Condominium
Canadian Facility Management & Design
At Scarborough’s newest collaborative workspace
LCH Developments wanted to bring something unique to the empty retail space on the ground floor of a condominium in Cliffside Village.
CondoBusiness
Rethinking staffing models amid a labour shortage
How new staffing solutions could improve a property manager’s working conditions and ease the labour shortage.
CondoBusiness
Condo project financing confronts new math
More cautious criteria for condo project financing could upend some development pro formas and potentially constrain housing starts in the coming months.
CondoBusiness
Electric ride-sharing is the newest condo amenity
Residents of a freshly built mid-rise in the Annex neighbourhood of Toronto have a fleet of electric vehicles waiting for them to use, whether that’s for a trip around town, a weekend getaway to the cottage or visiting family out-of-province.
CondoBusiness
Ontario condo managers grapple with price hikes
As multi-residential buildings grapple with rising construction costs, condo managers in Ontario are experiencing the impacts up close.
CondoBusiness
Construction costs rattle the condo industry
Construction cost increases are a significant concern if a condo needs to complete work in the next year or so. But the concern isn't just the here and now.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Housing supply-demand imbalance set to persist
Recent CMHC analysis concludes that approximately 3.5 million additional dwelling units are needed to meet demand and pull prices back into closer alignment with purchasers’ and tenants’ incomes.
CondoBusiness
High-rises bringing health to new heights
Urbanites living in two up-and-coming condos won't have to escape their homes for fresh air and water.
CondoBusiness
Plugging into the future of EV charging
New buildings are subject to laws and regulations, which require them to be compatible with EVCs.
CondoBusiness
Private homes preferred for cannabis use
More than 90 per cent of survey respondents confirm that they typically use non-medical cannabis in their own homes, while 46 per cent use it in other people’s homes.
CondoBusiness
Uptick in fraud a wake-up call for condos
In these economically trying times, as one would expect, fraud has been rearing its ugly head. Unfortunately, condominium corporations have increasingly become an easy target.
CondoBusiness
Probing election promises for housing supply
With Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives (PCs) entering another four-year term, the development community is keeping close tabs on election promises made around housing supply and affordability.
CondoBusiness
What’s ahead for Ontario’s condo market?
While overall activity has declined, condo supply continues to remain very constrained in the primary GTA markets. However, new pre-construction launches continue to be very popular.
CondoBusiness
Greening Ontario’s housing sector
Ontario’s housing sector emits more greenhouse gas emissions than any other province, primarily due to its high population rate. In the province, residential buildings are
CondoBusiness
Cases shed light on maintenance and repair obligations in condos
Maintenance and repair obligations of both owners and condo corporations are defined in the Condominium Act, which sets out the minimum default obligations. T
CondoBusiness
Condos at high risk from reserve fund shortfalls
The growing crop of condo owners across Canada will likely encounter huge annual fee increases and lump-sum payments due to low reserve fund contributions, authors of a new research report are warning.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Indigenous-led projects raise bar for city-building
The architects and developers behind some of Canada’s new Indigenous-focused projects are designing spaces that harmonize with their natural landscapes, setting a higher standard for how urban buildings impact the environment and their surrounding communities.