Assault #5 on Main Street retailers
Assault #5 on Main Street retailers Covid-19 is the latest assault on the livelihood of “Main Street” (as opposed to Wall/Bay Street/Madison […]
CRE and Covid-19: lessons from previous corrections
This is the third installment of a three-part examination of the effect of the Covid-19 correction leading to a bear market as […]
CRE and Covid-19: what is different in this correction?
The previous article discussed seven ways in which this correction is the same as the others. This piece examines seven differences. 1. […]
CRE and Covid-19: what is the same in this correction?
I sometimes forget that people have not experienced a market correction before. It is always upsetting, confusing and relentless. No wonder the […]
Just what is the BMI equivalent in commercial real estate?
This reliance on an approach that is “easy to calculate” got us wondering what are some of the proxies we use in commercial real estate that provide a quick synopsis of some aspect of the market, and do they suffer similar shortcomings as BMI does in being a proxy for state of health.
How did you make out in your new lease to the federal government?
The good news for Ottawa is that it is the location of the head office for the Government of Canada. The associated […]
Preparing for Amazon Prime Now: coming soon to a neighbourhood near you
It is only a matter of time before Amazon starts to build that last mile delivery facility close to my home market. […]
Ottawa investment activity review for 2017: the big boys clean house
Ottawa investment activity review for 2017: the big boys clean house What was notable with investment sales activity in Ottawa in 2017 […]
Ottawa Real Estate Forum 2017: How tech rules with these four easy numbers
The Ottawa Real Estate Forum 2017 took place in October on the Tuesday of the week the Amazon HQ2 bids were due […]
Reverse engineering the PSPC 80/20 ratio for rapid-transit access
Here in Ottawa the federal government dominates the office market. It employs roughly 140,000 people in a 700,000-person work force, its need […]