Colliers Talks Podcast

Colliers Talks

Colliers Canada
We will hear from experts from our Investment Services, Real Estate Management, Capital Markets, Valuation and Advisory services, Leasing, Occupier Services and Project Leaders business.
Colliers Talks: The Pursuit of Downtown Vibrancy in Calgary and Vancouver
Downtown vibrancy and success partly stem from the amount of commercial and employment activity in the area, and especially the conditions of the office market. Office vacancy and return-to-office have been hot topics this year. In this episode of Colliers Talks, host Susan Thompson, Associate Director of Research at Colliers in Vancouver (and a former resident of Calgary), explores both Calgary’s and Vancouver’s unique, and similar, challenges and opportunities in the pursuit of vibrancy and long-term downtown success. Thompson is joined by Thom Mahler, director of downtown strategy at the City of Calgary and Eric Aderneck, regional planner with Metro Vancouver.Over the past two decades, Aderneck has worked in the public and private sectors focused on planning policy, real estate development and consulting. Aderneck also teaches urban planning courses for both planners and other city building professionals at various institutions.Mahler is the director leading the City of Calgary’s Downtown Strategy team, helping to steward the City’s $400 million investment to build a thriving, future-focused downtown. Throughout his career in Calgary, Mahler held various managerial roles in the City’s planning department where he was responsible for long-term planning, development review and land-use applications.
Dec 8, 2023
35 min
Colliers Talks: Colliers’ 125 Years: Taking Risks and Making Moves
Brian Rosen, CEO of Colliers Canada, takes a journey through the past while plotting future success with Chris McLernon, Global CEO for Real Estate Services at Colliers. Colliers is celebrating our 125th year of doing business in Canada. That's 125 years of leveraging our expertise and enterprising culture to accelerate the success of our people, clients and communities.  To commemorate this achievement, Colliers leaders Brian Rosen and Chris McLernon came together in Toronto for a special episode of Colliers Talks to honour our roots, highlight our achievements, and look to the future – a true Canadian success story that, despite our strong legacy, is really just getting started.  
Oct 11, 2023
30 min
Colliers Talks: RBC’s Claire Fan paints the national economic picture
Adam Jacobs, Head of Research at Colliers Canada, pores over the national economic situation with Claire Fan, RBC Economist, Office of the CEO.
Sep 19, 2023
34 min
GoBolt’s Mark Ang is on a mission to disrupt logistics
Marc Kirshenbaum, Executive Vice President, Colliers connects with Mark Ang, CEO & Co-Founder of GoBoltMark Ang, the CEO & Co-Founder of GoBolt, has emerged as a change-maker in ecommerce logistics in Canada. Ang joined Marc Kirshenbaum, Executive Vice President with Colliers’ Brokerage operations in Toronto, for an episode of Colliers Talks to explore GoBolt's origins and growth as it leverages smart tech and electric delivery strategies. Ang, who co-founded the company while a student at the University of Toronto, dishes on the journey GoBolt has taken to integrate technology and sustainability into ecommerce delivery and logistics, while also discussing with Kirshenbaum how demand from tech-forward logistics companies like GoBolt is causing shifts in the national warehousing/industrial market.As a tech-enabled logistics provider catering to local ecommerce shops as well as national and international brands, GoBolt places a strong emphasis on reducing the carbon footprint of last mile delivery while boosting the amount of delivery data available for both clients and customers. Mark and Marc cover the following topics:• GoBolt's journey: Explore the company's evolution from a B2C consumer storage model to a B2B logistics powerhouse, attracting key clients such as IKEA, Rove Concepts and Frank & Oak. • Development: Learn how GoBolt managed its remarkable growth, particularly in terms of expanding its warehousing space.• Consumer and client experience: Gain insights into the data GoBolt provides customers and clients, leveraging technology to boost efficiency. • Sustainability and ESG: Discover how GoBolt embarked on sustainable practices and adopted technology, aligning with its commitment to environmental responsibility.• Industrial logistics space: Learn how companies like GoBolt are rethinking their industrial warehousing needs, and how their operations will dictate the types of warehouses they'll want to see in the market.• Changing landlord perspectives: Hear why Ang thinks landlords need to start thinking of their tenants as customers instead of as paycheques.
Jul 27, 2023
36 min
Colliers Talks: KingSett's Jon Love doesn't shy away from CRE's biggest challenges
The Canadian commercial property market is facing political, social and economic challenges. For Jon Love, the founder and CEO of KingSett Capital, there is no use sitting around complaining about the problems without also thinking about the solutions and generating action. Scott Addison, Partner, Colliers Strategy & Consulting Group, speaks with Jon Love for this episode of Colliers Talks. In it, they cover challenges in the arenas of urban placemaking, return to office, project gridlock, and political inertia — as well as some of the fixes.Apart from being the founder and CEO of KingSett Capital, a Canadian private equity real estate investment business that creates and co-invests in real estate investment solutions to deliver sustainable premium risk weighted returns, Jon also serves on its Board of Directors and is a member of the Business Council of Canada and YPO. Jon was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2018.A few topics Jon and Scott delve into:• Leadership in good times is challenging enough, but times of adversity require a different approach to communication and utmost transparency and authenticity. Leaders need to lean in, and drive solutions instead of focusing only on the problems.• Canada has some helpful tailwinds, including record population growth due to strong immigration. These newcomers will need more of everything: places to live, work, shop and recreate. That creates a constructive backdrop for the national CRE picture.• Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal are facing restrictive land use guidelines, which limit the development of new homes and commercial space in these cities. With strong population driving demand, there is plenty of opportunity for the development community. To achieve the next level, much more help is needed from city planners and all levels of government to support the production of new supply.• Hybrid work won’t doom the office market. Companies want their people back in a collaborative environment to promote connection, creativity, culture, and productivity. • Governments and planners should focus their efforts on fast-tracking permissions, alleviating development and housing taxes, and prioritizing major public works projects. These are challenges and conversations that Jon Love doesn’t shy away from. Dig into these topics and more by listening to this episode of Colliers Talks.
Jun 21, 2023
40 min
Flex Office Space: The Next Evolution
Flexible office space isn’t new, and demand is rising. Demand was rising before the pandemic and it’s only accelerated in the last few years.This is just one of the key takeaways from the latest episode of Colliers Talks, Flex Space: The Next Evolution. Colliers’ Lisa Blacklock sat down with WeWork’s Nick DeMarinis, IWG’s Wayne Berger, and Colliers’ Sarah Bramley to give us an inside look at the possibilities, misconceptions, and trends in flex space adoption, along with factors companies should take into account when considering it as part of their future space strategy.
Apr 19, 2023
44 min
RoseFellow Co-Founders Mike Jager and Sam Tsoumas: Industrial Real Estate’s Disruptors
"The one thing that Sam and I had was our reputation. We didn’t have years and years’ worth of development. The one promise we made to every broker and landowner was that if we put a property under contract, we would take it to the finish line,” explains Mike Jager, Co-Founder of RoseFellow, a Montreal-based leader in real estate development and management focused on integrity, sustainability, and innovation. “We guarantee to conduct thorough due diligence when we're under contract, and we will close the deal unless we find plutonium underground."Over perfectly decanted glasses of Bruno Gimaldi Barlo, Arnold Fox, Executive Vice President and Jean-Marc Dubé, Executive Vice President and Industrial Group Practice Lead, both with Colliers Montreal, speak with Mike Jager and Sam Tsoumas, the co-founders of RoseFellow, a non-traditional real estate company that's disrupting the industry with its unique branding and authentic approach.In this episode, Arnold, Jean-Marc, Mike, and Sam explore:● How the pandemic allowed RoseFellow’s founders to focus on their strengths in development and site acquisition● How the lack of availability of quality industrial space across Canada is influencing growth and rental rates in the market ● The impact of automation, emerging markets and e-commerce on the Canadian industrial real estate sector● The need for increased sustainability in this sector and how developers, contractors and investors can work towards delivering more environmentally-friendly buildings● Predictions for the national industrial market post-pandemic● A comparison of Montreal’s industrial market to those of Vancouver and Toronto and the potential for Calgary● The future of the Canadian real estate market with continued growth and innovation driven by changes in consumer behaviour and technological advancementsSo sit back, pour yourself a glass of Bruno Gimaldi Barlo, and join us for an insightful and engaging discussion.
Mar 3, 2023
51 min
National Market Snapshot with Adam Jacobs and Daniel Holmes
Colliers’ Adam Jacobs and Daniel Holmes have a candid, revealing conversation about the commercial real estate market, from the past quarter through the present and foreseeable future, on the heels of Colliers Canada’s National Market Snapshot Q4 2022.Our two experts cover a whole range of hot topics, including:- The surprises from 2022, which was “on track for the all-time record year”- The return to office, now in its third year: what they’re hearing from landlords, occupiers and employees- Challenges tenants are facing in this hybrid era, from technology to culture, and the effect on lease terms- How the tight job market is influencing occupiers’ approach to remote or hybrid work: “This is the first recession with the tightest job market that ever existed.”- The “flight to quality” the industry is seeing with regards to space, amenities and accessibility- The Alberta rebound and its lure to neighbouring provinces- Interest rates: who’s most impacted by the new borrowing costs and who stands to benefit- The phenomenon of the suburbs outperforming downtown with lower vacancy and strong leasing momentum, and what it will take to draw people back downtown- The industrial squeeze: Can the market stay this tight? When will it become a balanced market?Tune in and get answers, insights, and food for thought, as the commercial real estate industry gears up for 2023.
Feb 14, 2023
28 min
The Broadway Plan: Behind the Scenes with PCI Developments
Vancouver’s Broadway Plan is a 30-year strategy to integrate new housing, jobs, and amenities along the city’s Broadway Corridor in parts of Kitsilano, Fairview, and Mount Pleasant. Ambitious and controversial, the Plan is a hot topic within the community, business sector, and the commercial real estate industry.On this podcast, Colliers’ Darrell Hurst speaks with Vancouver-based PCI Developments’ Dan Turner and Jarvis Rouillard. A real estate developer and investor specializing in urban mixed-use, commercial built-to-suit, and value-added repositioning of existing buildings, PCI is right at the forefront of the Broadway Plan discussion – and action: PCI is developing a prime property in a prime intersection within the Broadway Corridor.
Jan 31, 2023
32 min
The Next Industrial Hot Spots: Hamilton & Beyond
Zentil Property Management is a community builder that has been servicing the Greater Toronto Area for 50 years. Zentil’s services span across various sectors including industrial, commercial, residential, institutional, and leisure. The privately owned real estate development company also guided clients through their projects’ designing, planning and implementation stages. Zentil has been acquiring real estate in the GTA and has recently made several large investments in the Hamilton market, with a vision to “search for value.”In this episode of Colliers Talks, Bryan Faldowski and Jens Zentil, Vice President of Zentil Property Management, discuss the evolution of Hamilton and the GTA and provide insights on what’s happening in the industrial market.Jens says: “Two years ago, I started to hear inklings that rental rates were creeping up in secondary markets, one of them being Hamilton. We thought, if there isn't a corresponding increase in land prices, at least at the time, why not try to enter there and get that value from buying land cheaper and getting that upside in terms of higher rental rates?” Zentil’s strategy to find value is to invest in small bay industrial versus larger buildings. Doing so allows for more variety in submarkets (with smaller sites) and does away with the “capital intensity” required to acquire larger buildings. Zentil has a focus on accommodating smaller businesses, which are “the rock of Ontario and the Canadian economy,” says Jens. Hear all about: • Zentil’s recent investments in Hamilton’s industrial real estate landscape• How the current economic situation is impacting developers • The “why” factor of investing in small bay industrial • Construction setbacks due to the pandemic • Predictions about the industrial market over the next 3 to 5 years amidst recession fearsListen to get valuable insights on industrial commercial real estate and Zentil’s take on up-and-coming industrial hot spots.
Sep 7, 2022
21 min
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