Industry News
REMI Network
Feds invest $8.8M in Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada
The new 86,000-square-foot facility is scheduled to open in 2021.
Canadian Property Management
Kevric to buy 600 de la Gauchetière West
The buyers plan to make significant investments to redevelop the iconic building.
Canadian Property Management
AHIP to sell Economy Lodging portfolio
The transaction is expected to be completed in September 2019.
Canadian Property Management
Offbeat locales hold co-working space bargains
Despite shared status for the lowest office vacancy rate in North America, co-working space in Toronto and Vancouver appears generally more affordable than in major markets in the United States.
Construction Business
Legal challenge of B.C.’s labour model proceeds
The legal challenge of the B.C. NDP’s Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) model will proceed to the B.C. Supreme Court. Petitioners welcomed the decision.
REMI Network
Crown and Plaza Partners announce joint acquisition in Mississauga
30 Eglinton Avenue West is comprised of a 113,435 square foot office building and 51,296 square feet of retail on a 6.4 acre site.
Construction Business
Quebec postpones sprinkler requirement for private seniors’ homes
Owners of privately owned Quebec retirement homes will have an extra two years to retrofit their residences with sprinkler systems.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
More Canadians seeking properties for investment or recreation
A new survey of RE/MAX brokers and agents has found that investment and recreational properties are on the rise across Canada, with 74 per cent of regions surveyed experiencing an uptick.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Retrofit fund draws on carbon pricing revenue
Grants of up to $250,000 are available to small business operators in New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan for energy-saving and emission-reducing building retrofit projects.
Canadian Property Management
Cheryl Gray recognized for proptech innovation
CRE Women of Influence are nominated by industry peers and evaluated based on professional achievement, contributions to the broader real estate industry and their actions as role models and mentors for other women.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Brightside announces plans to redevelop five properties
Brightside Community Homes Foundation, one of Vancouver’s oldest and largest affordable housing societies, announced plans to redevelop five of its current buildings in an effort to respond to Vancouver’s housing crisis.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Average monthly rents continue to trend upward
The average monthly rents in Canada increased another 1.9 per cent in June , according to the latest National Rent Report produced by Rentals.ca and Bullpen Research & Consulting.
REMI Network
Vancouver ties Toronto for North America’s lowest office vacancy rate
Followed by San Francisco at 3.6 per cent, the three tightest downtown markets in North America are tech hubs.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Multi-unit construction boosts housing starts in June
The trend in housing starts was up in June 2019 compared to May primarily due to multi-unit apartment construction.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Government invests in deep energy retrofits
The government announced it is investing $5.75 million towards deep energy retrofits in four multi-residential buildings in the cities of Toronto and Hamilton.
Canadian Property Management
BentallGreenOak officially emerges
Bentall Kennedy's merger with GreenOak Real Estate is now in place, extending the newly formed entity's worldwide reach and bringing approximately USD $46 billion worth of assets under management.
Design Quarterly
Order of Canada honourees grace buildings sector
Donald Schmitt, Principal with Diamond Schmitt Architects, and Raymond Cole, Professor Emeritus at University of British Columbia's School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, are among 83 new appointments announced prior to Canada Day.



