Commercial Real Estate Spotlight - March 13, 2020
This week's spotlight picks:
FORMER JLL CFO CHRISTIE KELLY ON HELPING MORE WOMAN REACH THE TOP OF CRE
BISNOW
(8 min)
A woman who has spent her career in the male-dominated worlds of finance and commercial real estate, Kelly faces an uphill climb to advance from point A to point B. The industry did not have female leaders to help young woman navigate the path to the top, hiring managers often limited their searches to men within their existing networks, and some men were reluctant to offer a seat at the table to woman.
HOW CRE STOCKS PERFORMED DURING THE WORST MARKET DROP SINCE 1987’S BLACK MONDAY
BISNOW
(5 min)
Commercial real estate stocks plunged Thursday as the coronavirus pandemic caused the market to experience its largest drop since the infamous Black Monday on 1987.
CANADA CAN EASILY HANDLE MORE FLEX OFFICE SPACE
RENX
(5 min)
The amount of flex office space in Canada increased by 59 per cent over the past three years, but a new Colliers study asserts the sector still has a lot of room to grow in the country’s major cities.
$210 WORTH OF INSIGHT: MAJOR INVESTORS TALK CRE STRATEGY
RENX
(7 min)
The firms they represent own and/or manage about $210 billion in assets in Canada and around the world. So, when top executives from BentallGreenOak, Blackstone, Crestpoint and Crombie REIT sat down to talk commercial real estate investment strategy at RealCapital at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in February, there was plenty of experience and expertise at the table.
COVID-19 HAVING MINIMAL IMPACT ON REAL ESTATE MARKET-SO FAR
RENX
(5 min)
COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) hasn’t yet put a major dent in the Canadian commercial real estate or housing markets, but a great deal of uncertainty remains surrounding the potential impact of the global outbreak.
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James Butchard*
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CBRE Limited, Real Estate Brokerage