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

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).