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Ottawa

New housing in Ottawa grows by 75 per cent

Townhomes dominated the volume of new housing in Ottawa last year.
luxury home

Toronto’s luxury home sales surge in Q4 2024

Luxury homebuyers are slowly re-entering the top end of the condo market.
Graywood

Graywood partners with Hankyu Hanshin Properties

To mark their first collaboration, Hankyu Hanshin Properties will joint venture with Graywood on the development of Claystone, a boutique condo in Oakville.
building

Federal funding to boost building codes in P.E.I.

The investment will help adopt stronger building codes in all types of buildings and deliver more affordable energy.
Festival

Four-tower Festival community tops off in Vaughan

Menkes and QuadReal topped off a four-tower condo community in the south Vaughan Metropolitan Centre.
Ontario introduces crane inspection schedule

Ontario introduces crane inspection schedule

All tower crane components must now be inspected and verified to be operationally sound at 10-year intervals from either its manufacture date or its previous inspection.
housing

Housing sizes shift across Ontario

There’s a shift toward smaller condos and larger single-detached houses across the province, according to new data from the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation.
Arbo

Arbo at Downsview advances with key approvals

A future transit-oriented community called Arbo at Downsview is on the move with the recent approval of a draft plan of subdivision.
Yonge City Square

Yonge City Square breaks ground in Hoggs Hollow

The two-tower development is the largest new condo project to start construction in Toronto this year.
construction

Alberta forms construction codes working group

Alberta created a new working group to improve the province's construction codes to safely accelerate housing development.
Radio Arts

Radio Arts tops off in Hamilton

A 14-storey condo that rose from the former CHIQ-AM radio station in Hamilton is now complete.
cleantech

Condo suite boasts cleantech innovations at The Well

Tridel unveiled its most eco-friendly condo unit, with smart cleantech that optimizes energy consumption and reduces carbon emissions.
cooling

Vancouver passes motion for multi-residential cooling solutions

Vancouver City Council passed a motion calling for the provincial government to address critical gaps in access to cooling.
Brownie Awards

Industry celebrates 25 years of the Brownie Awards

More than 300 attendees came together to recognize excellence in the remediation and revitalization of contaminated sites.
U.S. home builders decry new tariff threat

U.S. home builders decry new tariff threat

A 25 per cent tariff on Canadian imports would further erode housing affordability in the United States, warn advocates for that country’s residential development industry.
National Housing Day

Join the National Housing Day conversation

On November 22, housing developers, building owners, policy-makers and the public at large are urged to join the housing conversation to end homelessness in Canada.
residential construction

Ontario’s residential construction in risky state

Ontario homebuilders are calling for action as housing starts are expected to wane over the next few years.