Apartments

Will we see an Ontario guideline rent increase of 6.2 per cent for 2023? We should, but it won’t happen. The annual guideline is well below the pace of inflation and owners and property managers shouldn’t expect any relief coming soon! With inflation rising, landlords are seeing increased operating costs at many levels. The cost [...]

After having conversations with hundreds of real estate developers, and non-developers, and comparing their thinking, attitudes and courage, I am confidently making this statement: “Real estate developers live longer than most people.”  People typically think living longer depends mostly on nutrition and health habits. For sure those decisions do play an important part, but it [...]

In our 35 years of consulting and brokerage, we have never been retained by a municipality. We have completed over 700 feasibility studies in Canada and our clients are typically apartment developers, hotel developers, shopping entre owners or office owners who are looking to pivot to apartment development. The Town of Shediac, N.B., contacted us [...]