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12/12/2025

12/10/2025

A quick, steady read on the financial bedrock of Canadian CRE.

The Winter 2025 BMO update highlights the structural stability of our commercial mortgage market.

Low loss rates and cautious, amortized lending reinforce why our market feels more predictable than many global peers.

This measured, prudent approach is the quiet anchor of long-term confidence in the Canadian CRE market.

Our dedicated teams of bankers have local presence and expertise in many different industry sectors and are committed to staying current on the latest industry news, topics and trends.

12/08/2025

When we talk about "green" development, we need to talk about what we already have. Adaptive reuse is the redevelopment of lower-demand properties to higher-demand properties without building new.

For example, some markets exhibit high demand for residential space but lower demand for office space especially due to work-from-home trends.
Adapting the use of an old office building into a residential building isn't just about reducing office vacancy—it's about dramatically cutting embodied carbon.

Every time we retrofit a building, rather than building new, we are making efficient use of existing materials and the carbon embodied in them, and we are reducing the amount of energy used in construction.

This impacts climate by reducing carbon emissions. Here’s a residential real estate professional who has written about this important topic.

New York developers are transforming struggling office buildings into more than 12,000 new apartments in a bid to help offset the city’s worst housing crisis in decades.