Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (Allied) has agreed to purchase three Toronto assets for $101 million.

Employees are demanding more intelligent and hygienic workplaces, and are more open to connecting devices related to hygiene, states a new report from Tork.

Homes and businesses in more than 300 communities across southwestern Ontario will soon have access to ultra-high speed internet.

Canada Green Building Council is offering free LEED registration and certification for commercial, institutional and residential projects in Fort McMurray.

Positive absorption in Toronto roughly matched the 1.3 million square feet of space vacated in Calgary's office market during the first half of 2016.

Brookfield Canada Office Properties plans to lease 140,000 square feet of space at Brookfield Place Calgary to Scotiabank, beginning late 2017.

LEED v4 registration was up during Q2, with four new projects registering under the latest version of the rating system,

RioCan is acquiring interest in four properties across the country that Canada Pension Plan Investment Board currently co-owns.

No country is a candidate for the Dean's list, but Germany tops the rankings of 23 countries that account for three quarters of world energy consumption with a score of 73.5 out of 100. The average score is 51, although eliminating Saudi Arabia's exceptionally low performance would push it up to 53.

Toronto's downtown office vacancy rate sits at 6.3 per cent midway through 2016, while the 8.4 per cent availability rates reflects tenants preparing future moves to the more than 3.5 million square feet of new office space now under construction.

The Crystal Ballroom in Toronto’s historic Omni King Edward Hotel will undergo a $6.5 million restoration beginning August 2016.

Two fast food purveyors are the most prominent on the list of 24 public and private sector partners chosen to accommodate 485 new electric vehicle charging stations.

A companion metric to the Global Real Estate Transparency Index, the Sustainability Transparency Index uses a different scoring system tied to the availability of voluntary or compulsory methods of demonstrating a building's energy and environmental performance.

Anthem Properties Group and Crestpoint Real Estate Investments have teamed up to co-own a portfolio of 11 shopping centres located in B.C. and Alberta.

Vancouver and Toronto markets capture a large share of Q2 investment action, while multifamily, office and industrial are favoured property types.

ReDev Properties has renewed seven key leases in Regina, ensuring long-term retail commitment for one of the city's top commercial properties, Quance Plaza.

Analysts expect landlords to hold a harder line on rents once they take back a greater portion of the nearly 3.8 million square feet of sublease space now available in the downtown office market.