Development
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Small market, big gains
The severe housing shortage in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, may continue to make life difficult for residents for a little while yet, but relief is in the pipeline according to the latest report on housing starts from CMHC.
Construction Business
Timber City
City of Surrey has made significant investments in civic and community buildings, many of which incorporate wood and mass timber.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Keeping up with Ontario’s Electrical Safety Code
Insights from the Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) on the new Ontario Electrical Safety Code and how it affects residential property owners.
Canadian Property Management
Ontario aims to relax scrutiny of accessibility
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing says the underlying principle of improving accessibility will be maintained, and connects the revisions to the government's commitment to cut red tape that is slowing down the production of new housing.
Construction Business
Alberta enables long-term property tax breaks
Newly adopted amendments to Alberta's Municipal Government Act extend provisions that were initially devised to support the rejuvenation of derelict brownfields to all non-residential properties.
Canadian Property Management
Energy exposure fuels Calgary office woes
Energy firms drove Calgary office leasing deals in the first quarter of 2019, but in a way that had few landlords celebrating. The largest transactions involved companies relocating and downsizing into smaller spaces.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Innovative ways to fill units faster
The rapid pace of innovation in the real estate industry has given rise to modern marketing technologies that are helping landlords fill units faster.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Inclusionary zoning prompts debate in T.O.
Inclusionary zoning has become a heated subject once again in the wake of the Ford Government’s “More Homes, More Choice” action plan, otherwise known as Bill 108.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Ontario proposes new excess soil rules
The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks' proposal is posted for public consultation until May 31, 2019.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
“More Homes, More Choice”
The Ontario government's newly revealed "More Homes, More Choice: Ontario's Housing Supply Action Plan" aims to boost affordable housing supplies through legislative change.
Canadian Property Management
Ontario spurns unpaid building code advisors
The 2019 Ontario budget lists the Building Code Conservation Advisory Council among 10 provincial agencies deemed to be unnecessary or imprudent expenditures.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
GTA rental completions reach 25-year high
With 1,849 new rental units coming to market since January 2019, GTA rental completions have reached a 25-year high according to the latest data from Urbanation.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
A new dawn for Toronto Community Housing
Toronto’s crumbling community housing stock is receiving some much-needed financial support to the tune of 1.3 billion, making it the largest federal housing investment in the city's history.
CondoBusiness
Early termination clauses open to possible abuse
How, exactly, is a developer permitted to simply cancel a project, sometimes a number of years after the first agreements of purchase and sale were signed?
REMI Network
Attracting young people to skilled trades
The construction industry has to recruit and retain young people for skilled trade jobs as a wave of retirements looms.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Helio sets new standard for energy performance
Coming soon from Sifton Properties, Helio is slated to become the most energy-efficient high-rise apartment tower in Canada, designed and constructed to be 77 per cent more efficient than a similar building built under the current Ontario Building Code.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Rent sticker shock awaits Canadians in the U.S.
Asking rents in the five largest American cities of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston and Phoenix appear moderately to dramatically steeper than Canadian tenants typically pay.



