The GTA industrial investment market remains resilient in 2025. Despite the narrative of a “slow market”, 2025 is tracking as the third-strongest year on record for GTA industrial investment by dollar volume - behind only the exceptional 2021–2022 period.

Rising land and construction costs in Atlantic Canada are stifling new industrial development in the region at a time when demand has risen alongside a fast-growing population.

After two years of cost volatility, policy uncertainty and cautious capital, Canada’s commercial real estate (CRE) financing market is entering a more rational phase.

UPDATED: H&R REIT (HR-UN-T) has announced the first of a promised series of major property sales, confirming agreements with “multiple buyers” to divest interests in dozens of North American office and retail assets worth $1.5 billion.

Investing in condo development today is daunting, but Fengate Asset Management and The Molinaro Group have partnered to complete a $240M, 18-storey tower in Burlington, Ont. Fengate is also getting purpose-built rental and seniors housing projects under way.

Parkit Enterprise (PKT-X) intends to begin construction on a multifamily project it has been planning for over three years, after taking on two partners for the twin-tower development at 568 Second St., in London, Ont., across from Fanshawe College.

Mattamy Homes is continuing to move forward with several major housing developments in the GTA, breaking ground on the first condominium tower at The Laurels in Milton, and launching Phase 3 at The Nine in nearby Mississauga.

A new Accelerated Lending Program being offered by Toronto’s Cameron Stephens Mortgage Capital Ltd., has been greeted with a rapid uptake within the commercial real estate industry, topping $100 million in loan commitments in just four months.

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 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.

Simplification and an increased focus on North American assets are the order of the day for Toronto-based Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT (NWH-UN-T), says its CEO Zachary Vaughan.

Brookfield (BN-T) announced this morning a US$100-billion investment strategy, in partnership with NVIDIA and the Kuwait Investment Authority, designed to keep the Canadian company at the forefront of the global artificial intelligence infrastructure race.

Downtown Toronto’s The Well is about to get a significant new tenant, with co-owners Allied Properties REIT (AP-UN-T) and RioCan REIT (REI-UN-T) announcing the lease of four additional floors in the multi-tower mixed-use downtown highrise complex.

The optimism expressed by Ravelin Properties REIT chief executive officer Shant Poladian in an April conversation with RENX continued in an interview following the release of its Q3 2025 financial and operational results.

In the heart of every market cycle lies a moment of profound doubt: the eye of the storm, where headlines scream doom, confidence evaporates, and the temptation is to hunker down and wait. We’re there now in Canadian real estate.

QuadReal has secured a lease for approximately 75 per cent of the 1.12-million-square-foot first building at Station Twelve industrial park in Caledon, northwest of Toronto. Phase I of the complex comprises about 2 million square feet of space.

Loblaw is on the hunt for retail space in Atlantic Canada as the grocery chain looks to continue enhancing its presence on the East Coast. It's seeking that space in the region's "hottest" CRE asset class.

Michelle Taggart has joined the third generation to take on leadership roles within Ottawa’s Taggart Group of Companies, assuming the presidency of Tamarack Homes, Taggart Investments and Tartan Homes. We also chronicle executive moves at Colliers, REALTOR.ca, FCT and more...

H&R REIT (HR-UN-T) has ended its strategic review with plans to continue in its present form, although its portfolio is to be several billion dollars smaller by the end of 2025, its Q3 financial report and corporate update states.

Alberta’s economy is poised to reap the benefits of multi-billion-dollar investments coming to the province in the near future, according to Scott Hutcheson, the executive chair of Aspen Properties. 

Elysium Investments has submitted applications for two new large-scale purpose-built rental apartment projects in Toronto, where its chief executive officer Sayf Hassan believes we’re entering a new “golden age of development."

As JLL Canada celebrates 25 years of operations, we talk with CEO Alan MacKenzie about the company's past, the key areas where it sees growth today, and he looks ahead to where several key CRE sectors might be headed. 

Angela Sahi is taking the final step in her progression up the ranks at Morguard Corporation (MRC-T), assuming the role of president and chief executive officer as the family-owned company’s founder and leader, K. Rai Sahi, steps back.

Hankyu Hanshin Properties has entered its second joint venture with Graywood Developments, partnering to develop a 53-storey, 591-apartment build-to-rent tower at 241 Church St. in Toronto, the companies announced Wednesday.

Broccolini has started construction on Automann’s new 333,363 square-foot logistics facility in Caledon, Ont. as part of a unique deal with the heavy-duty truck and trailer components supplier.