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18 November 2017

Available Space in Canada's Greenest Buildings



Here are several visualizations of currently available office and retail space in the largest Canadian cities. This space is within downtown buildings that meet criteria from both the Canada Green Building Council's LEED and BOMA Canada's BOMA BEST (Building Environmental Standards) designation.

Click on any graphic to expand the image or view these cities in 3D here and explore the data with other search filters. 

Property data from Altus Data Solutions.

Toronto

Montreal

Vancouver

Calgary

Ottawa

2 November 2017

Cube Cities @ Calgary Real Estate Forum

(L-R) J. Cuff, S. Kanungo, H. Kolias, J. Gondek
Last week we had the pleasure of participating on a panel about disruptive technology at the Calgary Real Estate Forum. James Cuff, our CTO at Cube Cities, was joined by Hugh Kolias, founder of YuHu Inc and Shawn Kanungo, Sr. Manager of Strategy at Deloitte. The panel was moderated by Jyoti Gondek, recently minted City of Calgary Councillor for Ward 3. Here's a summary of what was discussed.

(J. Cuff)

Question 1: Describe your big picture perspective of technology and its ability to be a disruptor.

The conversation here focused on the fact that technology will be disruptive if your organization does not take an active role in identifying where technology is driving your industry. Additionally, most often truly disruptive technology will come from outside the industry it disrupts. To remain valid in these situations organizations need to be open to this disruption and adopt disruptive practices quickly. 

Question 2: How does technology impact the real estate sector?

We started the conversation here with the background that most people now conduct a significant amount of their work connected via smartphones. The real estate sector has been slow to migrate to a mobile workforce. Additionally, as organizations change and become more distributed and fluid the requirements for space also changes. Organizations will be structured much differently in the next 5 years and real estate needs to adapt to that change  (flex space, coworking, etc.). We touched on the changes that democratization of data will bring to the RE industry but didn't dive deep into that given that it's a threat to a number of existing roles.  

Question 3: What impacts do you think technology will have on user experiences in real estate?

This question also took the conversation into how technology is enabling a mobile workforce, and the user experience around office space and working will be changed via that increasing mobility. We also quickly discussed what may occur with a significant number of self-driving vehicles, extending the commute reach and functional office hours of workers.Touched on the changes to retail space with the steady increase in online purchasing, will retail become pickup and only sample examination with no stock carried in store (Nordstroms in Seattle is already doing this). 

Question 4: What’s the most innovative example of technological disruption you have seen in action, and how does it impact real estate?

We did not get to answer this question directly as we ran out of time. The audience was fully engaged and were asking questions throughout the presentation. 


1 November 2017

Our Latest 3D Search App for Altus Data Solutions is Now Live!



Our latest 3D search application for commercial real estate in Canada is now live on the AltusInSite.com website! This new app is a simplified version of our previous 3D search tool, takes greater advantage of the capabilities of CesiumJS and our floor-level building data to make it easy to create meaningful communication graphics for Canada's largest property markets.

With our new 3D search app you can see exactly where space is located in a building and contact the representative to learn more. Altus InSite subscribers can use the app to login to Altus InSite's Building Details Page and learn even more information about the building and the available space such as floor plans, asking rates and operating costs.


The new app allows you to filter space by:

  • Size of available area
  • The date space was added to the market
  • The year a building was built 
  • Building class
  • Associated brokerage 
  • Property manager
  • BOMA Best or LEED building designation
  • Direct or Sublease space
  • Office or Retail space
Use these links to open the app to a specific city:

Please give us your thoughts using the Feedback button on the Main Menu of the app, or contact us.