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RealREIT
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building
Wednesday, September 16, 2026|Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building

Where expert connections transform market shifts into strategic direction

Connect with 500+ senior level attendees, including 160+ attendees from REITs, and 45+ industry expert speakers.

Showcase your brand at our event

Become a sponsor at the forum of boundless business opportunities.

23 years and counting as Canada's premier REIT event

Cutting-edge insights, leadership perspectives, and game-changing connections you can't find anywhere else.

Why attend?

  • Canada’s only RealREIT Conference devoted exclusively to REITs and REOCs
  • How are REITs navigating the repercussions of high interest rates, inflation and lack of market liquidity?
  • How are REITs going to survive in 2025 and beyond?
  • Industry experts providing the most current updates, key economic drivers and trends and challenges

What you'll learn

Our advisory council helped curate an extensive agenda with pressing topics including:

  • Assessing Capital Flows: Trends in equity, debt, public, private, and alternative investments
  • How are appraisers and REITs handling valuations in the current environment?
  • Assessing the resilience of Canadian REIT business models amid uncertainty


Agenda coming soon

Who you'll meet

RealREIT brings together 500+ senior executives from across Canada, including 240+ V-level & C-level executives, 80+ building owners, developers and investors and 160+ attendees from REITs.

Attendees include private and institutional investors, equity analysts, portfolio and investment managers, brokers, lenders, appraisers, lawyers and more.

Canada's most influential real estate professionals

REITs joining the conference include:

CAPREIT
Choice Properties REIT
Crombie REIT
CT REIT
First Capital REIT
Flagship Communities REIT
Northview Residential REIT
PRO REIT
RioCan REIT

High-impact networking opportunities

The conference is the exclusive hub for CRE leaders.

In addition to scheduled meetings through the app, the event offers countless opportunities to build meaningful connections.

Refreshment breaks, lunch, and evening cocktail reception are some of the ways to strengthen your connections.

Want to sponsor?

The sponsorship program is designed to ensure that sponsors receive maximum corporate exposure to all attendees at the event.

Each sponsorship level will offer a different package of value-added benefits. Tell us your business goals & we will help you achieve them.

Thank you to some of our sponsors

Click here to see our sponsors.

RealREIT by the numbers

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senior-level attendees

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V-level & C-level executives

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attendees from REITs

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building owners, developers, investors

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expert speakers

insightful sessions

Recap all the action from the previous conference

Saurabh Mahajan

Real Estate Strategy, Innovation, & Insights Leader

Deloitte

A great event to network with key industry leaders in Canadian REIT space. It's a fantastic platform to discuss key issues that the industry faces across a variety of themes.

Want to sponsor?

The sponsorship program is designed to ensure that sponsors receive maximum corporate exposure to all attendees at the event. Each sponsorship level will offer a different package of value-added benefits for participating corporations. Tell us your business goals and we will help you achieve them.

Continuing education credits

By attending this conference, you will be eligible to receive professional development and education credits from a number of associations.

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Be a part of the community that helps you stay informed and connected. REF Club membership benefits include:

  • On-demand access to all recorded sessions from key Real Estate Forums events through the Streamly platform
  • A 20% discount on forum and conference registrations. Bundle your registration and membership and start saving immediately!
  • Priority for access to waitlisted forums and conferences
  • An automatic $55 discount on continuing education credits when registering for our events

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