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

GWL Realty Advisors is entering the industrial strata market with a 120,486-square-foot, 14-unit speculative development called Leslie Link just north of Toronto in the town of Richmond Hill.

JEMB Realty Corporation and BUSAC Real Estate have put Place Dupuis, a large office and retail property in the east end of downtown Montreal, on the market via CBRE.

GUEST SUBMISSION: Canada's CRE market has demonstrated remarkable resilience. Trade and tariff tensions have undoubtedly slowed momentum, but market performance has generally exceeded expectations. Let's explore some key findings from JLL’s 2026 Canadian Commercial Real Estate Outlook. 

After listing two big assets last year, Toronto-based developer Humbold Properties has listed an additional eight properties for sale, according to a CBRE marketing brochure obtained by RENX.

Incentives have become both a reflex and a reality in rental housing. The gap between perception and reality is where a valuable intelligence layer lives. 

One of Canada’s most iconic hotel and resort properties, the Fairmont Chateau Montebello on the banks of the Ottawa River midway between Ottawa and Montréal, is now for sale after being pushed into receivership last year.

SmartStop Self Storage has hit a milestone with its Canadian properties, opening its 50th self-storage facility in the country at 1983 Kipling Ave., in Toronto.

Vancouver-based Chard Development now sees purpose-built rental development as essential to its portfolio and not a temporary response to a challenging condo pre-sale market. 

Canadian real estate remains attractive to foreign investors for several reasons, including its political stability, tax structure and certainty, and how it has outperformed the American market — and with less volatility — over the past 20 years.

Montreal-based Leyad has made another addition to its rapidly growing retail portfolio with the off-market acquisition of Lloyd Mall in Lloydminster, Alta. The mall has 37 stores, services and restaurants in over 200,000 square feet of gross leasable area. 

Avison Young has signed a tenant for 470,000 square feet of Pure Industrial’s 1.21-million-square-foot Lakeridge Logistics Centre at 537 Kingston Rd. E. in Ajax, just east of Toronto.

In a slower housing market, developers can revisit assumptions formed when demand was stronger. Design decisions that once prioritized construction speed and density can be subject to greater scrutiny. Back-to-back townhomes might be a good place to start.

It's a busy time at Yarra, the purpose-built student housing platform of Elysium Investments Inc. Plans have been unveiled for its first development in Guelph, Ont. and the firm is about to close on a development site in Toronto.

Even as economic headwinds blow through the sector, Metro Vancouver’s rental apartment resale market achieved stronger results than many expected in 2025, according to a year-end report from Goodman Commercial. 

Colliers has announced two executive appointments: Christian Mayer as global chief financial officer and CEO of commercial real estate, and Elias Mulamoottil global chief investment officer and CEO of engineering. We also report moves by REALPAC, Kadestone, CPP Investments...

Colonnade BridgePort and the Fiera Real Estate CORE Fund have officially broken ground on Junction Central, a mixed-use residential community designed to transform an underutilized 4.9-acre site at 25 Pickering Place just inside Ottawa’s urban boundary.

In advance of International Women’s Day (March 8), ULI Toronto’s Women’s Leadership Initiative presented an event addressing real estate industry leadership. Participants explored real-world habits, lessons and leadership styles helping teams navigate uncertainty, growth and change.

Construction has begun on the first phase of a major Edmonton mixed-use development in Strathearn, kicking off what could eventually become a community of 1,900 new housing units. Rockwell Investments and Canderel are leading a partnership of four developers.

Amazon (AMZN-Q) is continuing to expand its network of last-mile delivery hubs in smaller Canadian cities and towns, with the announcement this morning of new facilities in Lethbridge, Alta., and the Ontario city of Owen Sound.

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.

Construction has begun for The Bedford, By Burnac's high-end 13-storey condominium at 287 Davenport Rd. in Toronto's Yorkville-Annex neighbourhood. The family owned developer is known for a series of such developments in the downtown area.

It may not be a big breadwinner, but the most prominent office-to-residential conversion in downtown Montreal was worth the investment, says George Armoyan Jr., developer of the 211-unit Le Samuel.

GUEST SUBMISSION: Ottawa has experienced a significant increase in rental development. We reached the highest supply delivery on record in 2025 – over 4,000 units – and momentum continues with close to 4,200 additional units to be completed in 2026...

As tariffs, shifting trade policies and geopolitical uncertainty impact Canada's economy, five real estate industry experts provided insights into what’s happening in the office, multiresidential, industrial and retail markets during RealCapital in Toronto.