The advent of self-driving vehicles are now underway, ushering in one of the biggest changes to cities that we will see in our lifetime.

The REMI Network's editorial team takes a look at last year's top stories and how they will continue to impact the commercial real estate industry in 2018.

Interest in the Passive House standard has increased significantly in the last two to three years throughout North America and especially in Western Canada.

The CaGBC is working to spearhead the next evolution of green building with the launch of its Zero Carbon Building Standard.

The Joyce Centre for Partnership & Innovation is poised to become a teaching tool for current and future building professionals alike.

A new $200-million hotel-office-condo-multifamily development officially broke ground in downtown Montreal last week.

A preliminary master plan for the Old Port of Montreal imagines a dynamic, mixed-use waterfront site with closer access to the St. Lawrence River.

Flooding is giving rise to new research on how green roof performance metrics can better manage water capacity.

CF's national electric vehicle charging program will add 45 networked chargers at 15 shopping centres, helping to ease range anxiety and ramp up EV sales.

In Waterloo, Ontario, workers are installing wells for a geo-exchange system that will heat and cool a new net positive energy office development.

New plant-based innovations in synthetic grass respond to changing forces in the market like changing weather patterns and wellbeing.

Opening a brand new facility is no easy feat, especially one like Rogers Place, the first LEED Silver-certified NHL facility in Canada.

Last year, the commercial real estate industry faced a number of diverse challenges and successes that are expected to develop throughout 2017. Here, REMI’s award-winning

Alberta has adopted the National Energy Code for Buildings (NECB) 2011 edition into its newest building code. The coming into force date for the new

Living walls are becoming increasingly popular in retail, institutional, office and residential interior spaces, and for good reason.

Preventing avian collisions in urban settings may not be a maintenance priority, but municipal bird-friendly standards are only going to get tougher.

Industry proponents of sustainability are looking beyond buildings and thinking on a larger scale with low-impact communities.