Welcome to Altus Insights Podcast Series. This podcast brings together some of our leading brainiacs at Altus Group to discuss, debate, and on occasion complain about the evolving state of Canada's residential and commercial real estate. Join Ray Wong, Marlon Bray, and Avi Zelver for monthly podcasts covering the latest market and construction cost trends across major markets in Canada.
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State of the Southwest Ontario CRE market
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Date: August 22, 2023 Name of podcast: Altus Insights Podcast Series Episode title and number: State of the Southwest Ontario CRE market Brief summary of episode: Southwest Ontario region has benefited from affordable housing, increasing population migration from the GTA, and significant growth in its tech center. In this episode, Mitchell Blaine, …
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Date: August 15, 2023 Name of podcast: Altus Insights Podcast Series Episode title and number: Canada office capital markets Brief summary of episode: In this episode, Jaysen Smalley, Vice Chairman at CBRE Investment Capital Markets in Toronto, joins Ray and Marlon to discuss the evolving dynamics of Canada’s office sector in a post-COVID world. Pa…
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Project managing risk in US and Canada CRE developments
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We live in contradictory times, demand for housing is at an all-time high. But developers across North America are struggling with a constantly changing environment that can inject risk from many different angles, entitlement approval, interest rates, supply chain, labor, construction costs, sustainability, climate change and the list goes on. To h…
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Canada state of the commercial real estate market recap
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Tune in to the Altus Insights podcast as we dive into the ever-evolving Canadian real estate market. Two months ago (March 2023), we witnessed the impact of higher-than-welcome inflation and rising interest rates on the economy. Now, we're eager to explore what has changed with our special guest, Peter Norman, Chief Economist at Altus Group. Discov…
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Can we build 1.5 million homes in Ontario in the next 10 years?
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Richard Lyall, President of RESCON, joins Marlon and Ray to dig into the complicated question: Can 1.5 million homes be built in Ontario within the next 10 years? Tune in to hear Richard, Marlon and Ray discuss the challenges, the opportunities and the politics around the crucial housing initiative. Panelists in this episode: Richard Lyall is an ac…
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GTA residential land price trends and impacts - Part II
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Ray and Marlon continue their discussion Mike Czestochowski, Vice Chairman of the Land Services Group at CBRE Limited, and John Galluzzo, Senior Director of the Land Valuation team at Altus Group with a comparison of urban vs. suburban land prices, intensification, and ongoing challenges around achieving housing construction goals. Panelists in thi…
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GTA residential land price trends and impacts - Part I
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Ray and Marlon are joined by Mike Czestochowski, Vice Chairman of the Land Services Group at CBRE Limited, and John Galluzzo, Senior Director of the Land Valuation team at Altus Group to discuss the various factors and the impact on residential land prices and availability of product in the greater Toronto area (GTA). Affordable housing continues t…
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State of the US commercial real estate market Part II: Industrial and office markets
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Date: March 29, 2023 Name of podcast: Altus Insights Podcast Series Episode title and number: Episode 19 – State of the US commercial real estate market Part II: Industrial and office markets Episode summary: Ray and Marlon continue their conversation on the state of the US commercial real estate market with Omar Eltorai, US Director of Research at…
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State of the US commercial real estate market Part I: Capital markets and multi-family residential
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Date: March 22, 2023 Recorded: March 7, 2023 Name of podcast: Altus Insights Podcast Series Episode title and number: Episode 18 – State of the US commercial real estate market Episode summary: Ray and Marlon sit down with Omar Eltorai, US Director of Research at Altus Group, to discuss the state of the US commercial real estate market and the diff…
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Market conditions and escalation - Ontario
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Date: February 17, 2023 Name of podcast: Altus Insights Podcast Series Episode title and number: Episode 17 –Market conditions and escalation - Ontario Episode summary: Raymond Wong and Marlon Bray reunite for the first time in 2023 to discuss the state of the Ontario CRE market and debate what market conditions and construction will look like in t…
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2023 Canadian Cost Guide – What changed, what to look out for
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David Schoonjans, Senior Director of Altus Group’s Business Intelligence group, joins Marlon Bray to discuss the recent release of the 2023 Canadian Cost Guide, an annual guide providing a view of construction costs in local markets across Canada broken down by building type. Marlon and David cover the purpose of the Canadian Cost Guide, how it dif…
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2022 CRE Market in Review – Perspectives on industrial and multifamily residential
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Date: January 25, 2023 Name of podcast: Altus Insights Podcast Series Episode title and number: Episode 15 – 2022 CRE Market in Review – Perspectives on industrial and multifamily residential Episode summary: Raymond Wong, Wendy waters and Phil Stone continue a discussion about the 2022 Canadian CRE market with a review of industrial and multi-resi…
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2022 CRE Market in Review – Perspectives on capital markets and office
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Date: January 13, 2023 Name of podcast: Altus Insights Podcast Series Episode title and number: Episode 14 – 2022 CRE Market in Review – Perspectives on capital markets and office Episode summary: Raymond Wong is joined by special guests, Wendy Waters, VP or Research Services at GWL Realty Advisors and Phil Stone, Principal and Head of Canadian Res…
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Top 10 government policies / actions impacting CRE in Canada
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Date: November 17, 2022 Name of podcast: Altus Insights Podcast Series Episode title and number: Episode 13 – Top 10 government policies / actions impacting CRE in Canada Episode summary: Marlon Bray and Raymond Wong share their top 10 list of municipal, provincial and national government actions that are making or will be making the most impact to…
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The impact of rising interest rates for CRE in Canada
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Date: October 18, 2022 Name of podcast: Altus Insights Podcast Series Episode title and number: Episode 12 – The impact of rising interest rates for CRE in Canada Episode summary: Colin Johnston, President of Altus Group’s Research, Valuation and Advisory division, joins Marlon Bray and Raymond Wong to discuss discuss some of the key takeaways from…
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Benchmarking the GTA’s municipal development application process
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Date: October 11, 2022 Name of podcast: Altus Insights Podcast Series Episode title and number: Episode 11 - Benchmarking the GTA’s municipal development application process Episode summary: Daryl Keleher, Senior Director in Altus Group’s Economic Consulting practice, joins Marlon Bray and Raymond Wong to discuss a very recent GTA municipal benchma…
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Construction cost escalation in the GTA: Past, present, future
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Date: August 22, 2022 Name of podcast: Altus Insights Podcast Series Episode title and number: Construction cost escalation in the GTA: Past, present, future Episode summary: Raymond Wong sits down with David Schoonjans, Senior Director in Altus Group’s Cost & Project Management business unit, to discuss cost escalation in the GTA. In this episode …
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Deciphering inclusionary zoning in Toronto
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Date: August 9, 2022 Name of podcast: Altus Insights Podcast Series Episode title and number: Deciphering inclusionary zoning in Toronto Episode summary: Ray and Marlon take on Toronto’s inclusionary zoning policy with John Galluzzo, Senior Director Altus Group’s land valuation practice. In this episode Ray, Marlon and John discuss inclusionary zon…
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Rising construction delays in Canada – Part 2: The solutions
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Date: July 21st, 2022 Name of podcast: Altus Insights Podcast Series Episode title and number: Rising construction delays in Canada – Part 2: The solutions Episode summary: Ray and Marlon continue their discussion on commercial and residential real estate development delays with Duan van der Merwe, Associate Director in the Contract Solutions Group…
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Rising construction delays in Canada – Part 1: The issues
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Date: July 15th, 2022 Name of podcast: Altus Insights Podcast Series Episode title and number: Rising construction delays in Canada – Part 1: The issues Episode summary: Ray and Marlon discuss commercial and residential real estate development delays with Duan van der Merwe, Associate Director in the Contract Solutions Group at Altus Group. In this…
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When real estate development projects in Canada go sideways
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Date: June 21st, 2022 Name of podcast: Altus Insights Podcast Series Episode title and number: When development projects in Canada go sideways Episode summary: Marlon sits down with Colin Doran, EVP of Cost Consulting & Project Management at Altus Group, for a one-on-one discussion on distressed development projects in Canada. Don’t miss this highl…
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Date: May 18th, 2022 Name of podcast: Altus Insights Podcast Series Episode title and number: Canada real estate market news roundup Episode summary: It’s been a hot minute since the National State of the Market presentation we hosted in February, 2022, so this episode serves as a special conversation between Marlon and Ray on all the changes they’…
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Date: May 11th, 2022 (Orignally recorded on April 1st, 2022) Name of podcast: Altus Insights Podcast Series Episode title and number: Canada’s housing affordability crisis Episode summary: In this episode we'll be talking about affordability, mainly the housing affordability crisis in Canada. It’s been a growing issue over the last few years with a…
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Date: April 21st, 2022 Name of podcast: Altus Insights Podcast Series Episode title and number: Purpose-built rental property in Canada Episode summary: Purpose-built rental has been a hot trend, will it get hotter? The affordability issue we're experiencing in some of the major markets are caused by low supply versus increasingly high demand. Luck…
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Date: March 16th, 2022 Name of podcast: Altus Insights Podcast Series Episode title and number: Addressing ESG in Canadian Real Estate Episode summary: In this episode Ray, Marlon and Avi focus on ESG and its importance to the Canadian real estate market. ESG is an increasingly hot topic amongst investors across the globe, it stands for environment…
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Impact of the pandemic on Canadian real estate – Part 2
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Date: March 2nd, 2022 Name of podcast: Altus Insights Podcast Series Episode title and number: Impact of the pandemic on Canadian real estate – Part 2 Episode summary: In part two of our first episode, Ray, Marlon and Avi continue their discussion on the impact of the pandemic on Canadian real estate with perspectives and insights on 2021/2022 cap …
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Impact of the Pandemic on Canadian real estate - Part 1
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Date: February 17th, 2022 Name of podcast: Altus Insights Podcast Series Episode title and number: Impact of the pandemic on Canadian real estate – Part 1 Episode summary: We kickoff our new podcast series with a “2-parter” where we’ll be discussing the ongoing impact of the pandemic on commercial and residential real estate across Canada, with ret…
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