Development
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Investor demand targets purpose-built rental
Morguard's Director of Research Keith Reading provides advance insights into Q1 market conditions, noting that things continue to look optimistic for the purpose-built rental scene.
CondoBusiness
Deconstructing housing affordability in the GTA
Housing affordability is a growing concern in Canada, but there is no consensus on how to quantify the problem. That might soon change.
Design Quarterly
Is LEED still relevant?
LEED has become synonymous with green in the mainstream building industry over the last decade, but is LEED still relevant? While the voluntary green building
Canadian Property Management
Office condo set for Toronto’s north Yonge strip
Yonge Park Plaza will offer the opportunity to own office space within a hotel setting, when the seven-storey glass building begins to rise this year.
CondoBusiness
Dangerous defects and professional liability
In many cases insurance is unavailable, developers are unwilling or unable to help and condominiums end up repairing construction deficiencies themselves.
CondoBusiness
Consultation dates released for Tarion review
The Ministry of Government and Consumer Services this week released consultation dates and locations for the Tarion review, following a stretch of silence that, for some, raised questions about the terms of engagement.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Mill restoration inspires waterfront development
The restoration of an old mill in Elora, Ontario is at the heart of Pearle Hospitality’s ambitious, mixed-use waterfront development project
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Keeping up with residential tenancy laws
As the rental industry grows and changes, so do residential tenancy laws. Joe Hoffer, Partner Cohen Highley LLP, highlights three specific areas of concern.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
The dirt on excess soil
MOECC's excess soil management policy framework, now up for review, seeks to better align the reuse of excess soil with existing waste regulations.
CondoBusiness
SCOOP to become first condo on its block
SCOOP will become the first condo on its block when the boutique six-storey collection of 72 suites rises at St. Clair Avenue West and Osler Street.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
UBC facility sets green campus standard
A UBC LEED Platinum certified facility known as AMS Nest is a beacon to other campuses across Canada looking to reduce their environmental footprint.
Construction Business
Pacific NorthWest LNG closer to final decision
Pacific NorthWest LNG is one of 20 proposed LNG projects in B.C. which will see a $36 billion LNG export facility built on Lelu Island
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Cogeneration sparks apartment sector interest
Cogeneration in Canada is no longer just for hospitals and industrial facilities—multi-residential property owners are beginning to take note of this energy savings technology, too.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Green construction and retrofits on upswing
Energy conservation is identified as the key motive for green construction and retrofits, surpassing all other reasons cited in newly released global survey results. The
Building Strategies & Sustainability
BRE Innovation Park to accelerate sustainability
The BRE Innovation Park in Ontario will become a platform for the Canadian construction industry to demonstrate solutions to achieve low carbon buildings.
Construction Business
Surrey facility to turn organic waste into biogas
A new organics biofuel processing facility in Surrey will be the first and largest of its kind in North America. When completed, the facility will
CondoBusiness
Intensification impacts on millennial consumers
A new report on the impacts of residential intensification on consumers makes recommendations for consumer education, planning policies and more.




