Life sciences continues its attractive run as an asset class for commercial real estate investors in the US and now Canada is stepping forward to develop its own opportunities.

Sabrina Solomiany, Senior Managing Director, Head of Medical & Life Sciences, Berkadia, led a discussion with Maureen McCaffrey, PE, LEED, AP, Director MIT Investment Management Company, and Milos Dajic, CFA, Vice President, Investments, Oxford Properties Group, at last week's CREW Network conference in Atlanta.

"Covid was a wakeup call for Canada, teaching it that it needs to create labs for vaccine development, so it doesn't have to rely on the US and elsewhere," Dajic said. The key Canadian target markets are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.

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