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Speakers and Panels
GTA Market Fundamentals & Emerging Trends
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Chris Tambakis
CEO
Adgar Canada
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Carlo Timpano
President
Capital Developments
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Bryan Gelman
Co-founder & President
Albert Gelman
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Kate Hay
SVP Client Strategy
Dexterra Group
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Robert Baron
Founder & President
BCGi, Baron Consulting Group
Southern Ontario Rising – Hamilton Region’s Real Estate Momentum
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John-Bosco Agbasi
Managing Director, Asset Management
Fengate Real Estate
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Steven Dejonckheere
Managing Director & Head of Development
Slate Asset Management
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Alan Leela
Co-Founder & Partner
Vantage Developments
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Norm Schleehahn
Director, Economic Development
City of Hamilton
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Kurt Vos
Manager, Commercial
HOPA Ports
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Pamela Green
Partner
KPMG Law Canada
Fireside Chat with Dorothy McCabe, Mayor of Waterloo
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Dorothy McCabe
Mayor
Waterloo
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Connor Ward
VP
Cushman & Wakefield Waterloo Region
Why You Should Attend the Greater Toronto Area State of the Market
Why This Matters
Real estate decisions in 2026 are being made in a fundamentally different landscape. Capital is cautious, construction costs remain high, and policy is shifting fast. At the same time, Toronto is still the country’s most important market for commercial real estate, and cities like Hamilton and Waterloo Region are gaining serious traction with investors, developers, and tenants.
This event gives you access to the people who are driving the next wave of development, unlocking deals in a high-rate environment, and rethinking what growth looks like beyond Toronto’s core. If you're working in commercial real estate in Southern Ontario, this is where the next 12 months come into focus.
What You Will Learn
Where capital is flowing across the GTA in 2026 and which asset classes and submarkets are commanding investor attention as interest rates stabilize
How top developers are navigating construction costs, paused projects, and cautious lenders, and what’s required to get new multifamily and industrial deals off the ground
What’s fueling Hamilton and Waterloo Region’s emergence as serious contenders in the Golden Horseshoe, with record-breaking building permit volumes, tech talent growth, and industrial land absorption
The real-time impact of infrastructure like the Ontario Line, Hamilton LRT, and two-way all-day GO on land values, site selection, and deal velocity
How GTA housing developers are adapting to inclusionary zoning, market uncertainty, and a condo sales freeze while preparing for a longer-term supply crunch
Why tenants across sectors are recalibrating space needs, and how landlords are responding through repositioning, flexibility, and mixed-use reinvention
How regional cities are leveraging affordability, institutions, and local policy to become magnets for private capital and residential growth
What investors, municipalities, and operators see coming in the next 12 to 24 months and how to stay ahead of it
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Venue
MaRS Centre
101 College St
Toronto, ON M5G 0A3, Canada
Room: Auditorium
Underground parking is available at the MaRS Centre and can be accessed via Elizabeth Street, just south of College Street on the west side of the road. It can also be accessed via University Avenue when driving northbound, just past the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, south of College Street.
Parking rates: $20 daily max, $16 daily max before 7:30 a.m.
Agenda
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12:00 PM
1:00 PM
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Registration, Networking, & Breakfast
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1:00 PM
1:45 PM
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GTA Market Fundamentals & Emerging Trends
Investment Outlook and Growth in the Core and Beyond |
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1:45 PM
2:00 PM
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Networking Break
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2:00 PM
2:20 PM
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Fireside Chat with Dorothy McCabe, Mayor of Waterloo
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2:20 PM
3:05 PM
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Southern Ontario Rising – Hamilton Region’s Real Estate Momentum
From Steel and Startups to Smart Growth in Hamilton: Competing for Capital, Talent and Development Beyond the GTA |
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3:05 PM
3:30 PM
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Post-panel Networking
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Sponsors
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