Greater Toronto Area State of the Market

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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