Market intelligence, analysis, and practical guides from Mya Qi, MPH — the only healthcare CRE specialist in Canada with graduate-level Public Health training.
Analysis and commentary on Ontario and Alberta healthcare real estate markets from a broker who understands both the clinical and commercial sides of the sector.
Greater Toronto Area population growth — particularly in Brampton, Mississauga, Vaughan, Markham, and the outer Durham and Halton municipalities — is generating healthcare real estate demand that purpose-built medical office supply cannot keep pace with. This gap is creating meaningful investment and development opportunities for investors who understand the clinical drivers behind it.
Read More →The South Health Campus has fundamentally reshaped the healthcare geography of Calgary's southeast quadrant — and the downstream effects on medical office leasing, clinic development, and specialist recruitment continue to play out across Mahogany, Auburn Bay, Seton, and the broader SE corridor.
Read More →Ontario's updated Long-Term Care Homes Act requirements have significant implications for the design, cost, and regulatory pathway for new LTC development. PRAXIS breaks down what healthcare developers and investors need to know before pursuing a new LTC project in Ontario.
Read More →Most physicians sign commercial leases without adequate advisory. This guide identifies the 12 lease provisions that have the greatest impact on a medical practice's long-term operational and financial wellbeing — and what PRAXIS negotiates on your behalf.
Read More →While office and retail vacancy rates have fluctuated dramatically through economic cycles, healthcare real estate has maintained structural demand driven by demographics, not discretionary spending. The investment case for Canadian medical office buildings and clinical real estate has never been stronger.
Read More →Ottawa's healthcare real estate market benefits from a unique combination of federal stability, academic health sciences anchors, and a large bilingual patient population. PRAXIS reviews the current supply-demand picture across Ottawa, Kanata, Barrhaven, Orleans, and Eastern Ontario.
Read More →Alberta Health Services' five-zone structure — Calgary, Edmonton, Central, South, and North — shapes capital allocation, physician distribution, and community health infrastructure in ways that directly affect healthcare real estate values and development opportunities across the province.
Read More →Calgary's suburban satellite communities are growing faster than their healthcare infrastructure can follow. PRAXIS profiles the clinic development opportunity in Airdrie, Cochrane, Chestermere, and Okotoks — markets where purpose-built medical facilities can achieve strong pre-leasing from day one.
Read More →Sale-leaseback transactions allow healthcare operators to convert owned real estate into deployable capital while maintaining operational continuity. PRAXIS explains how these structures work, when they make sense, and what terms are critical to protecting the operator's long-term position.
Read More →Canada's retirement residence and assisted living sector is facing a structural supply deficit as the baby boomer cohort ages into care. PRAXIS breaks down the real estate opportunity across retirement home development, acquisition, and long-term leasing — including RHRA licensing requirements in Ontario and the continuing care framework in Alberta.
Read More →A dental lease is one of the most technically demanding leases in all of healthcare real estate — compressed air, vacuum lines, lead-lined x-ray suites, sterilization rooms, plumbing requirements for chairs, and exclusivity provisions are all critical. PRAXIS advises general dentists, orthodontists, oral surgeons, pediatric dentists, and multi-site dental groups on clinic leasing, purchase, and development across Ontario and Alberta.
Read More →Allied health clinics — physiotherapy, chiropractic, occupational therapy, psychology, speech-language pathology, and naturopathic practices — have distinct space requirements that most commercial landlords do not accommodate by default. PRAXIS explains the key lease provisions, space programming considerations, and site selection strategy for allied health practitioners opening or expanding clinics across Ontario and Alberta.
Read More →Walk-in and urgent care clinic real estate has unique location logic — high visibility, high traffic, strong co-tenancy with pharmacy and grocery, and accessible parking are all essential. PRAXIS advises walk-in clinic operators and urgent care networks on site selection, lease negotiation, and multi-site network expansion across Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, Calgary, Edmonton, and every major Ontario and Alberta market.
Read More →PRAXIS provides custom market reports and advisory for healthcare real estate mandates across Ontario and Alberta. Talk to Mya Qi, MPH directly.