Industry News
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.
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.
REMI Network
Indigenous themes illuminate Dakota Dunes Resort
The Whitecap Dakota First Nation collaborated with designers on the new Dakota Dunes Resort in Saskatchewan.
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.
REMI Network
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.
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.
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.
REMI Network
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.



















