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Apartment Crane Watch: Nearly 3,200 apartment rental units under construction
A screenshot of the Toronto Apartment Crane Watch map and database. (Courtesy SVN Rock Advisors) APARTMENT CRANE WATCH SVN Rock Advisors has launched a new tool, the Apartment Crane Watch, for users to track the latest purpose-built rental apartment...
Apartment Development Strategies
APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES: MEP Strategies to Optimize Your Competitive Edge Purposeful mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design can enhance your apartment development strategies and market position by decreasing costs and improving ROI. By Andrew Lasse Myhre...
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...
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...
How long will the process take to complete a apartment sale transaction?
SVN Rock Advisors Inc., APARTMENT BROKERAGEWork on real deals with a great team.Specialise in brokerage of apartments and student housing, not cold calls. The process of selling your apartment building usually takes around 12 to 20 weeks. It can be longer or shorter...
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....
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....
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...
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...