CRE Trends

U.S. mall owners look to apartments and hotels to replace Sears and JC Penney from CNBC. As land becomes scarce and Canada’s population grows, shopping centre developers are increasingly intensifying their properties by adding on-site residential buildings. Adding rental apartment buildings to mall properties is a smart move for could be apartment developers and landlords […]

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 process, for several major redevelopment plans. Below is a collection of some of these plans. […]