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Hazelview Properties Makes History with Canada’s First Rainbow Registered Residential Rental Building
Hazelview Properties is proud to announce it has opened Canada’s first Rainbow Registered residential rental building. The Rainbow Registered accreditation is given to businesses and organizations that meet stringent standards to ensure that 2SLGBTQI+ customers feel welcome. While numerous businesses across the country hold the accreditation, the Story of Midtown Toronto® rental property at 73/75 Broadway Ave is the first residential rental building to receive the honour. The initiative is part of the organization’s larger commitment to create inclusive environments where diversity is not only acknowledged but celebrated.
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Adaptation is resilience: Assessing physical climate risk in Canada’s provinces and municipalities
We collaborated with our partners at Concordia University and the Emerging Risks Information Center (ERIC) to assess physical climate risk across Canada’s provinces and municipalities, particularly their exposure to and preparedness for natural disasters. This abridged version of our study highlights key research findings and conclusions.
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Hazelview Investments Secures One of the Largest CMHC Loans to Deliver 856 Purpose-Built Rental Homes in Toronto’s West End
Hazelview Investments has secured one of the largest CMHC-insured loans ever issued under the MLI Select program. The funding will advance the development of 856 new purpose-built rental homes in one of Toronto’s most ambitious and community-oriented master-planned sites, located at the intersection of Bloor St. West and Dufferin Ave. Financing for this construction loan was provided by First National Financial LP.
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Tariffs on Canadian lumber could boost U.S. production
With tariffs on U.S. imports of Canadian goods looming, we analyze the potential impacts on lumber markets and possible benefits for regions with untapped production capacity.
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Hazelview’s Entire Canadian Portfolio Achieves 100% Green Building Certification for Second Consecutive Year
[Toronto, March 19, 2025] – Hazelview Properties, one of Canada’s leading multi-residential builders and managers, proudly announces that it has achieved 100% green building certification across its entire 200+ building portfolio for the second year in a row. This certification was awarded through the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) BEST program and the Certified Rental Building Program (CRBP).
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Hines and Ivanhoé Cambridge Near Completion of CIBC SQUARE With Topping Out of 141 Bay Street
Trophy Office Tower Hits 80% Leased with Major Tenants
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Hazelview Ranked 1st within GRESB Peer Group for Canadian Multi-Family Standing Investments Portfolio
Hazelview Achieves GRESB Green Star Status for Canadian Multi-Family Developments and Standing Investments
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BentallGreenOak’s 2022 Perspective on Canada
We are optimistic for a continued economic expansion and the prospects for commercial real estate fundamentals in 2022.
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Hazelview Investments and Fitzrovia Announce Co-Development on Bloor & Dufferin
Redevelopment at Bloor & Dufferin to include diverse housing, new public park, community daycare, and best-in-class office and retail space
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Ottawa City Council approves Hazelview’s Official Plan Amendment Application for Redevelopment of Heron Gate
Today, Ottawa City Council approved Hazelview’s Official Plan Amendment application for the redevelopment of Heron Gate. This decision is an important milestone towards realizing the vision for Heron Gate to co-create a complete, vibrant, diverse and sustainable community that enhances the quality of life for residents, visitors and neighbours, while harmonizing with surrounding communities.
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Trade Deals and Political Realities
Could the USMCA accord among the US, Canada and Mexico, and a potential US-China trade deal get approval from the Democrats-led House of Representatives?
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If you can de-risk now, why wait?!
Pension funds in the US, UK and Canada have transferred nearly $400 billion in pension and longevity risk since 2007. While these countries are the focal point of the market today, the Netherlands has been a vibrant market, and Germany recently opened for pension risk transfer in 2018 with two notable transactions, together worth more than $5 billion. Several other countries will soon follow suit. In 2017, the US and UK set a combined record with nearly $50 billion in total activity3, and 2018 is shaping up to be another outstanding year on both sides of the pond.
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Political Event Risk Raises Stakes for Sudden Price Moves
Major political event risk, ranging from elections in Mexico, Brazil and the U.S., to Brexit and NAFTA negotiations, could swing equity, bond, FX and ags markets.
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NAFTA renegotiations risk and main implications for investors
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is a trilateral pact between the U.S., Canada and Mexico that has been in force since 1994. Negotiations to revamp and modernize it, requested by the U.S., started in August 2017 and are now encountering some issues.
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Global Real Estate Securities: 2018 Market Outlook
Our bottom-up fundamental analysis currently suggests that global REITs are priced to deliver another year of positive total returns for 2018 in the range of 8%–10%.
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Timbercreek Asset Management Closes Canadian Multi-Residential Value-Add Fund at $245 Million
Timbercreek Asset Management is pleased to announce the final closing of the Timbercreek Canadian Multi-Residential Value-Add Fund, with aggregate commitments of approximately $245 million.
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Global Real Estate Securities: 2017 Market Outlook
Our fundamental approach and valuation models suggest global REITs are priced to deliver an 8.5%–10.5% total return in 2017, consisting of a 4% current dividend yield and 5%–6% growth in earnings driven by occupancy gains, higher revenue from bringing in-place rents on expiring leases to market, acquisition of new properties and the completion of existing development projects.
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Timbercreek Asset Management Expands Global Team with Two Senior Hires
Timbercreek Asset Management today announced the appointment of two new senior hires who will help execute on strategies to build and grow the firm both domestically and abroad.
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Global Real Estate Securities – 2015 Performance Review and 2016 Market Outlook
2015 was a challenging year for the broader markets overall as macro-economic and political events dominated news headlines causing lackluster investment performance across most asset classes around the world. The collapse in oil prices (-30.5%) played havoc on countries and currencies reliant on energy exports.