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Parag Khanna

Why Regionalization and Resilience Will Define the Next Era of CRE Investment

  • September 10, 2025
At CRE.Converge in Toronto this week, global strategist Parag Khanna, founder and CEO of AlphaGeo, painted a bold picture of how shifting geopolitics, climate pressures and technological change are reshaping the commercial real estate landscape across North America and beyond. His central theme: Investors must look beyond risk and lean into resilience to identify the markets best positioned for long-term growth.
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Beyond the Core: Investors Eye Emerging Data Center Markets

Beyond the Core: Investors Eye Emerging Data Center Markets

  • September 10, 2025
“Data centers, for latency reasons, had to be located near certain customers, certain population hubs. So, we saw these markets emerge where there was a lot of data center concentration [such as] Northern Virginia, Dallas, Phoenix,” explained Elissa Wilson during a panel discussion this week at CRE.Converge in Toronto. But the artificial intelligence-driven surge in demand over the past two years has opened opportunities in new markets where power is still abundant and grids are less constrained.
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Capital markets deals in action

Capital Markets in Practice: Deals, Debt and Dynamics

  • September 10, 2025
The Canadian and U.S. real estate markets continue to move on distinct but parallel trajectories, shaped by interest rates, investor sentiment, capital structures and local regulation. That distinction is due to the delta between interest rates in both countries, said Jeff Wagner, senior managing director, IPA markets, Marcus & Millichap, during a session this week at CRE.Converge in Toronto.
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Maintaining Asset Value in an Era of Climate Change and Risk

Maintaining Asset Value in an Era of Climate Change and Risk

  • September 10, 2025
Weather and climate disasters result in catastrophic insurance losses, from wildfires to floods, winter storms and tornadoes. They’re increasing in frequency, with so-called 100-year floods now happening several times in a decade. In a CRE.Converge panel this week in Toronto, four climate and sustainability experts gathered to discuss how commercial real estate assets are impacted in an era of climate change.
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How Redevelopment, Demographics and Growth Are Shaping Canadian CRE

How Redevelopment, Demographics and Growth Are Shaping Canadian CRE

  • September 10, 2025
Commercial real estate has faced challenges in the last year due to an uncertain macroeconomic environment and demographic shifts, said Peter Norman, vice president and economic strategist, Altus Group, at NAIOP’s CRE.Converge conference this week in Toronto.
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Data center boom

Four Ways That Sustainability Is Changing the Data Center Boom

  • September 10, 2025
Since the first wave of the data center boom in the early 2010s, when fiber optic technology separated from copper and could carry large amounts of data, this evolving sector of commercial real estate has become an area of major focus today, especially when it comes to building with sustainability in mind.
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How To Design Office Properties for Real Workdays and Stronger Returns

How To Design Office Properties for Real Workdays and Stronger Returns

  • September 10, 2025
Some people have mastered the kitchen-table commute. If the office is going to win them back, it has to make the day better: an easier trip in, a welcome that feels human, and tools and rooms that work from the moment you arrive.
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Pioneering Sustainable Design in Industrial Development

Pioneering Sustainable Design in Industrial Development

  • September 10, 2025
North America’s first mass timber constructed warehouse in Brampton, Canada, was profiled at NAIOP’s CRE.Converge conference this week in Toronto. Bulit by Prologis, the 246,000-square-foot facility was made using glued-laminated timber columns and beams, three-ply cross-laminated timber roof panels and SIN beams.
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