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Beltline office market sees decline in vacancy rate
Monday, January 23, 2017

During the fourth quarter of 2016, Beltline vacancy decreased by 1.8%% to end the year at 17.9%, says a new report by Barclay Street Real Estate. The quarter also experienced net positive absorption of 135,000 square feet, bringing full-year absorption to negative 41,000 square feet. Barclay says this is a significant improvement over 2015 when 429,000 square feet was returned to the market.

Poised for Growth
Friday, January 20, 2017

Calgary's industrial market shows signs of turning the corner

Positive traction
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Real estate officials expect conditions to support turnaround in downtrodden commercial market

Turning the corner in the downtown Calgary office market
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Turning the corner in the downtown Calgary office market? A growing sense of optimism that the worst of the economic downturn had past set in during the fourth quarter of 2016 as there was a number of large, full-floor lease and sublease activity near the end of the year in the Calgary downtown office market, according to a report by Barclay Street Real Estate.

CRE outlook: investors show confidence into 2017
Friday, December 23, 2016

To the end of September 2016, a total of $1.3 billion had been transacted in Calgary commercial real estate, nearly eclipsing the $1.5 billion invested in all of 2015, according to Barclay Street Real Estate.

Some renewed confidence in investor sentiment for Calgary commercial real estate
Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Investor sentiment about the Calgary market showed signs of renewed confidence into the third quarter of this year, says a new commercial real estate investment report by Barclay Street Real Estate. The Q3 report says total dollar volume invested reached $1.3 billion in the first nine months - just shy of the $1.5 billion transacted for all of 2015.

Developers remain bullish in Calgary suburbs
Tuesday, November 8, 2016

In a report, Barclay Street Real Estate noted that the overall office vacancy rate in the Calgary suburbs is 22.3 per cent, up 1.1 per cent from the second quarter of this year, but the Class A vacancy is 23.5 per cent. The agency suggests that landlords may soon face some tough decisions.

Suburban Creativity
Friday, October 28, 2016

Commercial landlords thinking outside of the box in wake of high vacancy rates

Developer bullish on residential housing market in city's core
Wednesday, October 26, 2016

A developer with a 50 per cent stake in a proposed residential tower project that would occupy a full city block downtown says he remains bullish about the Beltline’s real-estate market, despite Alberta’s recession.

Calgary office vacancy rates nearing 25 per cent, topping highs set in 1980s recession
Monday, October 3, 2016

An office report from Barclay Street Real Estate pegs the city’s current downtown vacancy rate at 22.1 per cent, but notes that skyscrapers still under construction could push the rate to 25.6 per cent next year and 26.4 per cent in 2018.

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