REMI Network - Industry News
REMI

Industry News

Nesting Ground

Canadian Apartment Magazine

BC and Canada partner to accelerate housing construction

The joint investment is designed to fast‑track construction‑ready housing projects across the province, ensuring more people can access safe, affordable homes faster.
Bergeron

Construction Business

Concert Properties Christine Bergeron passes away

Concert Properties CEO and prominent B.C. business leader Christine Bergeron passed away on February 13, 2026, after a battle with cancer.
accessibility

REMI Network

Ontario accessibility funding targets public spaces

The Ontario government is supporting more than 40 projects to help seniors and people with disabilities to participate in community life.
workplace

REMI Network

Federal workplace in Quebec honours Atikamekw culture

A newly completed building in Quebec has started welcoming 2000 occupants across three federal organizations.
amenities

REMI Network

Three-storey amenities space coming to 1 Adelaide East

The facility is designed to promote a healthier work-life balance for tenants of the existing 30-storey office tower.
Order of Ontario welcomes mortgage financier

Canadian Property Management

Order of Ontario welcomes mortgage financier

Stephen J.R. Smith, founder and executive chair of First National Financial, has been named to the Order of Ontario, joining the select group of recipients who have merited the highest civilian honour the Province bestows.
Tenant status could figure in drug crackdown

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Tenant status could figure in drug crackdown

Market-rate and subsidized tenants could pose differing liability threats for Ontario’s rental housing landlords under a looming crackdown on knowingly permitting illegal drug-related activity in their buildings.
rental

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Canada’s most in‑demand rental markets

A new renter interest report reveals that Moncton, NB, led the country as the most in‑demand rental market in Q4 2025.
B6

Construction Business

B6 office tower achieves WELL Core Platinum

The B6 Office Tower in Vancouver has achieved WELL Platinum, making it the largest Platinum-certified office building in Vancouver.
rental housing construction

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Mississauga introduces incentives to boost rental development

Mississauga City Council has approved a motion to expand the City’s development charges incentive program in an effort to accelerate purpose‑built rental construction.
public capital

Canadian Apartment Magazine

CMHC forecasts prolonged slowdown for homebuilding sector

Canada’s homebuilders are bracing for continued challenges due to higher construction costs, softer demand, and rising inventories in most markets.
rental

REMI Network

GTA analysts forecast stable home prices in 2026

TRREB’s 2026 Market Outlook forecasts more choice for buyers amid elevated supply levels.
affordability

REMI Network

New poll sheds light on housing affordability

A recent opinion poll from the Canadian Home Builders’ Association sheds light on the federal policies needed to restore confidence in the housing market.
rent growth

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Asking rent falls for 16th straight month

The average asking rent for residential properties across Canada fell 2.0 per cent in January, marking the 16th consecutive month of annual declines.
Federal hybrid work model tips toward office

Canadian Property Management

Federal hybrid work model tips toward office

The Canadian government’s hybrid work model is tipping decisively back to the formal office, with newly posted instructions for the federal public service to step up its on-site presence.

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Killam acquires 13-storey Halifax apartment

Killam Apartment REIT has acquired Forrest Green Apartments, a 13-storey, 109-unit building in the Clayton Park neighbourhood of Halifax.
OSCRE advances data infrastructure strategy

Canadian Property Management

OSCRE advances data infrastructure strategy

The Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate (OSCRE) will convene a roundtable in Toronto later this month to discuss projects aligned with its data infrastructure strategy.