New Episode: (41) Industry Outlook; 2026 & Beyond Peter Norman Peter Norman is the Vice President and Chief Economist at Altus Group, where he leads the firm’s national economic advisory and market research practice. With more than 25 years of experience in real estate economics, he is recognized as one of Canada’s foremost experts on housing markets, construction trends, and development forecasting. More about this episode... Older Episodes: (#42) All about Multiplex Housing: Data from 452...

New Episode: (40) Mid-rise Rental Development Chris Spoke Chris Spoke is a real estate developer and partner at Toronto Standard, a company that specializes in mid-rise rental infill in Toronto. Chris also speaks and writes about housing policy, including on his podcast Hogtown and in publications such as the Globe & Mail and The Hub. He is also one of the founders of the Missing Middle Summit. More about this episode... Upcoming Webinar: “How To Successfully Use Mass Timber In Your Next...

Hi Reader, Mass Timber is here to stay. As a building material it has unique characteristics that lends itself to prefabrication, modular, and new construction technologies. Combined with other methods and material, mass timber has the potential to change the way we build houses in Canada. But like any other new technology, it has a learning curve. While the industry has made great progress towards using this material over the past few years, we are still ways away from it's wide spread use....