The Government of Canada announced it will be offering Temporary Rental Assistance funding to support social housing projects and families of low income. 

Nexus REIT units were consolidated at a factor of four-to-one and delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange upon today’s graduation to trading on the TSX.

Loans of $25,000 to $1 million will be available through the Highly Affected Sectors Credit Availability Program (HASCAP), fully guaranteed by the Business Development Bank of Canada.

Tamara Vrooman brings leadership experience in the private and public sectors to her new role as chair of the Canada Infrastructure Bank.

Since January 18, 2021, Toronto has received 1,950 complaints about improper mask usage in shared residential spaces.

Canada is slow to administer doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, but condo communities are already beginning to consider some complex issues related to immunization.

Canada’s overall vacancy rate increased from 2.0 per cent in 2019 to 3.2 per cent in 2020, according to the latest Rental Market Survey from CMHC – which also includes rent arrears data due to COVID-19.

Empire Communities, one of North America’s largest private homebuilders, announced it is expanding into rental housing with the formation of Empire Rental Living,

Pôle culturel de Chambly took top honours for a commercial project incorporating a variety of hardscape products, with the city recognized as both the contractor and designer.

As of December 2020, Turner, Drake and Partners Ltd. pegs the vacancy rate at 14 per cent across 12.2 million square feet of office space in eight submarkets.

A surging second wave of COVID-19 tempered investment confidence in commercial real estate during the fourth quarter of 2020.

Extra vigilance is expected as confirmed cases of the highly contagious U.K. B.1.1.7 variant of COVID-19 spreads within Ontario-based facilities.

Union officials are also calling on Ontario Premier Doug Ford to affirm that security guards are essential workers.

The City of Montréal will receive $56.8 million in federal funding under the new Rapid Housing Initiative to support the completion of 12 projects, representing 263 housing units.

Eileen Foroglou has been named chief financial officer at the Toronto-based private equity real estate investment firm, NYX Capital Corp.

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.