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Canadian pension funds are seeking to boost their real estate investments, betting the slumping property market will recover as the COVID-19 pandemic recedes and office workers and city dwellers return to downtown properties.
Canadian pension funds held $278.7-billion in property assets in 2019, up 4 per cent from 2018, according to the Pension Investment Association of Canada, making them the country’s largest real estate owners.