Some of Ontario’s long-term care home operators could be getting an 18-month extension on a looming deadline to install automatic sprinklers for fire suppression

New tax credits for investments in energy efficiency and office-to-residential conversions are on the wish list for commercial real estate ahead of the United States election.

The Competition Bureau is continuing to examine the use of exclusivity clauses and land covenants in Canadian grocery retailing via a newly issued call-out for input from the real estate sector.

Commercial rent control is a suggested tool to protect small business tenants in a proposed new 10-year strategy to stimulate and manage economic growth in Toronto.

A sustainable district energy system will soon transform the site of a former coal-burning power generating station into a green community.

Canadian participation in the GRESB global assessment and benchmark for the ESG performance of commercial real estate portfolios grew in step with worldwide trends in 2024.

Longtime inhabitants have been promised a less onerous process to claim squatter’s rights and gain legal title to Crown lands in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Eminent Winnipegger Lloyd Axworthy will explore the feasibility of relocating the city’s rail infrastructure to open up strategic lands for housing and civic spaces.

Slate Asset Management will sell its interest in an 11-building office portfolio located in midtown Toronto and Ottawa, in keeping with a sharpened focus on what it defines as “essential” real estate.

More than 5.7 million square feet of office space and nearly 21 million square feet of industrial space have been newly delivered to the national market during the the first three quarters of 2024.

Consumers enrolled for Alberta’s default electricity rate will be asked to reaffirm their purchasing decision at 90-day intervals beginning next year.

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) has committed to a USD $5.6 billion investment in hyperscale data facilities through a newly announced joint venture.

A promised carbon rebate will be delivered to small and mid-sized Canadian businesses before year-end, provided they filed their 2023 tax return by July 15, 2024.

BOMA Canada is inviting pre-registrations for its new support and incentive program, to be known as Enspire, funded through the Canadian government’s Deep Retrofit Accelerator Initiative.

Up to $40,000 per commercial or institutional building, or $200,000 across a portfolio, is on offer to support adoption of the ISO 50001 standard for energy management systems.

The Zero Emissions Innovation Centre (ZEIC) has launched the BC Retrofit Accelerator (BCRA), aimed at decarbonization.

A regulatory crackdown on unproven or misleading environmental claims is causing uncertainty for some businesses selling their products and services in the Canadian market.