Canadian real estate – Benefits Canada.com https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:41:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Canada’s office vacancy at highest point since 1994, but rents stable due to institutional investors: report https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/canadas-office-vacancy-at-highest-point-since-1994-report/ Thu, 30 Sep 2021 13:00:19 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=108627 While the percentage of office spaces that are vacant in Canada is higher than at any point since 1994, rental prices have remained fairly stable as a result of institutional owners willing to pay pre-pandemic rates, according to a new report by CBRE Group. “I think everyone has to stop clutching at pearls, take a […]

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]]> Value creation may be new cap rate compression in real estate investment https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/cir-news-news/value-creation-may-be-new-cap-rate-compression-in-real-estate-investment/ Thu, 27 May 2021 14:00:26 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=101156 As the era of cap rate compression draws to a close, how can institutional investors maintain the outsized returns they’ve enjoyed for over a decade? Over the past 15 years, the growing popularity of real estate in institutional investment portfolios has increased against the backdrop of a sustained decline in yields, called cap rate compression. […]

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]]> Caisse boosts stake in Indian solar producer, CPPIB forms joint venture on Brazilian residential real estate https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/caisse-boosts-stake-in-indian-solar-producer-cppib-forms-joint-venture-on-brazilian-residential-real-estate/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 04:27:41 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/caisse-boosts-stake-in-indian-solar-producer-cppib-forms-joint-venture-on-brazilian-residential-real-estate/ The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is investing a further US$75 million in Azure Power Global Ltd., an independent solar power developer in India. Once the deal is approved by Azure shareholders, the investment will raise the Caisse’s stake in the company, from 41.4 per cent to 49.4 per cent. In October 2018, […]

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]]> RBC real estate fund, with BCI partnership at core, exceeds targets in first equity tranche https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/rbc-real-estate-fund-with-bci-partnership-at-core-exceeds-target-in-first-subscription-tranche/ Wed, 06 Nov 2019 10:37:37 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/rbc-real-estate-fund-with-bci-partnership-at-core-exceeds-target-in-first-subscription-tranche/ A new Canadian core real estate fund has attracted more than $1.25 billion in equity commitments in its first subscription tranche, materially exceeding targets. RBC Global Asset Management’s Canadian core real estate fund was announced in March 2019, along with the British Columbia Investment Management Corp. and QuadReal Property Group. The fund brings together more […]

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]]> Canadian real estate expected to show strong performance in 2019 and 2020: LaSalle https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/canadian-real-estate-expected-to-show-strong-performance-in-2019-and-2020-lasalle/ Fri, 21 Dec 2018 06:16:23 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/canadian-real-estate-expected-to-show-strong-performance-in-2019-and-2020-lasalle/ The Canadian and U.S. real estate markets are expected to show strong performance in 2019 and into 2020, according to a new report by LaSalle Investment Management. “This stability does not extend to every facet of either market, but core values should demonstrate resilience, despite the potential challenges of inflation and late-cycle anxiety that have […]

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]]> Navigating the complicated relationship between interest rates, real estate https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/navigating-the-complicated-relationship-between-interest-rates-real-estate-2/ Mon, 17 Dec 2018 06:31:57 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/navigating-the-complicated-relationship-between-interest-rates-real-estate-2/ The complicated relationship between real estate and interest rates makes it important to know the role different types of properties play in a portfolio and to use public real estate for liquidity to keep a focus on core property, said Derek Warren, vice-president at Lincluden Investment Management, during a session at the 2018 Defined Benefit […]

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]]> Canadian Real Estate to Stagnate https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/canadian-real-estate-to-stagnate/ Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:02:56 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/canadian-real-estate-to-stagnate/ Coverage of the 2012 Real Estate Investment Summit

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