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Q1 2025 Insight, Toronto-North Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets April 25th, 2025 Another week has gone by and investors and occupiers alike remain uncertain about how the economic landscape will unfold in the coming weeks and months. A looming federal election, along with...
Q1 2025: Toronto-Central Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets April 11th, 2025 Another week has gone by and investors and occupiers alike remain uncertain about how the economic landscape will unfold in the coming weeks and months. A looming federal election, along with...
Tariffs Leave Mark of Uncertainty on Supply Chains
April 4th, 2025 “There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.” Niccolo Machiavelli We are undoubtedly in an economic situation unseen for...
From Small Bays to Mega Warehouses: Why Rents Are Softening Across the Board
March 28th, 2025 Not all industrial properties are created equal. Each has its own story; its unique opportunities and challenges. From its location, access, and connectivity to its deeper specifications such as clear height, door ratio, power capabilities, and bay...
Tenants Gain Leverage as Sublets Flood the Market
March 21st, 2025 Did you know that sublease availability in the GTA industrial market has soared to 6.3 million square feet in Q4 2024? This isn’t just a statistic—it’s a sign of a market undergoing significant change. With total availability reaching a decade-high of...
Rental Rate Trends and Future Outlook for the GTA Industrial Market
March 14th, 2025 What happens when a market that’s been running hot for a decade suddenly cools? In the GTA’s industrial sector, the answer is unfolding now: rental rates are easing across the board, with a 1.2% drop in the past quarter alone—the third consecutive...
Take Control of Your Property Taxes: 5 Tips for 2025
March 7th, 2025 Co-Authored with Jason Crane and Sandi Prendergast, Ryan Did you know that despite property assessments in Ontario being based on 2016 market values, the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) added over $5.7 billion in value to the business...
State of the GTA Industrial Market
Feburary 28th, 2025 Did the GTA Industrial Market Just Hit a Breaking Point? Picture this: vacancy rates soaring to a nine-year high, demand plummeting to an 11-year low, and a flood of new supply hitting the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) all at once. It’s not just a...
Q4 2024 Insight, Toronto-West Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets February 21st, 2025 As we close out Q4 2024, the industrial real estate market in the Greater Toronto Area’s West markets — comprised of the submarkets within Peel and Halton Regions — continues to evolve. The...
Q4 2024 Insight, Toronto-East Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets February 14th, 2025 As we look back on the fourth quarter of 2024, the industrial real estate market in the Greater Toronto Area’s East markets — including Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, and Oshawa — has shown a mixed...
Q4 2024 Insight, Toronto-North Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets February 7th, 2024 As we reflect on the final quarter of 2024, the industrial real estate landscape in the Greater Toronto Area’s northern markets — including Vaughan, Markham, Richmond Hill, Aurora, and Newmarket...
Q4 2024 Insight, Toronto-Central Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets January 31st, 2025 As we reflect on the fourth quarter of 2024, the industrial real estate landscape across the Central Toronto markets — including Toronto, North York, Etobicoke, and Scarborough — reveals key...
Project Stargate: The Data Center Revolution
January 24th, 2025 “Our intuition about the future is linear. But the reality of information technology is exponential, and that makes a profound difference. If I take 30 steps linearly, I get to 30. If I take 30 steps exponentially, I get to a billion.” Ray Kurzweil...
How Might Tariffs Impact Industrial Real Estate
January 17th, 2025 As we enter into a New Year, we find ourselves in situation that is more profound than another rotation around the Sun. Between 12 to 18 months ago, the Greater Toronto industrial market faced an inflexion point as interest rates increased quickly...
Wishing You the Best of the Holiday Season, Health, and Happiness in the New Year
December 20th, 2024 Another year has flown by; another period with its own story, memories, adversity, and triumphs. The Greater Toronto industrial market has, too, seen its share as we emerged from a challenging business landscape. Looking forward to 2025, we can...
GTA Industrial – 2024 State of the Market
December 13th, 2024 “Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.” Marcus Aurelius As we wind down 2024, a number of thoughts can creep into our minds. First off - how did we get here so quickly? Next,...
Beyond the Kitchen: How Food-Specific Properties Drive Operational Excellence
December 6th, 2024 "Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.” Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and recipient of Nobel Peace Prize There has been a shift. What was once gridlocked by indecision...
Built to Serve: Essential Features of Food Industry Facilities
November 29th, 2024 "Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.” Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and recipient of Nobel Peace Prize There has been a shift. What was once gridlocked by indecision...
From Farm to Fork: Industrial Real Estate’s Role in Feeding the GTA (and the World)
November 22nd, 2024 "Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.” Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and recipient of Nobel Peace Prize There has been a shift. What was once gridlocked by indecision...
Q3 2024 Insight, Toronto-West Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets November 15th, 2024 “The four most expensive words in the English language are, ‘This time it’s different.’” Sir John Templeton Just like every economic cycle before now, market participants have been subject to...
Q3 2024 Insight, Toronto-East Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets November 8th, 2024 “The four most expensive words in the English language are, ‘This time it’s different.’” Sir John Templeton Just like every economic cycle before now, market participants have been subject to...
Q3 2024 Insight, Toronto-North Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets November 1st, 2024 “The four most expensive words in the English language are, ‘This time it’s different.’” Sir John Templeton Just like every economic cycle before now, market participants have been subject to...
Q3 2024 Insight, Toronto-Central Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets October 25th, 2024 “The four most expensive words in the English language are, ‘This time it’s different.’” Sir John Templeton Just like every economic cycle before now, market participants have been subject to...
Warehouse 4.0: Examples of Heavy-Powered Facilities Maximizing Space and Throughput
October 18th, 2024 “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” Isaac Newton When riding a wave at its peak, few seldom stop to think about the next sequence of events as it inevitably comes down. This doesn’t mean that every bull run is followed by a...
Industrial Shift: The Rise of the Heavy-Powered Warehouse
October 4th, 2024 “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” Isaac Newton When riding a wave at its peak, few seldom stop to think about the next sequence of events as it inevitably comes down. This doesn’t mean that every bull run is followed by a...
Power-Driven Industry: The Critical Role of Electrical Capacity in Industrial Real Estate
September 27th, 2024 “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” Isaac Newton When riding a wave at its peak, few seldom stop to think about the next sequence of events as it inevitably comes down. This doesn’t mean that every bull run is followed by...
Juicing Up: How to Bring Power to an Industrial Facility
September 20th, 2024 “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” Isaac Newton When riding a wave at its peak, few seldom stop to think about the next sequence of events as it inevitably comes down. This doesn’t mean that every bull run is followed by...
Watt Matters: The Impact of Heavy Power on Industrial Real Estate
September 13th, 2024 “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” Isaac Newton When riding a wave at its peak, few seldom stop to think about the next sequence of events as it inevitably comes down. This doesn’t mean that every bull run is followed by...
Q2 2024 Insight, Toronto-West Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets September 6th, 2024 "Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.” John Locke Throughout the epic rise of industrial real estate - as a direct result of a boom in...
Q2 2024 Insight, Toronto-East Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets August 23rd, 2024 "Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.” John Locke Throughout the epic rise of industrial real estate - as a direct result of a boom in...
Q2 2024 Insight, Toronto-North Markets
August 16th, 2024 "Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.” John Locke Throughout the epic rise of industrial real estate - as a direct result of a boom in logistics and e-commerce - we saw record-breaking rents,...
Q2 2024: Toronto-Central Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets August 9th, 2024 "Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.” John Locke Throughout the epic rise of industrial real estate - as a direct result of a boom in...
Vaughan Industrial Market: An In-Depth Look
July 26th, 2024 “Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do.”Steve JobsWith all of the distractions out in the world, social media, and our general daily lives - not to mention the constant bombardment of new information - it would be virtually...
Scarborough Industrial Market: An In-Depth Look
July 19th, 2024 “Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do.” Steve Jobs With all of the distractions out in the world, social media, and our general daily lives - not to mention the constant bombardment of new information - it would be virtually...
Etobicoke Industrial Market: An In-Depth Look
July 12th, 2024 “Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do.” Steve Jobs With all of the distractions out in the world, social media, and our general daily lives - not to mention the constant bombardment of new information - it would be virtually...
North York Industrial Market: An In-Depth Look
July 5th, 2024 “Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do.” Steve Jobs With all of the distractions out in the world, social media, and our general daily lives - not to mention the constant bombardment of new information - it would be virtually...
Wishing You a Happy Canada Day!
June 28th, 2024 With the coming holidays, many of us will be taking some deserved time off to recharge and relax; a brief pause at the halfway point of an extremely busy year. It will also be an opportunity to reflect, to operate at a different pace, and to strategize...
GTA Industrial Land Leasing Opportunities in 2024
June 21st, 2024 It was only a few short years ago that industrial land across the Greater Toronto Area was outperforming every other asset class by a mile. And it wasn’t even close. Or reasonably debatable. Heck, it even gave Bitcoin a run for its proverbial virtual...
GTA Industrial Land Opportunities in 2024
June 14th, 2024 It was only a few short years ago that industrial land across the Greater Toronto Area was outperforming every other asset class by a mile. And it wasn’t even close. Or reasonably debatable. Heck, it even gave Bitcoin a run for its proverbial virtual...
GTA Industrial Land Sales: Riding High or Back to Normal?
June 7th, 2024 It was only a few short years ago that industrial land across the Greater Toronto Area was outperforming every other asset class by a mile. And it wasn’t even close. Or reasonably debatable. Heck, it even gave Bitcoin a run for its proverbial virtual...
GTA In-Fill Development Sites: 2024 Update
May 31st, 2024 “Location, location, location.” Unknown Although it has often been said that location is everything in real estate, the truth is that there are a lot more criteria considered when selecting the right industrial facility. Industrial tenants often want to...
Q1 2024: Toronto-West Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets May 17th, 2024 “Negotiation is not an act of battle; it’s a process of discovery. The goal is to uncover as much information as possible.” Chris Voss Few statements could be as true or relevant right now within...
Q1 2024 Insight, Toronto-East Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets May 10th, 2024 “Negotiation is not an act of battle; it’s a process of discovery. The goal is to uncover as much information as possible.” Chris Voss Few statements could be as true or relevant right now within...
Q1 2024: Toronto-Central Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets April 26th, 2024 “Negotiation is not an act of battle; it’s a process of discovery. The goal is to uncover as much information as possible.” Chris Voss Few statements could be as true or relevant right now within...
Halton Region and Hamilton Industrial Condo Development Update
April 12th, 2024 “Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.” Franklin D. Roosevelt As the Greater Toronto...
Peel Region Industrial Condo Development Update
April 5th, 2024 “Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.” Franklin D. Roosevelt As the Greater Toronto...
GTA East Industrial Condo Developments – 2024 Update
March 22nd, 2024 “Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.” Franklin D. Roosevelt As the Greater Toronto...
GTA Central Industrial Condo Developments – 2024 Update
March 8th, 2024 “Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.” Franklin D. Roosevelt As the Greater Toronto...
How Will Construction Costs Impact Industrial Supply in 2024?
March 1st, 2024 Time seems to have compressed ever since we came out of the pandemic. Maybe it was simply a catalyst for change. Or perhaps we were all making up for lost time. Or within the context of industrial real estate, the emergence of e-commerce and the...
How Will The Flood of Industrial Supply Affect Pricing?
February 23rd, 2024 Time seems to have compressed ever since we came out of the pandemic. Maybe it was simply a catalyst for change. Or perhaps we were all making up for lost time. Or within the context of industrial real estate, the emergence of e-commerce and the...
Will Industrial Rents Soar in 2024… Or Will Pricing Adjust or Go Bust?
February 16th, 2024 Time seems to have compressed ever since we came out of the pandemic. Maybe it was simply a catalyst for change. Or perhaps we were all making up for lost time. Or within the context of industrial real estate, the emergence of e-commerce and the...
Q4 2023 Insight, Toronto-West Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets February 9th, 2024 “Constraints drive innovation and force focus. Instead of trying to remove them, use them to your advantage.” 37Signals As we reflect and follow along the broad narratives surrounding the...
Will Industrial Rents Soar in 2024… Or Will Pricing Adjust or Go Bust?
February 16th, 2024 Time seems to have compressed ever since we came out of the pandemic. Maybe it was simply a catalyst for change. Or perhaps we were all making up for lost time. Or within the context of industrial real estate, the emergence of e-commerce and the...
Q4 2023 Insight, Toronto-East Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets February 2nd, 2024 “Constraints drive innovation and force focus. Instead of trying to remove them, use them to your advantage.” 37Signals As we reflect and follow along the broad narratives surrounding the...
Q4 2023 Insight, Toronto-North Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets January 26th, 2024 “Constraints drive innovation and force focus. Instead of trying to remove them, use them to your advantage.” 37Signals As we reflect and follow along the broad narratives surrounding the...
Q4 2023 Insight, Toronto-Central Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets January 19th, 2023 “Constraints drive innovation and force focus. Instead of trying to remove them, use them to your advantage.” As we reflect and follow along the broad narratives surrounding the industrial real...
GTA Industrial Market: What Will 2024 Bring?
January 12th, 2024 Time seems to have compressed ever since we came out of the pandemic. Maybe it was simply a catalyst for change. Or perhaps we were all making up for lost time. Or within the context of industrial real estate, the emergence of e-commerce and the...
Wishing You the Best of the Holiday Season, Health, and Happiness in the New Year
December 15th, 2023 Each year that passes brings with it its own unique challenges and opportunities. Looking back at 2023, the industrial market - as well as the broader economic and global landscape - experienced adversity and change. Despite all of this, we are...
Net Zero Carbon vs. LEED: Key Points to Consider
December 1st, 2023 No matter your thoughts on the green building initiatives being rolled out, it is almost a foregone conclusion that these practices will be implemented in the coming five to ten years. From the regulatory authorities and developers to investors and...
[Report] Q3 2023: Toronto-West Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets November 24th, 2023 “In the classic old business cycle, there would be a diminution in sales; it would take a little while for this information to reach corporate headquarters. And there would be an inventory...
[Report] Q3 2023: Toronto-East Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets November 17th, 2023 “In the classic old business cycle, there would be a diminution in sales; it would take a little while for this information to reach corporate headquarters. And there would be an inventory...
[Report] Q3 2023: Toronto-North Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets November 10th, 2023 “In the classic old business cycle, there would be a diminution in sales; it would take a little while for this information to reach corporate headquarters. And there would be an inventory...
[Report] Q3 2023: Toronto-Central Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets November 3rd, 2023 “In the classic old business cycle, there would be a diminution in sales; it would take a little while for this information to reach corporate headquarters. And there would be an inventory...
Industrial Multi-Storey Warehousing – A Cross-Market Analysis
October 27th, 2023 The future is now. With the proliferation of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, automated warehouse management systems, and autonomous vehicles, we are experiencing first-hand many of the concepts we may have thought would never occur...
Manufacturing SuperCluster Spotlight: Kitchener, Cambridge, Waterloo
October 20th, 2023 “He, therefore, who is now against domestic manufacture, must be for reducing us either to dependence on that foreign nation, or to be clothed in skins, and to live like wild beasts in dens and caverns. I am not one of these; experience has taught...
Manufacturing SuperCluster Spotlight: Brantford
October 13th, 2023 “He, therefore, who is now against domestic manufacture, must be for reducing us either to dependence on that foreign nation, or to be clothed in skins, and to live like wild beasts in dens and caverns. I am not one of these; experience has taught...
Happy Thanksgiving
October 6th, 2023 Dear Reader, For this week's newsletter, we are taking some time to reflect, relax, and spend time with family. We are thankful for all of the wonderful things life provides us and for the opportunities we have to make it great. We are grateful to...
Manufacturing SuperCluster Spotlight: Hamilton
September 29th, 2023 “He, therefore, who is now against domestic manufacture, must be for reducing us either to dependence on that foreign nation, or to be clothed in skins, and to live like wild beasts in dens and caverns....
Manufacturing SuperCluster Spotlight: Guelph
September 22nd, 2023 “He, therefore, who is now against domestic manufacture, must be for reducing us either to dependence on that foreign nation, or to be clothed in skins, and to live like wild beasts in dens and caverns. I am not one of these; experience has taught...
Resurgence of Manufacturing in Southern Ontario: Implications to GTA’s Industrial Market
September 8th, 2023 “Once a new technology rolls over you, if you’re not part of the steamroller, you’re part of the road.” Stewart Brand While the above thought may serve as a cautionary tale of the costs of resistance to innovation and missed opportunities,...
Office to Industrial Conversions: What You Need to Know
August 25th, 2023 “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” Henry Ford Every so often, we see a paradigm shift occur that completely changes how an industry operates. In Henry Ford’s case, it saw the proliferation of automobiles in...
Q2 2023 Insight, Toronto-West Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets August 18th, 2023 When the market has been riding a wave for so many years, when the natural equilibrium has been so far out of balance, and when industrial space has become so sought-after that we see an absolute...
Q2 2023 Insight, Toronto-East Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets August 11th, 2023 What the industrial market wants, and what it has wanted so desperately for the last few years - is space. Tenants crave space in which to operate and to help facilitate the growth of their...
[Report] Q2 2023: Toronto-North Markets
Q2 2023 Insight, Toronto-North Markets Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets July 28th, 2023 Simplified models are a useful tool when studying complex systems such as a national or global economy. If you’ve ever picked up a business journal, tuned in...
[Report] Q2 2023: Toronto-Central Markets
Q2 2023 Insight, Toronto-Central Markets Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets July 21st, 2023 “The stability we cannot find in the world, we must create in our own persons.” Nathaniel Branden Finding one’s own stillness or tranquility is often...
Brantford Industrial Market: An In-Depth Look
July 7th, 2023 “You will not find it difficult to prove that battles, campaigns, and even wars have been won or lost primarily because of logistics.” Dwight D. Eisenhower Logistics is an interesting field. Much like industrial real estate, it was never considered...
Guelph Industrial Market: An In-Depth Look
June 16th, 2023 “You will not find it difficult to prove that battles, campaigns, and even wars have been won or lost primarily because of logistics.” Dwight D. Eisenhower Logistics is an interesting field. Much like industrial real estate, it was never considered...
Barrie Industrial Market: An In-Depth Look
June 9th, 2023 As we enter the warm summer months, we continue to see numerous events unfold relating to the economy and the future of work. Top-of-mind for most young professionals and families remains the cost of living and whether they will keep working from home...
Hamilton Industrial Market: An In-Depth Look
June 2nd, 2023 “The Renaissance took place in chaos and plague.” While nothing as dramatic took place in Hamilton, the sixth-largest city in Canada has certainly seen its ups and downs over the past hundred and twenty years. The early 20th century saw major companies...
[Report] Q1 2023: Toronto-West Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets May 26th, 2023 What does affordability mean to you? When looked at through one lens, it can mean the difficulty in obtaining the necessary resources to acquire or rent a thing. We hear this term often across...
[Report] Q1 2023: Toronto-East Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets May 12th, 2023 About a decade ago, the industrial market was a critical yet often overlooked asset class within the economy. Manufacturing, logistics, and transportation firms still provided the same services as...
Q1 2023 Insight, Toronto-North Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets May 5th, 2023 The first thing one learns in selling real estate is that the market doesn’t lie. You know this. It is why people ‘test the market’ when trying to establish true valuations or gauge interest from...
[Report] Q1 2023: Toronto-Central Markets
Q1 2023 Insight, Toronto-Central Markets Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets April 28th, 2023 We continue to trod along in what may seem like the ‘Twilight Zone.’ Tuning into discussions and reading about the state of the markets, many stakeholders...
GTA Industrial Construction Costs: What Happened and What’s Next
April 21st, 2023 The Greater Toronto industrial market appears to be living in its own world. Whether as a result of management or insulation, we have yet to see any persistent effects seeping through from the plethora of economic uncertainty and news around the...
GTA Industrial Pipeline and Its Impact on Available Space
April 14th, 2023 The Greater Toronto industrial market appears to be living in its own world. Whether as a result of management or insulation, we have yet to see any persistent effects seeping through from the plethora of economic uncertainty and news around the...
GTA Industrial Pipeline and Its Impact on Pricing
March 31st, 2023 The Greater Toronto industrial market appears to be living in its own world. Whether as a result of management or insulation, we have yet to see any persistent effects seeping through from the plethora of economic uncertainty and news around the...
GTA Industrial Rents: What Happened and What’s Next
March 24th, 2023 The Greater Toronto industrial market appears to be living in its own world. Whether as a result of management or insulation, we have yet to see any persistent effects seeping through from the plethora of economic uncertainty and news around the...
GTA Industrial Market: What Happened and What’s Next
March 17th, 2023 The Greater Toronto industrial market appears to be living in its own world. Whether as a result of management or insulation, we have yet to see any persistent effects seeping through from the plethora of economic uncertainty and news around the...
[Report] Q4 2022: Toronto-West Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets March 10th, 2023 Should every investor buy into the Southern Ontario industrial market? And should every industrial property owner try to cash out at some of the strongest valuations we’ve ever seen (despite the...
[Report] Q4 2022: Toronto-East Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets March 3rd, 2023 Should every investor buy into the Southern Ontario industrial market? And should every industrial property owner try to cash out at some of the strongest valuations we’ve ever seen (despite the...
[Report] Q4 2022: Toronto-North Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets February 24th, 2023 Should every investor buy into the Southern Ontario industrial market? And should every industrial property owner try to cash out at some of the strongest valuations we’ve ever seen (despite...
[Report] Q4 2022: Toronto-Central Markets
Establishing True Valuations Across Differing Markets February 17th, 2023 Should every investor buy into the Southern Ontario industrial market? And should every industrial property owner try to cash out at some of the strongest valuations we’ve ever seen (despite...
An Insider’s Look at Securing Capital for Industrial Real Estate
February 10th, 2023 Value is an interesting, if not, abstract concept. For example, there are a multitude of approaches and formulas one can use to value an asset. From the traditional income approach, to a look at recent and similar comparables, and a replacement...
Industrial Sales Analysis of GTA North & West Markets
February 3rd, 2023 When industry insiders network and discuss what they are seeing in the market, it is easy to get caught up in the narrative and repeat back generalized statements - because that’s what everyone believes to be true. What starts out as a simple...
Industrial Sales Analysis of GTA Central & East Markets
January 27th, 2023 When industry insiders network and discuss what they are seeing in the market, it is easy to get caught up in the narrative and repeat back generalized statements - because that’s what everyone believes to be true. What starts out as a simple...
[Study]: The Impact of Interest Rates on GTA Industrial Sales Volume
January 20th, 2022 Economics is an interesting field. Part art and part science, most colleges and universities consider it a ‘humanity’ rather than a science, where the former is more fluid in its interpretations, and the latter seen as generally being concrete and...
Wishing You the Best of the Holiday Season, Health, and Happiness in the New Year
December 23rd, 2022 Another year has flown by, and as we approach the Holiday Season, many of us are beginning the process of taking account of our successes and challenges while planning for 2023. In 2022, the GTA Industrial community demonstrated its resilience and...
2022 Recap: GTA Industrial Market – Part 2
December 16th, 2022 “It’s on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.” Claude Monet We all strive to move forward in our personal and professional lives. We make detailed plans. We take relentless action....
2022 Recap: GTA Industrial Market – Part 1
December 9th, 2022 “It’s on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.” Claude Monet We all strive to move forward in our personal and professional lives. We make detailed plans. We take relentless action....
Highway 404 Corridor Industrial Developments – Cont’d
December 2nd, 2022 In much of the business world, times are changing. Major announcements have recently been made around downsizing and layoffs, from tech companies to manufacturers, and to the surprise of many, real estate landlords and global brokerages. We find...