{"id":989250,"date":"2022-09-01T21:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T21:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorecem.com\/?p=989250"},"modified":"2026-04-17T21:45:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T21:45:01","slug":"green-urban-development-the-impact-investment-strategy-of-canadian-pension-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorecem.com\/green-urban-development-the-impact-investment-strategy-of-canadian-pension-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Green urban development: the impact investment strategy of Canadian pension funds"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"989250\" class=\"elementor elementor-989250\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b16f6b6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7b16f6b6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-42afd074 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42afd074\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; outline: 0px; font-size: 17px; text-size-adjust: 100%; background: #ffffff; color: #303030; font-family: Barlow, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300;\" data-start=\"91\" data-end=\"678\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p>This paper investigates the investment strategy that large Canadian pension funds implement in the private real estate market. 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