Opinion

Could acres of empty office space in Canada, particularly in Alberta, be reinvented as vertical farms? Edmonton-based associate commercial broker Bronwyn Scrivens explores the concept.

A US$379.4 billion ‘wall of capital’ is competing for returns in global real estate markets and real estate investment trusts are the preferred route for institutional investors

If you walk around downtown Vancouver it feels like things are back to normal. But inside many office towers, it’s different, with floor upon empty floor

Recent floods have shown Vancouver’s supply chain is too dependent on centralized distribution – we need to expand industrial space to outlier centres

Veteran Saskatchewan broker says this is the time to cash out of industrial and commercial retail assets

Coincidence? Victoria leads nation with lowest births in Canada, but Vancouver and Kelowna also edging close to a near-childless population; immigration now the sole source of population growth

Politicians and real estate developers have had their say on the root cause of Canada’s current housing-price crisis. Perhaps it is time to look a little deeper

A commentary by a retired business leader who has been a director of five global corporations.

Federal Liberal’s housing strategy unlikely to achieve results expected, but ‘accelerator fund’ could help municipalities speed new home construction, and co-op housing aid is welcomed

The federal election is on Sept. 20.