Toronto is North America’s fourth-largest city and second-largest financial center, and on many days its downtown is bustling again. However, a range of data suggest a more downbeat trend: Toronto’s workers are returning to the office at...

Formally known as the chief public realm officer, Ya-Ting Liu’s job will be to figure out how to make the city’s outdoor dining program permanent, make streets more pedestrian-friendly and keep business districts clean.

As sellers become more concerned about marketing a property that fails to sell, it has opened up more opportunities for investors looking for off-market acquisitions.