Commercial real estate insights from Avison Young Canada
Around-the-corner knowledge and multi-national expert insights and data-driven intelligence to help you unlock economic, social, and environmental value in your commercial real estate decisions.
The Vitality Index
The Vitality Index offers owners and occupiers a dynamic look at recovery trends and daily foot traffic estimates in 52+ different metros across North America. It allows easy, real-time access to comparisons to pre-pandemic levels.

Headwinds and Tailwinds
A summary of opportunities and challenges facing Canadian businesses today. Over the last couple of years, we have seen the value proposition to customers, approach to the market, employment needs, distribution, and complexities related to inflation change the direction of businesses, unlike any other recent time.
As businesses navigate opportunities and threats, “Headwinds & Tailwinds” aims to help decision-makers with the following questions:
- What are some key capital and operational challenges business owners need to be aware of what to watch for?
- If you are considering selling your business what are key inputs on market conditions, timing and best positioning?
- What is my businesses ability to access capital to grow or recapitalize, and what is the best path forward?

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Are malls becoming a thing of the past? Or just at a point of reinvention?February 7, 2023
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Made to serve: The rise and future of robot restaurantsOctober 31, 2022
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Opportunity within volatilityOctober 27, 2022
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From fashion to axe throwing: How the high street continues to evolveOctober 24, 2022
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Shaping the cities of tomorrow – key insights from the World Economic Forum’s Urban Transformation SummitOctober 20, 2022
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The vitality of the city: Data and patterns in the new era of downtownOctober 17, 2022
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On golden years: The new frontier of aging in placeOctober 10, 2022
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Move! Explore the changing world of transportationOctober 3, 2022
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Through the looking glass: Into the emerging world of the metaverseSeptember 19, 2022
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Lights in the darkness: Building a world where we can see the starsSeptember 12, 2022
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Gilded Rainbows: Inside the changing face of gaybourhoodsAugust 29, 2022
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Vacancy: The story of our abandoned neighborhoodsAugust 22, 2022
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From the mind of developers: A look at the complex world of planned communitiesAugust 15, 2022
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Fifteen-minute cities: Inside the model reshaping the world’s urban landscapesAugust 8, 2022
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There’s a garden in my office: The evolving world of office designAugust 1, 2022
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A fascinating time: The global impact of rising interest rates on commercial real estateJuly 28, 2022
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How warehouses and industrial land continue to keep up with the world around themJuly 27, 2022
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Finding our seats again: new audience expectations as theatre curtains rise againJuly 25, 2022
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Putting people and the planet first: 2021 ESG reportJuly 14, 2022
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Transforming empty lots and vacant land into a community-driven sports and urban complex: the story behind LA's SoFi StadiumJune 9, 2022
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What brings us into a store? The draw of a value-driven, dynamic retail experience.May 27, 2022
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Shaping the future of the office around task and talentMay 3, 2022
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Ready. Reset. Recap!March 9, 2022
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Is real estate an inflation hedge?March 2, 2022
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In the spotlight: The economy and the Ukrainian crisisFebruary 22, 2022
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The built world meets sustainability: How cities and suburbs are creating a new futureFebruary 7, 2022
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Ready. Reset. Go! Our webinar to address the workplace in a post-pandemic world.February 4, 2022
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Beyond the server: How our love of data is changing data centersJanuary 31, 2022
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Flex Space: Inside the changing world of spaceJanuary 24, 2022
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Dine on demand: Ghost kitchens rewrite the rules of deliveryJanuary 17, 2022
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Hotels battle back: With better design and best practicesJanuary 10, 2022
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The changing business of ports: The beginning and end of the supply chainDecember 20, 2021
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The changing face of malls: The rise, fall and futureDecember 13, 2021
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Introducing Viewpoints by Avison Young - Today's world is all about the human experience.December 7, 2021
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The Vitality Index: Measuring retail activity and how people shopDecember 7, 2021
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Warehouses: The sleeping giants of industrial landDecember 6, 2021
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