Commercial
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Blazing a trail for zero carbon in Nova Scotia
The zero carbon project marks an evolution in warehouses and, more broadly, the potential for a lower-emitting industrial sector.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Virus hastens new tower at St. Michael’s Hospital
A much anticipated, and unfinished, addition to St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto was fast-tracked to keep pace with a fast-moving pandemic.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Community centres redefined for a new era
How to socially distance in spaces charged for social interactions? This is just one challenge facing community centres as they prepare for reopening—bit by bit—across
CondoBusiness
Are condos prepared for climate change?
While many condos haven’t yet experienced the major effects of climate change, statistics and case studies foreshadow the impacts that could come.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Working at home full time undesirable for most
The office remains a preferable environment for the majority of workers who find working from home every day an unfavourable option.
Design Quarterly
Recognizing the power of design amid COVID-19
Now that we are disconnected from the spaces that often inspire us at work, there is a stronger appreciation and longing for a well-designed workplace.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Hamilton office space luring global tech firms
Brick-and-beam buildings in Hamilton are transforming into modern office space for tech firms looking to employ a growing talent pool.
Canadian Property Management
Big three retail landlords thrive on experience
Yorkdale Shopping Centre again takes the title of Canada's most productive mall in the Retail Council of Canada's annual analysis of shopping centres with more than 250,000 square feet of gross leasable area.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Workplace trends impacting office design
Major workplace trends are creating the impetus for more sustainable, adaptable and productive places of employment.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Westinghouse HQ gets new lease on life
The Westinghouse HQ building has been re-envisioned for a new age to become a hub for commercial and cultural activities.
Design Quarterly
Resilient design in the workplace
A panel of speakers explored the significant steps businesses, governments and learning institutions are actively taking towards resilient design
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Inside OCAD University’s first off-campus outpost
OCAD University asked Toronto-based architecture and interior design firm, Quadrangle, to create an interior with flexible features.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
History and innovation blend at Hotel X Toronto
For Hotel X Toronto, a new urban resort from the Library Hotel Collection, intimate is the personality of choice, and it comes across in all its facets.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Tim Hortons’ new HQ champions sustainability
Inside Tim Hortons’ move to a new sustainable head office in downtown Toronto that embraces the company’s Canadiana roots.
Design Quarterly
Aga Khan officially opens garden in Edmonton
His Highness the Aga Khan officially opened the Aga Khan Garden this month in Edmonton at the University of Alberta Botanic Garden.
Canadian Property Management
More landlords use child care to bolster amenities
Corporate tenants are increasingly demanding child care in their buildings to help female employees go back to work after maternity leave.
Canadian Property Management
Mixed-use developments may stifle diversity
Mixed-use developments in Toronto are creating neighbourhoods that are unaffordable for many people, according to a new study.