by Don Procter | Sep 11, 2019 | Featured
Canadian real estate investment trusts (REITs) are “better positioned” to outperform most of their counterparts around the world over the next year. That is the word from a number of experts at the 15th annual RealREIT conference held at the Metro Toronto Convention...
by Don Procter | Jul 8, 2019 | News, Profiles
Climate change is an emerging risk affecting the value of real estate, which is why Chris Chopik wrote a 75-page paper on the subject for a degree in the Master of Design in Strategic Foresight and Innovation program at Toronto’s OCAD University. Chopik’s paper –...
by Don Procter | Apr 29, 2019 | Featured, Profiles
In the late 1970s and early ’80s, fax machines hit the streets to mixed reviews in the real estate world. Some salespeople struggled with the technology, seeing it as something that would bring an end to important face-to-face transactions. Others saw it as it a tool...
by Don Procter | Feb 15, 2019 | Featured, Legal Issues
After a years-long legal battle, a Burlington, Ont.-based real estate brokerage recently won a court case and was awarded 100 per cent of its claim for unpaid commissions. However, the case is being appealed. Bob Van de Vrande, broker of record for the plaintiff Apex...
by Don Procter | Jan 21, 2019 | Technology
Commercial property services giant Colliers and technology innovator Techstars have created a proptech accelerator that helps technology companies develop and fine-tune products to serve the commercial real estate industry. The partnership selected 10 companies from...
