None of us know how long proof of vaccination will be required in Ontario in the settings mandated by the province, or whether those areas and exemptions will be amended over time.

An increasing number of condos within the last two months have implemented mandatory vaccination policies, which apply to indoor common element amenity users and on-site employees.

Maintaining residents’ privacy is nothing new in condos, but optional vaccine policies are bringing more relevance to the issue of anonymity. .

If one board director considers another director problematic, despite an excellent board orientation, it is time to act.

As appealing as old buildings are, they do present some unique challenges for residents. Often, these aging developments hang on to old processes.

As a hybrid work models emerges, new condos will welcome residents into co-working spaces with no one-size-fits-all approach.

While designing the condo hotel grounds, the approach was to reduce high maintenance turf areas with trees, shrubs and perennials that will maintain their beauty against snow, salt and wind.

We should be asking our reserve fund planners to look at the Paris accord target dates and compare the end-of-life replacement of our gas-burning appliances against the target dates.

As the country moves to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles, questions are brewing among people living in multi-unit dwellings.

How would this scenario unfold in Ontario? Leaving aside the construction process itself, there are vast differences between Ontario and Florida condominium laws that would have given the Champlain towers significant added protections following registration.

Federal scrutiny of condo procurement should be sufficient reason for diligent condo boards to examine their procurement practices.

For condo buildings built in the 1980’s or 1990’s, there is likely a window project coming up in the reserve fund study.

A growing number of multi-res high rises across Toronto have continued to reduce waste during the pandemic.

The pandemic has altered an interesting and often overlooked item in the budget, which is not a cost at all, but a loss of revenue.

Fire plans may need an overhaul as the resident population ages, building systems are updated, and renovations alter the layout of floors or rooms.

The insurance crisis in condominiums is affecting how boards are planning for disasters in Ontario.

Should the corporation move forward with certain maintenance repairs if the issue has the potential to become exponentially worse?