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construction

REMI Network

Construction labour crunch at odds with housing targets

Canada’s residential construction industry will need to attract more than 1,030,000 workers in order to reach 5.8 million housing starts.
proponent

REMI Network

Portage Place site to become health and housing hub

The overhaul of Portage Place in downtown Winnipeg is moving forward. A healthcare centre and a 15-storey multi-family tower are in the works.
LEED v5 embraces three underpinning fundamentals

Canadian Facility Management & Design

LEED v5 embraces three underpinning fundamentals

Decarbonization, quality of life and ecological conservation and restoration are the underpinning fundamentals of LEED version 5, which has just been released for a first round of public input.
New heights for Ontario mass timber construction

Canadian Facility Management & Design

New heights for Ontario mass timber construction

A promised amendment to Ontario's building code will allow for mass timber buildings of up to 18 storeys, an increase above the current 12-storey threshold..
National office vacancy rate nudges up in Q1

Canadian Property Management

National office vacancy rate nudges up in Q1

Vancouver and Winnipeg led positive absorption while Toronto and Montreal posted the largest losses, as the national office vacancy rate nudged up to 18.4 per cent during the winter of 2024
rental protection fund

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Canada announces Rental Protection Fund

The federal government announced plans to launch $1.5-billion Rental Protection Fund to help preserve affordable housing.
Manitoba restores tax credit, hints at incentive

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Manitoba restores tax credit, hints new incentive

The 2024 Manitoba budget restores the rental housing construction tax credit and hints at a "time-limited" incentive for commercial-to-residential conversions.
housing infrastructure

Construction Business

Canada pledges $6B housing infrastructure fund

The Government of Canada is launching a new $6 billion Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund to help accelerate critical housing infrastructure.
Manitoba security system purchasers get rebate

REMI Network

Manitoba security system purchasers to get rebate

The Manitoba government is delivering on an election campaign promise to provide a $300 rebate on the purchase of a business or home security system.
hybrid work

REMI Network

Canadians specify hybrid work as a top job benefit

While one in five employers want to see their workers in the office more readily, 79 per cent said they would not issue a full return-to-office yet.
Residential Tenancy Act

Canadian Apartment Magazine

BC proposes amendments to Residential Tenancy Act

The Province of B.C. is changing the Residential Tenancy Act to deter bad-faith evictions and eliminate rent increases for households with children.
solar

REMI Network

Solar installation begins operating at Commonwealth Recreation Centre

The installation can offset between 75 and 100 per cent of the facility's energy needs in ideal solar conditions on a day with average building consumption.
QEII Halifax Infirmary

REMI Network

Work begins on QEII Halifax Infirmary expansion

The largest healthcare construction project in Nova Scotia’s history is now underway.
Critical minerals promise to work on attitude

REMI Network

Critical minerals promise to work on their attitude

The clean tech enablers say they will try to ease up on scathing remarks about humanity’s shortcomings and become more encouraging.
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condo fees

REMI Network

Analysis reveals GTA’s highest and lowest condo fees

The least expensive maintenance fees were mainly located beyond Toronto’s core.
Competition Bureau orders Quebec divestiture

Construction Business

Competition Bureau orders Quebec divestiture

Quebec-based concrete supplier, Béton Provincial, will have to divest a ready-mix concrete plant that is part of its pending acquisition of a rival’s Quebec operations.
Constraints on cannabis retailers could loosen

Canadian Property Management

Constraints on cannabis retailers could loosen

A proposed tweak to the rules governing store configurations could make Ontario’s enclosed shopping malls more welcoming for cannabis retailers.