Venue
Vantage Venues
Vantage Venues, 150 King St. Toronto, Ontario M5H 1J9 Canada

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Event Date Tue May 14 EDT (over 5 years ago)
Location Vantage Venues
150 King St. Toronto, Ontario M5H 1J9 Canada
Region Americas
Details

The objective of this one-day course is to learn the institutional and economic context for commercial real estate investment and development in Canada, understand the main transaction types, and to learn how to practically apply real estate investment analysis in undertaking those transactions. Students will gain an understanding of real estate cash flows and risks of different property types, and the main risk management techniques in those transaction types.

Overview:
• Basic Real Estate economics
• Law & Regulation – interests in land, title & tenure, planning, zoning and land use
• Basic valuation principles, financial leverage and the capital stack
• Creating proformas, choosing and applying discount rates and terminal cap rates on investment properties
• Investment analysis of development properties
• Structuring acquisitions, leases, and mortgages
• What to fight for in a purchase and sale negotiation

Key learning outcomes:
• Understanding the various approaches to valuation and their flaws
• Understanding the drivers of revenue and expenses
• Understanding an owner’s ability to improve cash flow or limit risks to cash flow
• Understanding the legal fundamentals involved in real estate investment
• Understanding the impact of financing on income producing investments
• Understanding how value is created through successful development
• How risk is transferred through properly structured agreements.

Who should attend?
• Mid-career professionals who want to broaden out their knowledge or exposure
• Mid-career and senior executives new to the real estate industry
• Directors of real estate companies
• Lenders to real estate
• Regulators, including urban planners and engineers
• Real estate professionals interested in understanding the context of their business
• Real estate agents looking for a broader understanding
• Those beginning their careers in real estate

Speakers

2019 Speakers

Joseph Shaw, CFA
Managing Director, Real Estate Investments, Manulife Financial

Michael Brooks
CEO, REALPAC

Sponsors & Partners

2019 Sponsors and Partners

CORPORATE PARTNERS:
• Aon
• Energy Profiles Limited
• view
• Fergusion Partners
• Integral
• Marsh
• Rycom
• Yardi

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY PARTNERS:
• BDO
• Grant Thornton