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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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