A sustainability plan and budget should be made with the mindset of plan and prevent, instead of react and pivot.

Up until May 31, 2021, condominium corporations can hold virtual meetings and use electronic voting, without a bylaw.

Portfolio managers and supervising managers remain in the wilderness of the home office, strategizing, planning, and serving clients from the comfort of their home.

The role a condo corporation plays in the life of a resident struggling with mental illness can often be a delicate matter.

In some respects, hybrid meetings may actually be more complex than an exclusively virtual meeting or an in-person meeting.

In February, before the WHO declared a global pandemic, talk among the condo board at Palace Pier was of various news reports piling in.

Condominiums need to be careful when they decide to chargeback costs to an owner and must ensure they have the legal right to do so before they start lien proceedings.

Impacts of the hard insurance market are trickling into condominium corporations across Canada, challenging boards and managers in their wake.

Low-slope roofing systems, on top of most residential towers, will typically require replacement following a service life of 20 to 30 years.

While building codes and standards help regulate efficiency in new buildings, existing buildings have been operating with little oversight and, in fact, no insight at all into how energy and water was being used in our cities.

Many reserve fund projects have not been able to proceed this year. Even now as construction has “opened up,” contractors have backlogs that will allow them to complete only some of the previously planned projects.

COVID-19 has also taught the importance of well-drafted comprehensive force majeure clauses and other standard contractual clauses, which should now be scrutinized more than ever.

About 11 million people currently reside in Canada's wildland-urban interface areas, enjoying the benefits of proximity to forests and other natural features, but perhaps overlooking the perils.

As areas of Ontario have reopened in the midst of an ongoing outbreak, condos may be asking if a specific set of rules is helpful.

After scrambling to recalibrate their models in the early days of COVID-19-related shutdowns, analysts with Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator faced more uncharted territory when the hot weather arrived.

Condo corporations are facing new budgeting challenges in 2020. Planning for unexpected and increasing expenses is difficult to anticipate.

Although condo corporations in Canada are non-profit, there are still tax implications and annual filings that are often overlooked.