Barbara Carss

Ottawa commercial landlords get word that federal public servants will be required to return to formal offices for 40 to 60% of their working hours in 2023

Purpose-built rental housing deemed a favoured investment asset based on Canada’s demographic trends and seemingly chronic supply-demand imbalance

Cooling positioned as a key amenity Ontario renters should generally be able to enjoy in proposed amendments to the provincial Residential Tenancies Act

Fitting remedies for defaulted real estate loans vary with insolvency circumstances and the perspectives of lenders and borrowers, legal specialists advise

Foreign investors contemplating Canada’s multifamily market may see more theoretical than actual opportunity given the current scarcity of available supply

AI expertise is in demand in many office-using sectors, spurring job growth and leasing in North American hubs for tech-related employment

Fastidious work to wrangle data and train the models required before commercial real estate reaps the efficiencies and insights AI is expected to deliver

Data centres seen to be favoured investment assets into the future given surging demand for connectivity and emerging AI and smart technologies

Clinically fit space is on the leasing agenda as licence applicants for Ontario’s new surgical and diagnostic centres prepare to become operational quickly

Sustainable proptech to enable decarbonization, energy efficiency and resilience in the built environment sees growing end-user demand and investor support