Briefcase 2025 August: Real Estate Industry News Articles
Explore Canada’s commercial real estate insights for 2025; investment trends, ESG adoption, mortgage updates, and market forecasts shaping the CRE landscape.
Explore Canada’s commercial real estate insights for 2025; investment trends, ESG adoption, mortgage updates, and market forecasts shaping the CRE landscape.
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In this March 2025 edition of our Briefcase, we’re excited to bring you a curated selection of articles and insights on key trends shaping Canada’s commercial real estate sector. From the ongoing impact of immigration on the skilled labor market to innovative investment strategies in commercial properties, these resources provide valuable perspectives on the factors influencing decisions nationwide.
The goal of this post is manyfold. Beyond giving you the nuts and bolts of capitalization rates (cap rates) in commercial real estate (CRE)—without burying you in math—I want to highlight the intuitive aspects of this fundamental valuation metric. But first, let’s talk about the title: ‘Cap is Cap!’