Real Estate Investment Trust – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Fri, 22 Nov 2024 22:16:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 2023 GIC coverage: Resiliency of commercial office real estate keeping remote working ‘doom loop’ at bay https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/2023-gic-coverage-resiliency-of-commercial-office-real-estate-keeping-remote-working-doom-loop-at-bay/ Tue, 06 Jun 2023 11:49:29 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=137351 The commercial office real estate doom loop that was expected from the growth in remote working hasn’t really caught on, according to Victor Couture, assistant professor of economics at the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver School of Economics, speaking during the Canadian Investment Review‘s 2023 Global Investment Conference. Remote work is almost certainly here to stay, which is why […]

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]]> 2022 DBIF coverage: DB plan sponsors urged to consider value-add of REITs during economic downturns https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/2022-dbif-coverage-db-plan-sponsors-urged-to-consider-value-add-of-reits-during-economic-downturns/ Mon, 19 Dec 2022 12:58:36 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=131236 In the current market, institutional investors should consider increasing allocations to real estate and real estate investment trusts, said Joseph Shaw, managing partner and head of institutional sales at Hazelview Investments, during the Canadian Investment Review’s 2022 Defined Benefit Investment Forum.  In the past decade, the average defined benefit pension plan’s allocation to real estate has risen, […]

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]]> HOOPP exchanges property portfolio for stake in new REIT https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/hoopp-exchanges-property-portfolio-for-stake-in-new-reit/ Thu, 06 Jan 2022 14:00:49 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=114428 The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan is exchanging a property portfolio for a stake in a new real estate investment trust. Under the terms of the deal, eight properties — which a recent appraisal valued at $800 million — were given by the HOOPP to the Toronto-based Primaris Management Inc. In exchange, the HOOPP received […]

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]]> Caisse makes first infrastructure equity investment in Spain, CPPIB to sell stake in London real estate https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/caisse-makes-first-equity-infrastructure-investment-in-spain-cppib-to-sell-stake-in-london-real-estate/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/caisse-makes-first-equity-infrastructure-investment-in-spain-cppib-to-sell-stake-in-london-real-estate/#respond Tue, 13 Oct 2020 08:52:59 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/caisse-makes-first-equity-infrastructure-investment-in-spain-cppib-to-sell-stake-in-london-real-estate/ The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is buying a portfolio of 73 photovoltaic plants from Q-Energy Ltd., the first step in creating a new platform in Spain that seeks to aggregate further renewable assets. The transaction will be finalized in the coming months, after which Q-Energy will continue to provide comprehensive management of […]

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