Are Low Cap Rates The New Normal For Commercial Real Estate?

We look at cap rate reports from Colliers and CBRE and discuss whats happening in the commercial real estate world.

National Market Overview: Canadian CRE remains stable (all-property cap rate: 6.67%) despite economic uncertainty; Bank of Canada cuts to 2.75% created favorable lending conditions.
Asset Class Performance: Industrial leads with compressing cap rates (6.16%); retail rebounds as "investor darling" (5-6% range); multifamily maintains lowest yields (mid-4%); office struggles with rising cap rates.
Regional Highlights: Toronto and Vancouver have lowest cap rates; Montreal faces highest office vacancy; Calgary industrial remains strong; Ottawa saw sharpest industrial cap rate drop (-75 basis points in Q1).