Content tagged with: Placemaking

The copy-paste lobby is a leasing risk

Philippe Demers Commercial Placemaking National Oct. 19 2026

Design trends now cross continents in a scroll, and new mixed-use projects are starting to look interchangeable. When tenants can’t tell buildings apart, they compare rents. Placemaking builds the difference a competitor can’t pin to a mood board.

Culture as infrastructure: What developers can learn from municipal placemaking policies

Philippe Demers Commercial Placemaking National Feb. 24 2026

With construction costs still elevated, entitlement timelines stretching and public scrutiny intensifying, predictability has become a scarce asset. For developers, setbacks rarely come from a single issue.

Placemaking Perspectives

What we can learn from airports, medical districts and 'in-between' spaces

Philippe Demers Commercial Placemaking National Dec. 10 2025

Industry Events

Global Property Market Dec 01 2026

Fairmont Royal York
Real Estate Forum Dec 02 2026 to Dec 03 2026

Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South
BUILDEX Vancouver Feb 10 2027 to Feb 11 2027

Vancouver Convention Centre West
Québec Apartment Investment Conference Feb 11 2027

Palais des congrès de Montréal
RealCapital Feb 23 2027

Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North