80% of Canadians live in cities, and one third of our population is in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. #Land19
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Paul Morasutti gets a round of applause at #Land19 after urging governments to “stop kicking the can down the road” and get something done in transit. Thanks for your insights Paul! @cbreCanada
Apartment development: development yields 100-200bps better than existing investment opportunities. #TREF2013 #riskreward
John Manly says most of our trade is intra-company. Canada doesn't have enough companies producing and delivering internationally. #TREF2013
Richard Baker says the North American peer group for department store sales is $240 psf. HBC is $140 psf, and has a ways to go. #TREF2013
Richard Baker from HBC was shocked at The Bay when he first saw it. It had no brands, but great locations. #TREF2013
Peter Senst from CBRE says Canadian real estate investors have placed $55.2 billion around the world in the past 3 years. #TREF2013
Benjamin Tal says increasing # of young families renting vs owning real estate. Canadians more educated, but poorer. #TREF2013
77% of the crowd thinks 10-yr bond rates will increase 100bps between 2015-2016. Rosenberg thinks it will be between 2014-2015. #TREF2013
Sonny Kalsi from GreenOak buying 8 shopping malls in Spain from Dutch pension fund. Was €400 MM, now under contract for €160MM #GPM2013
Cap rates declining in Mexico, strong demand and increased liquidity due to FIBRAS. #GPM2013
Stéphane Amine, Chairman of Inovalis SA: "We should have $2B AUM in 5 years, this will then allow us to internalize management." #GPM2013
Is US real estate too expensive? Panel says "YES" for the global gateway markets (NYC, Boston, DC), particularly for office. #GPM2013
Jaques Gordon from Lasalle: "Capital markets a source of volatility and value destruction for real estate investors in 2014" #GPM2013


