Call for Papers - 6th REALPAC/Toronto Metropolitan University
Commercial Real Estate Research Symposium

We are pleased to invite you to submit your academic or professional practice research papers for presentation at the 6th Annual REALPAC/Toronto Metropolitan University Commercial Real Estate Research Symposium.

The symposium is organized by REALPAC and the Department of Real Estate Management at the Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University.

We look forward to offering a diverse and insightful program, delivered via Zoom.

We invite professional practice and academic papers that focus on:

• Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG): Climate risk and mitigation, DEI or Indigenous focused research.
• Affordable housing and other housing issues from the viewpoint of commercial real estate.
• Real estate technology and effects of remote work within the commercial real estate industry (face to face interactions, work habits, lifestyle).
• Return to office and determining factors.
• Interest rates, inflation, and cap rates.
• Construction costs, supply chain and labour challenges.
• Retail performance and effects of e-commerce.
• Income producing real estate assets and their financial performance metrics.
• Indexing and indexes of commercial real estate assets.
• Risk and return relation to commercial real estate markets.
• REITs, their management issues, and their financial performance metrics.
• Policy issues that focus on domestic and/or international capital flows that target commercial real estate markets.
• Other relevant topics, including international investments or flows or technology transfers and the like, as related to the commercial real estate industry.
• Presentations related to Canadian commercial real estate industry are preferred.

Submission Guidelines

Please submit an abstract of a proposed presentation by September 15, 2023 to Dr. Anson Ho, Assistant Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University, [email protected].

All authors will be contacted soon after submission regarding inclusion of their presentation in the event.

Questions & Additional Information

Please contact Dr. Anson Ho, [email protected], (416) 979-5000 ext. 544589.