NexusCrowd, Downing Street JV on crowdfunding

NexusCrowd, Downing Street JV on crowdfunding

Crowdfunding startup NexusCrowd Inc. is celebrating its second successful money raise, gathering up $500,000 over five weeks for a GTA industrial redevelopment. The raise was part of a $5.8-million equity raise for Toronto-based Downing Street Realty Partners.

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Vancouver apartment site listing draws global interest

The Goodman Report listing for Southview Gardens has received the biggest click-through Mark Goodman has seen since becoming a partner at the family-run real estate business in 2002. “I’ve never been inundated like I have on this offering,” Goodman said.

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Espace Montmorency builds Montoni’s legacy

Groupe Montoni, which marked its 20th anniversary in October, got its third decade off to a strong start in November by partnering on the $420-million Espace Montmorency development project in Laval, Que. “We own three million square feet of office, industrial and institutional buildings,” business development director Mike Jager said of the Laval-based company’s growth.

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Avison Young acquires appraisal firm Metrix Ontario

Avison Young’s claim to being the world’s fastest growing commercial real estate services firm was bolstered in the new year with its acquisition of Toronto-based property appraisal company Metrix Realty Group (Ontario) Inc.

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Conference Board may be overly optimistic

Traditionally, the general economic activity affecting Saskatchewan’s commercial real estate industry is impacted by three main outputs: agriculture, energy and potash. The Conference Board of Canada has forecast two per cent GDP growth in 2016.

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Will investors play real estate as a safe haven in 2016?

We’re starting the year with oil prices that remain at record lows, stock market volatility, continued Middle East conflict and an activist Liberal government in Ottawa.

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A perfect storm of social trends

In the current economic situation, the market for most things, including real estate, has changed dramatically. Five interconnected social trends had been developing at their own pace, but have seemingly been accelerated by market conditions.

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RENX top 100 stories picks for 2015

As a new year-end feature edition, published on Dec. 24, RENX selected 100 news reports highlighting the top real estate stories of 2105. Our choice of the top five most significant stories of the past year is placed at the top of the newsletter. Do you agree with our selection? What have we missed? Comment on the RENX website or at RENXca on Twitter.

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2016 trends, strategies, predictions for Canadian real estate

RENX has compiled a summary of 25 articles forecasting the trends and strategies that will shape the year ahead.  In other articles companies and writers make predictions about what to expect in 2016 a year, a bold undertaking in the wake of 2015 a year of unforeseen change such as the tumble in oil prices and decline in the loonie.  Send us your feedback about the debut special edition of Property Biz Canada on the RENX.ca website or on Twitter at  RENXca. 

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One year ago: Real estate trends to watch for in 2015

Increased mixed-use development in downtown core areas, the globalization of REITs and pension funds, continuing low interest rates, and creating corporate cultures to attract and retain top talent are among real estate trends to look for in 2015. Lori-Ann Beausoleil, a partner in the Canadian real estate advisory practice for PwC Canada, moderated a wide-ranging prognosticative panel session at the Real Estate Forum at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Dec. 3.

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Six months ago: TD Centre concourse a ‘most productive’ shopping centre

When most people think of Toronto’s TD Centre, it’s the six iconic office towers in the heart of the city’s financial district that first come to mind. But it was the centre’s concourse that was responsible for its 19th place ranking on Retail Insider’s list of Canada’s most productive shopping centres with sales of $818 per square foot.

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