Development
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Designing for patient dignity in Grande Prairie
Inside the 681,000-square-foot facility, people are able to experience the landscape and natural light, even throughout Alberta’s harsh weather extremes.
CondoBusiness
Ontario condo managers grapple with price hikes
As multi-residential buildings grapple with rising construction costs, condo managers in Ontario are experiencing the impacts up close.
Canadian Property Management
Robust yields ongoing for industrial landlords
Market analysts and asset managers express confidence that the industrial sector will be buoyant into the future despite current global economic uncertainty.
CondoBusiness
Construction costs rattle the condo industry
Construction cost increases are a significant concern if a condo needs to complete work in the next year or so. But the concern isn't just the here and now.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Housing supply-demand imbalance set to persist
Recent CMHC analysis concludes that approximately 3.5 million additional dwelling units are needed to meet demand and pull prices back into closer alignment with purchasers’ and tenants’ incomes.
Construction Business
Energy sector workforce evolves and expands
Energy efficiency is projected to create more jobs and assume a larger share of energy sector economic activity in step with a heightened focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Canadian Property Management
CRE measures up as Canadian economic driver
A new report estimates commercial real estate made a $148.4 billion total contribution to Canada’s GDP last year, when factoring its direct, indirect and induced impacts.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Designing the shopping experience of the future
New theories on retail centre on how experiences, convenience and a sense of community can draw people to a physical site.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Canada’s Student Housing Market
As the fall semester kicks off, reports of inadequent student housing abound, with many having struggled to find suitable accommodations in and around campuses.
CondoBusiness
High-rises bringing health to new heights
Urbanites living in two up-and-coming condos won't have to escape their homes for fresh air and water.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Capital Park breathes new life into Victoria, BC
Capital Park is a $250-million, master-planned community located in the surging rental market of Victoria, BC.
CondoBusiness
Plugging into the future of EV charging
New buildings are subject to laws and regulations, which require them to be compatible with EVCs.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Canada’s top rents rank moderately in the U.S.
Canada’s two priciest rental housing markets fall toward the moderate end of the scale when mixed in with the largest urban centres in the United States.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Science on display at Memorial University
A blue whale skeleton, 25 metres long, suspends from the ceiling of Memorial University’s Core Science Facility—as though it is swimming in empty space.
CondoBusiness
Probing election promises for housing supply
With Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives (PCs) entering another four-year term, the development community is keeping close tabs on election promises made around housing supply and affordability.
CondoBusiness
Living with dignity in multi-generational housing
Multi-generational homes are often an afterthought for builders who continue to favour housing geared to nuclear families. Rarely do municipalities legislate them.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
The health of your building matters
A new report from CfAD, in collaboration with QuadReal Property Group, points to the positive ways healthy building strategies can drive value in real estate.