14
Oct
2015
King West: Toronto’s Industrial Core Redeveloped
Posted On October 14, 2015  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

Way back when, Toronto’s waterfront and core comprised heavy industrial factories and facilities, including the King West area located west of Spadina Avenue. That area’s largest trade was the rag trade – fashion and textiles. Eventually these industries moved out, but the area wasn’t zoned to […]

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13
Oct
2015
Finger on the Pulse: Toronto’s Hot CRE Market
Posted On October 13, 2015  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has 1 Comment

Two Toronto experts joined the NAIOP Board of Directors at Commercial Real Estate Conference 2015 to provide a deep look into what’s happening in the booming region of Greater Toronto. George Carras, president of RealNet Canada Inc., and Colin Johnston, president, Research, Valuation & Advisory with […]

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13
Oct
2015
What’s Next for the Industrial Sector in 2016?
Posted On October 13, 2015  By Aaron Ahlburn  And has 1 Comment

Big boxes continue to delight global investors – and 2016 promises more of the same. Interest is growing from foreign investors and retailers expanding their distribution center footprints across the country. JLL research found that offshore-driven capital has been one of the biggest participants in 2015 […]

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12
Oct
2015
Canada in the Lead: Smart Grid Impact on Manufacturing Facilities
Posted On October 12, 2015  By Marshall Toner  And has No Comment

Developers and investors alike are asking a question more frequently when assessing a site: “Is there a smart grid?” In Canada, the answer is increasingly yes, and increasingly smart. Blackouts and brownouts come at a tremendous cost to the economy in general — but to manufacturers, […]

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12
Oct
2015
Secular Forces Shaping the Toronto Office Market
Posted On October 12, 2015  By Sam Barbieri  And has No Comment

The Toronto office market is being shaped by trends which have both near-term and long-term impacts. While economic indicators such as GDP and employment growth will always remain important demand drivers, these are largely cyclical forces. There are, however, secular forces at work which sometimes receive […]

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09
Oct
2015
Three Conversation Starters for Non-Hockey Fans
Posted On October 9, 2015  By Chris Ware  And has No Comment

Canadians love talking hockey as much as folks from the U.S. love talking NFL and NCAA football – maybe more. If you tune into TSN, the Canadian answer to ESPN, you will see hockey coverage pretty much year-round. While enjoying the party at the Hockey Hall […]

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08
Oct
2015
A Quick Guide to Canada’s Federal Elections
Posted On October 8, 2015  By Chris Ware  And has No Comment

On October 19, the week after the NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Conference, Canadians will go to the polls for federal elections. And as Canada operates as a parliamentary democracy, it’s a combination of a congressional and a presidential election rolled into one. Since NAIOP members will […]

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07
Oct
2015
Here We Go Again? Fiscal Cliff Redux
Posted On October 7, 2015  By Aquiles Suarez  And has No Comment

Prior to its return from the August recess, we noted that a difficult fall session awaited Congress. Elected officials would face, among other things, a potential government shutdown, expiring highway funding, an unprecedented address to a joint session of Congress by the pope, and a party […]

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05
Oct
2015
The Reality of Commercial Real Estate Personal Marketing
Posted On October 5, 2015  By Mike Kirner  And has 3 Comments

In Northern California’s commercial real estate world, it’s difficult to attract media attention. This applies especially to social media novices and new commercial brokers who do not have a long career track record. More often than not, the quest to gain media attention, followers and social indexing […]

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02
Oct
2015
Industrial’s Top 10
Posted On October 2, 2015  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

Texas is the hottest market for industrial development, according to a top 10 list of states by construction value published in a new report by the NAIOP Research Foundation, “Economic Impacts of Commercial Real Estate, 2015 Edition.” Here’s how the top 10 for industrial shaped up, […]

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