TORONTO – A new report says the total value of commercial real estate sales in the Greater Toronto Area in the second quarter rose 43 per cent compared with a year ago.

The report by Avison Young says sales of office, industrial, retail, multi-residential and industrial, commercial and investment (ICI) land across the region totalled $7 billion for the three-month period, up from $4.9 billion a year earlier.

The result brought total investment to $14 billion for the first half of 2022.

The report says the industrial sector saw the highest investment dollar volume during the quarter with $2.6 billion compared with $1.4 billion in the same quarter last year.

The ICI land category garnered $1.7 billion, up from $1.6 billion a year ago, while office properties saw $1.1 billion in deals, up from $349 million in the second quarter of 2021.

Multi-residential deals totalled $1 billion, up from $815 million in the same quarter last year and retail property deals amounted to $696 million, down from $725 million a year ago.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 18, 2022.