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Having an amazing commercial space that just won’t lease is a problem even the most ...

I’m talking about a commercial real estate broker, not a life partner, but the decision ...

Are you a tenant looking for new office space to lease? Perhaps you've had some ...

A landlord, by definition, is a person (or institution) who provides the use of land, ...

Generally, in lease negotiations, the tenant is at a disadvantage. It is typically the landlord ...

Congrats! You’ve decided to sell your commercial property—your timing couldn’t be better. Never before has ...

Real estate has always been the refuge of investors burned by volatility in the stock ...

When it comes to the differences between commercial and residential real estate, the one that ...

It has been almost six months since most of North America went into government-imposed lockdown ...

ex·pec·ta·tion noun plural noun: expectations a) a strong belief that something will happen or be the ...

As the debate rages on about how the post-COVID office will look, an office model ...

What’s the most advantageous position to be in when it comes to negotiation? The position ...

I’m not one for sweets, but there was something about the apple pie from Aunt ...

Ever since states and provinces started enacting emergency measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

Never, in our over 25 years in the real estate industry, have we ever seen ...

The answer to the question, “How long can you keep an entire continent locked indoors ...

Whether you’re an investor looking to purchase an office building or a business looking to ...

The Age Old Question:  SELL and Take Profit or HOLD and Let it Ride? We recently ...

How to Manage Your Conditional Period and Beat the Waiver Date In Part 1 of ...

The Most Important Date in Real Estate Investment! When you have identified a piece of ...

Reflections It’s now into December and things are slowing a bit in my commercial investment ...

My partner and I are once again marketing an investment property for sale, and once ...

Have You Heard of the “Art of Stillness”? Let me explain. I sat down several ...

I met with a number of  commercial real estate investors over the past few weeks ...

Office buildings can be a valuable asset in any investor’s portfolio, but they are not ...

Why Your First Investment in Real Estate Should Not Be Real Estate! My partner Steve ...

Are You Kidding Me?! A Real Estate Owners Tirade I’m on a bit of a ...

Whenever we’re teaching a class on real estate investing or even meeting with friends or ...

Or is it? When I first decided to become a real estate investor I worked ...

The nature of work is evolving, and along with it, so is workplace. The workplace ...

Stop me if this sounds familiar – you’ve started a home renovation project and have ...

Office buildings can be a valuable asset in any investor’s portfolio, especially given that the ...

There are some office markets, particularly in the west end of the GTA, that have ...

  “More office space was vacated than leased across the country during the first quarter ...

“The terrorist attacks that took place on September 11th, 2001, changed everything.” A familiar refrain ...

Office vacancy rates in parts of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) are approaching levels not ...

With interest rates and faith in the stock market at an all-time low, investors have ...

Have you ever made a decision based purely on instinct, even when conventional wisdom is ...

  Traditional real estate brokerages would have you believe the answer is many, and on ...

Given the total business cost combined with the complexity of commercial leases (many can exceed ...

Given the total business cost combined with the complexity of commercial leases (many can exceed ...

Given the total business cost combined with the complexity of commercial leases (many can exceed ...

Given the total business cost combined with the complexity of commercial leases (many can exceed ...

Given the total business cost combined with the complexity of commercial leases (many can exceed ...

At first glance, commercial real estate, and real estate in general, seems like a simple ...

FACT: Replacing a tenant costs more to the leasing company or landlord than keeping the tenant. ...

The Assumption When it comes to how much money commercial real estate firms spend on ...

Throughout my many years as a commercial real estate agent, I've had countless clients ask ...

FACT: Replacing a tenant costs more to the leasing company or landlord than keeping the ...

Those of you who found this post by Googling ‘Does Size Matter?’ may be disappointed ...

The Assumption When it comes to how much money commercial real estate firms spend on ...

You would expect that your dentist went to Med school; your kid’s teacher went to ...

Now, more than ever, the question of whether or not to support a work-from-home or ...

Although the golden rule of leasing commercial real estate is that the tenant essentially pays ...