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Capharnaumon Apr 27, 2021 10:35pm
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RE:RE:RE:Look out below!!
RE:RE:RE:Look out below!!Defiance2050 wrote: Good points. Not sure if it follows the student housing but occupancy rate decreased significantly both q/q and y/y.
Global occupancy (Canada and US) was stable in Q1 2021 vs Q4 2020. Obviously, Q1 2021 vs Q1 2020 (or y/y) decreased as they have properties which are at least partly rented to students (usually), most of which started tailing off in Q2 2020. I think it's too early to repurpose these properties as the students flow should come back and occupation will stay lower until this happens.
They do cite that Alberta has a "large student tenant base" which explains the occupancy going down to 72.5% compared to 98.1% last year, due to university closures.