Industry News
REMI Network
Affordability main concern as real estate sector focuses on supply
Developers, investors, lenders and experts are cautiously optimistic about the real estate sector, according to a recent report from PwC Canada and ULI.
Canadian Property Management
Feds foil carbon pollution amnesty efforts
Surcharges will apply to 22 different fuel types, but most consumer expenditure is expected to go to gasoline and natural gas price add-ons.
REMI Network
ENERGY STAR to recognize multi-res buildings
A pilot program launched today aims to take energy efficiency to new heights by recognizing multi-res buildings with ENERGY STAR labels.
CondoBusiness
National home prices rose 2.2 per cent in Q3
Home prices saw modest annual gains in many regions across Canada in Q3-2018, according to the Royal LePage House Price Survey and Market Survey Forecast.
REMI Network
Morguard and partner purchase Jean Edmonds Towers in Ottawa
Morguard announced that it has jointly purchased the Jean Edmonds Towers ("JET") located at 300 Slater Street and 365 Laurier Avenue in downtown Ottawa.
CondoBusiness
Canadian home sales activity wanes in September
National home sales fell 0.4 per cent between August and September 2018, according to recent statistics from the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA).
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Viva-Cité rental project breaks ground in Montreal
Habitations Trigone and its partner Fonds immobilier de solidarité FTQ recently broke ground on a new rental project, Viva-Cité Saint-Constant, aimed at adults 55-plus.
REMI Network
IPI renamed International Parking & Mobility Institute
The International Parking Institute (IPI), the world’s largest association of parking professionals, has changed its name to the International Parking & Mobility Institute (IPMI).
REMI Network
Survey reveals workers’ attitudes towards cannabis in the workplace
Inching ever closer to legalization day, Colliers International reports 30 per cent of office workers responding to a recent survey endorse fairly lenient restrictions on cannabis use in the
REMI Network
Cannabis fueling commercial real estate demand in Western Canada
According to the latest commercial investor report from RE/MAX Kelowna and Edmonton are poised to become hot spots for Canada's cannabis market post-legalization with competing cannabis businesses looking for operating space in both cities.
REMI Network
Construction of $1.2 billion Toronto hospital begins
Construction of West Park HealthCare Centre’s $1.2 billion hospital is underway. Development on the project kicked off on Oct. 11, 2018.
CondoBusiness
National housing starts trend declines in September
In September 2018, the trend in housing starts was 207,768 units, down from 213, 966 units in August 2018, reports Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
REMI Network
Bow Valley College wins AASHE sustainability award
Bow Valley College has been awarded a campus sustainability achievement award by The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). It's the only Canadian post-secondary institution to win the international award.
REMI Network
BOMA Canada awards honour the best in CRE
The Canadian CRE industry celebrated yet another successful year at the BOMA Canada National Awards Gala, which took place in Calgary on October 3, 2018.
REMI Network
Office vacancy rates drop across Canada in Q3
Total office vacancy has dropped across Canada's six largest urban markets, Colliers reports. Newly released results for the third quarter of 2018 suggest pre-leasing commitments from banks and tech companies for new premises in the Toronto and Vancouver markets underlie the growth.
Construction Business
Investment green light for massive LNG facility
LNG Canada has announced that its joint venture participants have taken a Final Investment Decision to build the Kitimat LNG Canada export facility.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Q Management acquires 12 Skyline apartment properties
Skyline Group of Companies announced it has sold a large portfolio of 12 apartments to Toronto-based Q Management LP for $213.5 million.



