Ontario’s housing market went from one of the hottest development booms in history to a landscape of stalled projects, cancelled developments and deepening affordability challenges. Host Adam Jacobs and RESCON president and CEO Richard Lyall unpack how we got here.

Adam Jacobs is joined by Jasmine Young, vice president of advisory for Canada at Zonda, for a deep dive into the state of Ontario’s housing and development market.

Host Adam Jacobs is joined by Michael Le Coche, VP of research and predictive analytics at Fiera Real Estate, a division of Fiera Capital, in diving into the powerful and often invisible macro forces shaping Canadian real estate.

In this episode, host Adam Jacobs of Colliers is joined by Amedeo Prete, head of valuation and investment analytics at BentallGreenOak (BGO). They'll explore a range of topics, including the growing disconnect between appraised values and real market conditions;

Canada’s office market has been through a lot, but it’s starting to feel like things are settling down. In some markets, signs of stability and optimism are emerging.

Activity in the United States economy and office market tends to foreshadow what's coming for Canada by about a year and half.

Host Adam Jacobs is joined by Tony Stillo of Oxford Economics to discuss strategies to help navigate the complexities of real estate decision making, from resilience and underwriting, to the pending USMCA negotiations, interest rates and the housing market.

Canada’s federal government has committed $176 billion over five years to boost productivity and unlock private investment. While on the surface, it sounds transformative, the architects of Canada’s economic future are quietly skeptical about whether this actually works.

Could Canada’s housing crisis and economic headwinds be solved with smarter policy coordination? In this episode of the CRE Talks Economics podcast, host Adam Jacobs is joined by Randall Bartlett, deputy chief economist at Desjardins.

In a new CRE Talks series, Retail Unfiltered, hosts Tina Williams and Bri-Ann Stuart discuss the hot trends and key issues that are front and centre in the retail commercial real estate sector.

New leadership in Ottawa; ongoing trade disorder with the U.S.; inflation and interest rate ups and downs; shifting labour and office markets; and consumer spending habits in flux – it all prompts the need for an economic check-up.

In this episode Colliers' Tonya Lagrasta, global head of sustainability, and Erin O’Hearn, senior property manager, are joined by Matthew Shaw, head, accessible practice at the Rick Hansen Foundation.

In this time of tariff, trade and political tension, Canada's inventory of industrial assets is particularly experiencing turbulence. After all, these are the places where goods and products are made, stored, and from which they are distributed.

Jordan Carlson, president of Anthem Holdings and senior vice-president, investment with Anthem Properties, joins Colliers Canada's head of research, Adam Jacobs and senior managing director, Vancouver Island and Okanagan, Tyler Dolan to discuss debt markets and development.

Pure Industrial executives David Owen and Jonathan Rovira join hosts Jean-Marc Dubé and Arnold Fox, of Colliers, to discuss the company's growth in Canada.

Jeff Hyslop, senior vice-president, asset management and investment with InnVest Hotels, joins Colliers Canada's head of research Adam Jacobs, and hotels managing director Robin McLuskie to explore how Canada’s hotel market is showing promise in both room demand and investment.

Canada’s per-capita GDP has continued to decline as the economy grows more slowly than the population, RBC recently reported. While this uncertain economic news can affect where companies are investing, ESG should remain a priority because it's good for business.

Demographics has become front-page news. Canada's population was 40 million in summer 2023 and within only nine months, surged to 41 million — most of that due to immigration. This growth has an enormous impact on commercial real estate.

Last November, KingSett Capital announced the company had elevated Rob Kumer to the position of CEO while naming former CEO and founder (and previous CRE Talks guest) Jon Love as executive chair of the firm.

Office vacancy and return-to-office have been hot topics this year. In this episode, host Susan Thompson explores both Calgary’s and Vancouver’s unique, and similar, challenges and opportunities in the pursuit of vibrancy and long-term downtown success.  

Claire Fan joined Adam Jacobs for CRE Talks in Toronto to take a deep dive into the Canadian economy, the implications of today's elevated interest rates, and where things might go from here.