Manulife Investment Management is the first Canadian real estate landlord to achieve GBAC STAR accreditation, for 7 of its Montreal properties.

Commercial real estate investors, owners and managers are acknowledging that entrenched social inequities undermine their workforces, their tenants and the value of their portfolios.

The 2020 race2reduce field boasts more than 1,730 buildings encompassing 248 million square feet of space in common areas and tenant premises — an increase from 650 buildings covering 95 million square feet in 2019.

The CECRA program is voluntary. Not all eligible landlords will necessarily take advantage of this program for various reasons.

Like humans, living walls might be overdue for a trim, but few are imperilled in the now largely empty surroundings of commercial and institutional buildings.

Commercial real estate operators are seeking advice across a wide spectrum of expertise as they deploy their crisis management, business continuity and recovery plans.

Landlords and tenants are continuing to move lease transactions forward in anticipation of a return to business as usual in the near future.

The energy demand load has shifted in sync with much of Ontario’s workforce from commercial to home offices, prompting calls for suspension of time-of-use pricing during the current COVID-19 related upheaval

Market pressure and industry competitiveness could propel accessible commercial real estate in the coming decade, much the way those complementary forces have already bolstered energy efficiency and low-carbon footprints.

A scurry of people is criss-crossing paths in the newly renovated Yonge Sheppard Centre in North Toronto.

Commercial real estate's core function as a provider of workspace serves as something of a living lab for the industry's own human resources strategies.

Private property owners in Ontario, including condo corporations, could find themselves paying a premium to keep their walkways safe this winter.

How can companies adapt to the monumental change of cannabis legalization? The short answer is to implement a drug policy.

What happens when a prospective director has not only professional experience to offer, but professional experience in the condo industry?

Could the recent sale of a Toronto condo for cryptocurrency be the first sign of a shift in the condo industry towards use of digital currencies?

At least one condo corporation is facing what is likely to be a steep repair tab after Toronto was drenched with a month’s worth of rain on Aug. 7.

Health and wellness-promoting amenities are no longer just nice-to-have perks in sustainable office buildings — increasingly, employees are demanding them.