OSCRE is developing its data management standard in sync with mounting pressure for real estate players to accurately report the volume of waste they produce, disseminate and divert from landfill.

Energy management and innovation could be a key enabler and sustainable competitive edge for data centre development and related economic growth tied to smart technologies and artificial intelligence.

A new stream of incentives to extract energy saving potential in Class B and C buildings dovetails with projections about their future competitiveness in a recovering office market.

The 2026 Ontario budget includes targeted tax relief for small businesses, added tax deferral flexibility for some employers and notice that a current tax credit will be terminated in 2027.

Tourism promoters recently pitched Canada as a destination for investment returns at MIPIM, the international gathering of property professionals occurring annually in Cannes, France.

The costs to achieve deep cuts in energy use and greenhouse gas emissions could crunch more favourably for capital budgeters with the promise of a green premium.

The financial services sector provides dual momentum for Canada’s resurgent office market — as a tenant ramping up demand for space;, and as a lender loosening access to capital.

Commercial ratepayers in Alberta can expect a 4.25 per cent jump in their education property taxes this year, while various added fees filter through to the real estate, facilities management and construction sectors.

The Canadian government is considering how its agenda to support domestic manufacturers and technology providers could meld with goals to decarbonize the buildings and energy sectors.

Commercial and residential landlords and strata corporations in British Columbia face a 7 per cent increase on some key operational costs, set to kick in on Oct. 1, 2026.

The MSCI REALPAC Canada Property Index pegs the 2025 all-asset average total return at 1.3 per cent across 50 portfolios collectively valued at roughly CAD $160 billion.

As purchasers in the voluntary carbon market, commercial real estate players can tap into a wider range of offset credits at a lower price point than industrial peers compelled to participate in the regulated carbon pricing system.

A lower threshold for mandatory participation in Canada’s industrial carbon market could bring some commercial and institutional campuses into the mix along with a broader range of suppliers to the buildings sector.

Electricity pricing refinements could be in the offing for the predominant share of Ontario’s commercial ratepayers who don’t qualify for possible cost savings through the Industrial Conservation Initiative.

More leniency could come with a package of proposed new rules for activities that currently oblige accountable parties to obtain environmental permissions from the Ontario government.

Results of landlord-tenant collaboration can be consequential for emissions reduction, operation costs, asset value and business reputation regardless of their path to togetherness.

Commercial real estate is a channel for some of the capital the Canadian government is strategizing to attract via new enticements unveiled in the 2025 federal budget.