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Adaptive reuse ace Clayton Smith is at it again, adding three floors (25,500 SF) of office space to 35 McCaul St, augmenting an old brick-and-beam building and making a funky contribution to the city's most creative node. 
We snapped Clayton, left, president of The Commercial Realty Group, on-site with Cushman & Wakefield VP Derek Woodburn, the project's rep. Clayton, owner of the Flatiron Building and essentially a one-man show, previously redeveloped 140 Yonge St (Dineen Building) and 2…
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North York General Hospital Is Ontario's First To Secure BOMA BEST Silver
North York General Hospital is Ontario's first hospital to secure Silver-level BOMA BEST certification, advised by JLL and its project and development services group. Above at the presentation are BOMA Toronto president Susan Allen, past chair and Equity ICI Real Estate Services…
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REIT Scorecard: Last Week's Winners And LosersBig news in the REIT world this week as two names merged to create the $8.4B JBG Realty Trust. Here's Bisnow's breakdown of how the REIT sector is taking it. |
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Q&A With The Lead Advocates For The Bill To Save CMBS
A new congressional bill, dubbed the Preserving Access to CRE Capital Act of 2016, would ease the heavy CMBS risk retention regulations set to take effect in December 2016 under Dodd-Frank. We sat down with CRE Finance Council's VP of Government & Regulatory Affairs Martin Schuh, whose organization is leading the advocacy of the bill, for his analysis of what it could mean for CMBS. Bisnow: What is the issue with the Dodd-Frank regulations on CMBS? Martin Schuh: After our members supported the concept of risk retention, we at CREFC lobbied successfully to let Dodd-Frank's “skin in the game” regulation to be satisfied by the B-piece buyer (who buys the bottom class of the bond offering). If an issuer comes to market with a billion-dollar CMBS, one of our B-piece investors would buy the unrated pieces and the subsequent risk. |
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