Industry News
Maritime Centre receives 2025 Carbon Hero Award
Maritime Centre is the recipient of the 2025 Carbon Hero Award, recognizing outstanding leadership in greenhouse gas reduction and operational innovation
CRE feeling climate action pressure from cities
Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal are among 75 world cities seen to be exerting some degree of climate action pressure on the commercial real estate sector.
New Brunswick unwraps contaminated site status
Property owners, potential investors and other stakeholders can now find the status of any registered contaminated site in New Brunswick via a new online map.
Unlicensed retailers subvert NS cannabis market
Nova Scotia’s newly launched crackdown on illicit cannabis sales comes after the discovery that unlicensed retailers outnumber regulated outlets by more than two-to-one.
Tariff blowback exerts ill force on wind farms
Advocates for Canada’s renewable energy industry want wind turbine towers exempted from the list of imported steel-based products that will be subject to a 25 per cent tariff as of Dec. 26, 2025.
Canadian investors shop abroad for data centres
The United States continues to be the most prominent destination for outbound Canadian capital, but that trend was more muted than the historical norm during the first nine months of 2025.
H&R shrinks retail holdings via pending sales
H&R Real Estate Investment Trust will offload most of its retail holdings and three office properties through$1.5-billion worth of pending sales to multiple unnamed buyers.
Harsh payback on energy efficiency violations
Underperforming and improperly labelled equipment and appliances could pose a far greater financial liability than just elevated energy costs under proposed amendments to Canada’s Energy Efficiency Act.
Some ratepayers veiled in NB survey findings
There’s little clear insight into what New Brunswick's residential landlords and non-residential ratepayers think about the assessment and property tax system.
Ontario unveils new rebates, incentives under $10.9B energy plan
Ontario announced new rebates for energy-efficient home appliances and incentives for industries and institutions under its $10.9-billion energy savings plan.
Regulatory sandboxes slated for federal playbook
The federal government is moving to give its Ministers authority to allow real-scenario testing of products, services, processes or new regulatory approaches via regulatory sandboxes.
Feds set to dilute anti-greenwashing rules
The federal budget announces the Canadian government’s intention to revise instructions guiding how the Competition Tribunal assesses greenwashing in marketing claims.
Large building retrofits designated for funding
The Canadian government's newly announced Build Communities Strong Fund includes a $6-billion stream for "regionally significant" projects that involve private sector investment.
Advocates call for proactive inclusion in the workplace
Employees report that having to disclose their disabilities can hinder workplace inclusion.
New skew for up and down asset trends in Q3
Office and industrial markets are still exhibiting contrasting fortunes, but there’s a new skew to the up and down trends in Canada’s major urban centres coming out of the third quarter.
GRESB navigates sustainability backlash
The newly released 2025 GRESB benchmark shows year-over-year improvement in the average global score for environmental, social and governance (ESG) results in commercial real estate portfolios.
New smart building labs fuel real estate innovation
The $6.5 million project offers Canadian startups and scale-ups a chance to develop technologies that improve building safety, efficiency and connectivity.




















