
Who we are
The Centre for the Study of Commercial Activity (CSCA) is a member-supported non-profit research centre, located at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto, Ontario. The CSCA studies location-based trends in the consumer service sector and collects and reports on a broad array of location data sets. The Centre facilitates discussion of emerging industry issues and the exchange of ideas while promoting research, innovation, education and debate. The Centre is supported by private and public sector members and works with a number of industry partners.

Canadian REITs and Retail: Positioning For Future Growth?
By Sedat Ogeturk, Tony Hernandez, Dogan Tirtiroglu and Maurice Yeates
The latest research from the CSCA focuses on the evolution of real estate investment trusts (REITs) in Canada from 2017 to 2021. Building on CSCA research, our analysis highlights the increasing importance of retail-focused REITs within the Canadian REIT marketplace. With our retail lens, we note...

Shopping Centre Data (SCD)
A national database that provides a comprehensive current quarterly view of Shopping Centres (SCD) across Canada in a spatial format that can be used within a wide range of business applications, including:
- Calculate shopping centre square footage by market
- Calculate year over year change in square footage by market
- Populate...