Market Insights

From Altus Group – Earlier this month, 3,000 commercial real estate (CRE) and technology professionals traveled to Las Vegas for Blueprint 2025. The event, a key gathering for founders, investors, and institutional users of property technology (“proptech”), offered a clear and resounding message: artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a future concept but a present-day force actively reshaping the broader CRE industry.

From Bisnow.com – Gone are the days of heading to the office and working in a stale cubicle under fluorescent lights. Today’s workers are gravitating toward more dynamic spaces that offer them a sense of community and a boost in productivity.

From Altus Group – In the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), missing middle housing has long been identified as an underdeveloped segment of the market. These small and mid-scale projects, typically 4 to 20 units in the form of walk-up apartments or infill townhomes, sit between single-family homes and high-rise towers and are often built within established neighbourhoods.

From Bisnow.com – One company looking to step in and address the need for more housing is real estate builder and operator Clifton Blake, which focuses on mixed-use developments that feature multifamily rentals.

From RENX.ca – The high-density land market in the City of Toronto and its suburbs experienced a significant decline in pricing and investor sentiment in Q2 2025, according to the latest GTA High Rise Land Insights Report from Bullpen Research & Consulting and Batory Management.

From Altus Group – The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) commercial real estate market experienced a pronounced decline in investment activity in the first half of 2025, with the total dollar volume transacted reaching nearly $7.2 billion (Figure 1). This figure represented a 22% decrease compared to the corresponding period in the preceding year, thereby underscoring a significant shift in market dynamics.