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Articles by Alec Heffernan
Creative strategies for a challenging southwestern Ontario commercial real estate market
What challenges does today’s market present for commercial real estate brokers? Ten interest rate increases in the past year and a half have led to a tightening credit environment. Real estate transactions are down across the market; however, some sectors have fared better than others. Our clients have shared that lenders are becoming much more risk-averse, even with high-value asset classes such as industrial and multifamily.
Winnipeg industrial: The next investment frontier
Winnipeg’s industrial market has a current vacancy of 1.4%. Based on your nine years of experience in this market, what makes it ripe with opportunity and an attractive region to develop? Are there any challenges you foresee? Winnipeg needs modern industrial space to meet the demands of the new age.
The promising future of the multi-family real estate market
Why are secondary markets like Victoria ideal for multi-family property investment? Investing in Victoria's real estate market has several advantages. The cap rates are generally 100-150 basis points higher than those of primary markets like Vancouver, allowing investors to achieve positive leverage in a shorter time, even though the market rental rates are similar.
RENX's Top-20 Canadian CRE stories of 2022
Don Wilcox Residential Market Trends National If you’re looking for a word to summarize the 2022 experience for investors, developers, owners and operators in the commercial and multifamily real estate industry, may we suggest: “Uncertainty.” It was a big part of the discussion as we all entered the year, almost 365 days ago now, and it is an even more dominant topic today as we click our digital calendars over into 2023.
Helping finance the future of real estate for clients
Colliers Debt Advisory Group is a cohesive team of commercial real estate finance professionals who source and structure market-leading debt facilities across all asset classes coast-to-coast on behalf of private, institutional and public landlords, and developers. Our expertise stems from deep rooted relationships with the key decision makers behind every financial institution across the country.
Avenue 31 catches wave of Ottawa industrial boom
One of Ottawa’s newest industrial developers, Avenue 31, has completed two significant leases in recent months at its National Capital Business Park where it has constructed three spec buildings and plans about 1.3 million square feet of development.
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