Residential landlords in Quebec face tighter rent increase margins for 2021, particularly if their buildings are centrally heated with gas or oil.

Prominent commercial landlords are offering free space to accommodate COVID-19 vaccination clinics and related support services in malls, conference centres, office buildings and other well-located sites throughout Canada.

The new option aligns with the Ontario government’s objective to provide digital alternatives for paper-based administrative processes.

Markham, Vaughan, Burlington, Pickering, Oakville. The average home price in all these Ontario-based cities increased by at least $100,000 last quarter, compared to 2019.

The latest Urbanation survey of purpose-built rental apartments in Toronto show the vacancy rate rose to a 50-year high of 5.7 per cent in Q4-2020. 

New owners of the 4.5-acre Mississauga YMCA site are promising future redevelopment that will make a statement in the city’s skyline.

Commercial evictions are still on hold in Ontario for qualifying tenants experiencing pandemic-related financial stress. A new regulation, enabled through 2020 budget legislation, extends the protections.

The Ontario government has issued an emergency order to temporarily pause the enforcement of residential evictions for the second time since March 2020.

The threshold for dangerous global warming will likely be crossed between 2027 and 2042 – a much narrower window than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s estimate of between now and 2052.

The $106.5 million New Westminster Secondary school, one of the largest school capital projects in B.C.’s history, has opened its doors.

InterRent REIT and Crestpoint Real Estate Investments announced that they have entered into agreements to acquire a large Vancouver portfolio for a purchase price of $292.5 million.

SFU has been selected to establish a Low Carbon Cities Canada (LC3) Innovation Centre in Vancouver with a $22-million federal investment.

Upon completion of the two new deals, 67 per cent of Nexus REIT’s net rental income will be derived from its industrial holdings — a jump from 61 per cent currently.

Brookfield Asset Management sits far atop the field in IPE Real Assets’ 2020 rankings of the world’s 150 largest real estate investment managers.

Luxury home sales more than $3 million set a new record in the GTA, with the number condo and freehold properties sold in 2020 topping peak 2017 levels.

Marlin Spring and Colonnade BridgePort have partnered in the acquisition of a 12-storey office building at a prominent intersection of Ottawa’s central business district.

RioCan REIT and Broccolini Real Estate Group have joined forces to redevelop an open-air retail centre in suburban Montreal.