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This week witnessed a subpar amount of transitions. It appears the CRE markets are feeling the impact of increased interest rates in what is already traditionally the slowest month of the year.
The largest transaction for the third consecutive week was a Hamilton residential land sale. Cedar City Developments purchased 31 acres of land on Stoney Creek mountain near Elfrida for $15.4 million ($487,000/acre).
Hamilton hasn’t witnessed a multi-residential transaction in the month of September. This is notable as the city hasn’t gone a month without a multi-residential transaction since November of 2021. However, September transactions are still trickling in. In addition, multi-residential remains arguably the strongest asset class, and rental rates continue to escalate as more home buyers are removed from the market with rising interest rates.
In the news, the proposal for an 11-storey condo tower includes plans to demolish Dundas seniors housing, the Hagersville quarry project explained, and the Ontario government is investing $90 million into skilled trades programs.
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The GHA Sales Transaction Database offers you this week’s CRE transaction activity.
News Headlines
Dundas seniors housing demo for 11-storey condo proposed
The Hamilton Spectator, October 3, 2022
Empire’s planning application for Hagersville quarry property explained
The Hamilton Spectator, September 27, 2022
Ontario government investing $90M in skilled trades programs
CBC News, September 26, 2022
Long approval times, high municipal fees adding ‘unnecessary costs’ to new GTA housing: Study
CBC News, September 27, 2022
Kitchener 8 storey, 166 unit development approved
The Record, September 27, 2022
Amazon fulfilment facility under construction in Cambridge
The Record, September 28, 2022
Toronto’s largest film studio announce major expansion
BlogTO, September 27, 2022
Steve McLean, RENX
Two adjacent development sites in London, Ont., where Phase 1 of the 584-unit residential and retail Applewood Marketplace is nearing completion, have been put on the sale block by a court-appointed receiver.
EY is handling the sale, having been appointed receiver over all the assets, undertakings and properties of Applewood Marketplace Inc.
Construction of the first phase of the north London development was about 75 per cent complete but had experienced a series of delays that added to its costs and eventually put the project into receivership.
Applewood Marketplace consists of a five-storey building with 107 rental apartments, nine rental townhouses and 15,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space on 2.5 acres at 865 Kleinburg Dr.
However, work at the site had stopped on June 1, according to documents filed as part of the proceeding.
This week saw an average amount of transactions, with Brantford noticeably slow during August and September.
The most significant transaction for the second consecutive week was a high-density residential land sale in Hamilton. Emblem Developments has purchased its third site in the city, 100 John St. N. and 61 Wilson St. — currently the site of an office and a retail building — for $8 million (approximately $13.8 million/acre). It’s slightly above market value, but this valuation could signify things to come with increasing condo unit values.
In the second largest transaction of the week, NorthWest Healthcare Properties REIT sold a medical office building for $294/sq. ft in Hamilton‘s east end.
In the news, more details have been revealed about last week’s Connolly sale, the Television City condos are expected to be built by 2026, and a study has found that OLT decisions have favoured developers 97% of the time.
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Connolly Site Sold
The Hamilton Spectator, September 22, 2022
Television City condo expected to be built in 2026
The Hamilton Spectator, September 9, 2022
Ontario Land Tribunals decisions have favoured developers 97% of the time
The Hamilton Spectator, September 20, 2022
Deeply affordable Cityhousing building first of its kind in Hamilton
The Hamilton Spectator, September 24, 2022
Plan to build 23 homes on small lots in Kitchener sparks concerns over traffic
The Record, September 21, 2022
Renting growing twice as fast as home ownership
CBC News, September 21, 2022
Job vacancies hit record high in Q2
BNN Bloomberg, September 20, 2022
The number of transactions this week was about average, with Niagara seeing an increase in activity while Brantford was a no-show.
This week’s most exciting and expensive sale was at 98 James St. S. in downtown Hamilton. The Connolly Site sold for $24 million ($75 million/acre). It’s an astronomically high price, but it could make sense at an estimated value of $80/buildable sq. ft, although that’s still very high for Hamilton. Alternatively, the price could include some other form of value, like an approved site plan or pre-construction deposits.
The former James Street Baptist Church, constructed between 1878 and 1882, has had a tumultuous decade:
In the Niagara region, Starlight Investments has purchased a 75-unit multi-residential asset in Welland for $11 million (nearly $150,000/unit).
This week’s second-largest transaction was in Beamsville, where a grocery-anchored retail plaza sold for $15.1 million ($280/sq. ft).
In the news, Empire Homes has proposed 1,000 homes in Hagersville, Rentals.ca released their September rental report, and the former GM site in St. Catherines has been approved for high-density zoning.
News Headlines
Empire Homes proposes 1,000 homes on Hagersville quarry site
The Hamilton Spectator, September 13, 2022
Dispute over Land Back Lane injunction continues at court
CBC News, September 13, 2022
September 2022 Rent Report
Rentals.ca, September 2022
St. Catharines high-density zoning approved for former GM site
The Standard, September 13, 2022
Redevelopment of Guelph parking lot approved
The Toronto Star, September 13, 2022
Waterloo residents fret as developer pushes for taller than permitted development
The Record, September 10, 2022
Monthly Housing Update
RBC, September 15, 2022
Housing inventory may reach crisis point in major Canadian cities
The Financial Post, September 12, 2022
Editorial: Canada’s population is booming and we aren’t building nearly enough
The Globe & Mail, September 17, 2022
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Steve McLean, RENX
Commercial Sep. 13, 2022
Despite an unprecedented amount of ongoing industrial facility development, continued strong demand has kept vacancy rates across Canada below two per cent.
A session at Sept. 8’s RealREIT conference at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, moderated by RBC Capital Markets Real Estate Group managing director David Tweedie, featured four executives discussing how recent events have impacted the asset class and their expectations for the future.
Tweedie opened the session with a presentation outlining the state of the market.
“From a fundamentals perspective, we’re sitting at record national-low availability, double-digit rental rate growth continues in most major markets and (there are) record tenant absorption levels,” Tweedie said. “But on the headwind side, we’re facing moderating GDP, elevated inflation, the potential risk of recession in 2023 and continuing rising interest rates.”
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