in the way that you get them done,” said Kelly Hanczyk, the REIT’s chief executive officer. “We are actually having a pretty busy summer which is wonderful.”

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