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Kickoff 2018 New Apartment Development Webinar

Watch the Kickoff 2018 New Apartment Development Webinar Recording here. Flip through the slides from the webinar in the PDF above. Kickoff 2018 With Our New Apartment Development Webinar Derek Lobo was joined on screen by Heather Kirk, Managing Director, Equity...

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Shopping Centre Redevelopment with Residential

Redevelopment of Shopping Centres with Residential Space The idea of intensification of an existing retail site through mixed-use is gaining tracking in Canada at an impressive rate. Ottawa and Toronto have both received, and are at various stages in the approval...

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Renovating Apartments for Profit

Landlords Need to Spend Money to Make Money   From 1975 to 1998, rent control in Ontario stifled the maintenance of apartments. When landlords weren’t allowed to raise rents higher than the statutory limit, they had little incentive to upgrade their properties....

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How to Finance New Apartments

Landlords Need to Spend Money to Make Money   From 1975 to 1998, rent control in Ontario stifled the maintenance of apartments. When landlords weren’t allowed to raise rents higher than the statutory limit, they had little incentive to upgrade their properties....

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Student Housing a Great Learning Experience

Today’s economic climate is placing the Canadian real estate market on a wild roller-coaster ride. Many developers are looking at the inherent stability of rental apartments, and really, they’re only needing a small portion of knowledge to bolt onto their existing...

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How to be Prudent in Today’s Apartment Industry

These are good days to be invested in the purpose-built rental apartment industry. Vacancy rates are low, average rents are rising, and new apartments are riding the perfect storm of limited supply and increasing demand. Cap rates have compressed to record lows, and...

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