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Alberta hospitals get rigorous trespass rules

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Alberta hospitals get rigorous trespass controls

The move responds to a series of unruly gatherings that dissenters opposed to COVID-19 vaccination have staged at health care campuses throughout the province.
Gogama

REMI Network

Forestry company invests $10M in Gogama housing facility

First Nation Industrial Systems will help a major wood products company in northern Ontario to construct a housing complex for incoming employees.
Dakota Dunes Resort

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Indigenous themes illuminate Dakota Dunes Resort

The Whitecap Dakota First Nation collaborated with designers on the new Dakota Dunes Resort in Saskatchewan.
First Nation

Construction Business

Work begins on new Tsawout First Nation housing

Construction is underway on a new affordable housing development on the Tsawout First Nation in Central Saanich.
Canadian Canoe Museum

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New Canadian Canoe Museum slated for 2023

A new home for the Canadian Canoe Museum will start rising Peterborough, Ont., on a five-acre site along the water’s edge.
greenhouse gas

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Community net metering demo set for Ontario

Sifton Properties’ West 5, a 70-acre mixed-use development in London, Ontario, will be a test site for an electricity generation and sharing model known as community net metering.
zoning laws

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Ontario realtors call on government to update zoning laws

The Ontario Real Estate Association is calling on the provincial government to cut red tape and update exclusionary single-family zoning laws in high-demand areas.
tourism

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Ontario gives $100-mil boost to tourism industry

Eligible applicants include inns and lodges, boat tours, ski centres, live performance venues, cinemas, drive-in theatres, and amusement and water parks.
GTA rents

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Popularity of small rental units back on the rise

Average rents for all GTA property types increased nearly a full per cent in August over July, with small rental units climbing in popularity after a year of lagging.
BGO grows data centre portfolio

Canadian Facility Management & Design

BentallGreenOak grows data centre portfolio

BentallGreenOak has augmented its nascent data centre portfolio with the acquisition of a 200,000-square-foot facility in downtown Montreal, continuing the foray into the alternative asset class launched earlier this spring.
industrial

Canadian Property Management

All time low for industrial vacancy in Vancouver

Industrial vacancy in Metro Vancouver has hit another new record low and set another all-time high for lease rates.
Passive House retrofit

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Passive House retrofit transforms aging Hamilton residential tower

An 18-storey affordable seniors’ residence in Hamilton, Ontario, has transitioned into one of the largest Passive House retrofits in North America.
luxury apartment CAPREIT

Canadian Apartment Magazine

CAPREIT acquires luxury apartment in Toronto’s Forest Hill

CAPREIT announced it has acquired Tower Hill East, a “superior-quality, luxury apartment building” on St. Clair Avenue West in Forest Hill, Toronto.
office market turnaround

Canadian Property Management

Office market turnaround delayed at least to Q4

A fourth wave of COVID-19 stalled hopes for an office market turnaround in the third quarter of 2021, while demand for industrial space continued unabated.
Rize Alliance

REMI Network

Rize Alliance introduces new rental property division

Rize Alliance has unveiled Comma Properties, a new division focused on building better rental communities across the Lower Mainland and LA.
tailgate toolkit

REMI Network

Fewer Canadians report ‘sense of belonging’ at work 

More than half of Canadians are doing their job when feeling unwell on a weekly basis. The mental health scores among this group are significantly below those who report never working while feeling unwell.
federal election

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Justin Trudeau promises “real and important change”

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has been elected for a third term, with a vow to deliver "real and important change" on issues such as housing affordability and chronic rental undersupply.