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Toronto investment trust buys $103.5 million in London industrial land

A Toronto real estate investment trust is buying six industrial buildings in London for $103.5 million. Nexus Real Estate Investment Trust is investing in London because it believes the city has a solid business climate, said...

source: London Free Press

Canadian retail rents are dropping, but the cost of office space hits a high

Canada’s commercial rental market is split, and probably not how most would guess. Statistics Canada data shows commercial rents are down in Q4 2020. A breakdown shows the decline is largely due to retail rents falling. Despite...

source: Better Dwelling

Brick-and-mortar will continue to be critical for retail in Canada post-pandemic

As the consequences and repercussions of the COVID-19 global pandemic continue to rage on, retailers across Canada and around the world are pivoting — shifting their focus toward digital enhancements in order to address...

source: Retail Insider

Altus Group panellists say office real estate 'not dead yet'

Canada’s commercial office sector is down but not out, according to a panel of commercial real estate professionals assembled for the Altus Group’s National State of the Market 2021 webinar recently. The Feb. 18 event offered data and analysis of trends in residential,...

source: Daily Commercial News

Mulroney: Transportation growth plans still going full steam ahead despite pandemic

Plans to grow and improve the transportation network across Ontario will not be slowed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Minister of Transportation Caroline Mulroney told attendees in her address during the Ontario Good Roads Association...

source: Daily Commercial News

Carleton researchers exploring how to efficiently operate buildings with reduced occupancy

New research being conducted by a team from Carleton University could be just the breath of fresh air that commercial office buildings need. Dr. Burak Gunay and more than a dozen PhD and graduate students from Carleton are...

source: Ottawa Business Journal

HSBC sees its future with 40% less office space after pandemic

HSBC Holdings Plc said it expects to eventually shrink its property footprint by 40%, the latest sign of how the pandemic is changing the role of the office. Europe’s largest bank would reduce its “real estate footprint”...

source: BNN Bloomberg

OverActive Media to build $500 million esports, entertainment venue in Toronto

Esports in Toronto will have a permanent home in about four years’ time. Announced by OverActive Media — the Toronto-based ownership group of esports teams Toronto Defiant, Toronto Ultra and MAD Lions — a new...

source: Sportsnet

It's a renters' market for businesses that believe the office will make a comeback post-pandemic

Empty offices left behind by newly minted remote workers and other upheaval caused by the pandemic have begun to show up on the rental market, and it's presenting some prospective tenants with opportunities they couldn't...

source: CBC News

Ottawa's office market enters a new era

Please, no sympathy cards; the office is not dead. Rather, it’s in the process of redefining itself after tenants were forced to abruptly abandon their spaces for the safety of home before returning with new operating models and expectations of modern workspaces. The...

source: Ottawa Business Journal

How smart companies will address work-from-home

Smart companies will look beyond potential cost savings and base their decisions on how to best invest in their most important assets... their employees. I’m often asked what I believe will be the impact of the work-from-home transition on office occupancy. I think...

source: Real Estate News EXchange

With Walmart as anchor, SmartCentres pushes mixed-use growth

While SmartCentres REIT’s large Walmart and pharmacy-anchored retail portfolio continues to provide strong recurring income, its mixed-use development program is becoming of ever-increasing importance. The REIT has 166 properties on 3,500 acres of owned land, approximately...

source: Real Estate News EXchange

This is what Black professionals say they need most to succeed at work

LinkedIn’s vice president of Global Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging hopes that insights from the company’s most recent diversity, inclusion, and belonging survey on the Black professional experience will spark necessary change in all workplaces.

source: Fast Company

How your personality affects the way to find your most productive 'flow' state

Peak performance is a state of consciousness where you're in a rapt moment of attention, totally absorbed and focused on the task at hand. Everything else disappears, and time seems to pass quickly. Often called "flow" or "the...

source: Fast Company

To enhance performance, use praise

Everyone wants to feel important. That is the highest need we all have. Making people feel important is an essential part of managing people, yet sometimes as leaders, we forget this powerful tool we have at our disposal. How effective is your management style when it comes...

source: The Business Journals

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Toronto investment trust buys $103.5 million in London industrial land

Canadian retail rents are dropping, but the cost of office space hits a high

Brick-and-mortar will continue to be critical for retail in Canada post-pandemic

Altus Group panellists say office real estate 'not dead yet'

Mulroney: Transportation growth plans still going full steam ahead despite pandemic

Carleton researchers exploring how to efficiently operate buildings with reduced occupancy

HSBC sees its future with 40% less office space after pandemic

OverActive Media to build $500 million esports, entertainment venue in Toronto

It's a renters' market for businesses that believe the office will make a comeback post-pandemic

Ottawa's office market enters a new era

How smart companies will address work-from-home

With Walmart as anchor, SmartCentres pushes mixed-use growth

This is what Black professionals say they need most to succeed at work

How your personality affects the way to find your most productive 'flow' state

To enhance performance, use praise

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