CORFAC Connect Blog

The CORFAC Fall Summit in Chicago provided insights into what is driving market activity and business opportunities across our global network.

CORFAC International is pleased to announce the winners of the 2026 Member Excellence Awards, which recognize individuals who provide vision, ingenuity and dedication to our global network.

The story on Central Florida multifamily has flipped from too much construction to almost none, and that shift is the opening.

For many business owners and aspiring investors, commercial real estate can look like the next logical step toward building long-term wealth and financial security, however buying a commercial property is very different from buying a home.

The massive structural shift toward artificial intelligence (AI) has positioned data centers as a major new property type for investor portfolios. Driven by tech giants outbidding traditional commercial real estate for land, labor, and equipment, U.S. data center spending dramatically accelerated to $11.5 billion early in the year, with first-quarter 2026 alone reaching $36.9 billion.

Half of 2026 is behind us, so it is a good moment to check the numbers. Here is how Winnipeg commercial real estate is performing, sector by sector. As of year-end 2025, Shindico/CORFAC International owned or managed 171 properties totalling 8 million square feet.

Wall Street’s most recent earnings season began with the big banks reporting on more than just strong profits. Their latest data indicates U.S. consumers continue to outperform expectations, with household spending remaining steady and healthy credit quality remaining the norm.

Sitting at the table with our agents in this week’s Brokerage Meeting, one theme kept coming up: Creativity.

If you’ve looked at recent office market data for suburban Detroit, Michigan, the headline number isn’t encouraging. Vacancy across the suburban office market is hovering around 22 percent, a figure that suggests a market still working through years of post-pandemic recalibration. Talk to a broker who’s actually in these buildings every week, though, and the picture gets more specific and more useful.