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If 2024 was a year of adjustment and 2025 is a year of selective growth, 2026 is shaping up to be a sorting mechanism: the projects and platforms that are genuinely aligned with the new rules of the game will scale rapidly; the rest will struggle for attention.

The current market environment is ripe with opportunities in niche property types. Among these, data centres, cold storage facilities, student housing, and self-storage are not just gaining relevance; they are fast becoming the building blocks of tomorrow’s resilient, high-performing real estate portfolios.

Canada’s 2026 pipeline will reward sponsors who pivot from waiting for perfect policy clarity to engineering bankability amid ambiguity. Private credit’s rise, combined with the federal push for inclusive ownership models, expands the toolkit for creative structuring.