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Canadian Facility Management & Design

Licensing exams go online for security guards

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

REMI Network

National home price up 9.7 per cent in Q4

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.
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Canadian Apartment Magazine

Toronto vacancy rate reaches 50-year high

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. 
Developers acquire Mississauga YMCA site

CondoBusiness

Mississauga YMCA site tagged for redevelopment

New owners of the 4.5-acre Mississauga YMCA site are promising future redevelopment that will make a statement in the city’s skyline.
More lucrative support for NS accessory units

Canadian Property Management

Ontario extends ban on commercial evictions

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.
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Canadian Apartment Magazine

Ontario issues temporary pause on residential evictions

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

REMI Network

Scientists find new way to predict global warming

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.
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Construction Business

One of B.C.’s largest capital school projects opens

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

Canadian Apartment Magazine

InterRent and Crestpoint acquire large Vancouver portfolio

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.
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Construction Business

SFU will launch LC3 Innovation Centre in Vancouver

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

Canadian Property Management

Nexus REIT to acquire eight industrial buildings

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.
Canadian asset managers among world's 150 largest for real estate investment

Canadian Property Management

Canadian asset managers among global 150 largest

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

Luxury home sales over $3-mil set new record in GTA

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.
Office conversion eases Ottawa's Class B woes

Canadian Property Management

Repositioning specialist tackles Ottawa market

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.
Kirkland Centre

Canadian Property Management

Kirkland Centre set for transit-oriented remake

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

Companies urged to clarify post-COVID workplace plans

Businesses that ignore current data related to the employee experience risk dismantling years of trust in the post-pandemic workplace. 
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Construction Business

Canada’s first-ever tsunami tower to be built in B.C.

Canada’s first-ever tsunami evacuation tower is being constructed in B.C. It will be built at Gudangaay Tlaat'sa Naay Secondary school.