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RioCan launches “RioCan Living” residential brand

RioCan’s new residential brand, RioCan Living, formally launched today with eight projects currently in development. The new brand intends to deliver "best-in-class" purpose-built rental units and condos along Canada’s most prominent transit corridors.

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Federal budget boosts rental housing loan fund

The 2018 federal budget commits $1.25 billion over three years to the Rental Construction Financing Initiative, providing low-cost 10-year loans for municipalities, not-for-profit and private sector developers.

REMI Network

BMO opening high-tech campus in CF Toronto Eaton Centre

BMO is transforming a four-storey space at CF Toronto Eaton Centre into an urban campus that will also repurpose part of the old Sears Canada store.

REMI Network

New mandatory condo forms attract criticism

New mandatory forms for carrying out certain activities in condo corporations in Ontario have attracted criticism from board directors and lawyers for being hard to

CondoBusiness

National home sales decline sharply in January

According to the Canadian Real Estate Association, national home sales fell 14.5 per cent from December 2017, which recorded the highest monthly level on record, to January 2018.

Construction Business

New funding for women in skilled trades

The 2018 federal budget commits funds to inform women about apprenticeship programs, dispense financial grants for training and provide resources as they move into the workforce.

REMI Network

Feds pledge $24.4-mil for military grave repairs

The federal budget, released Tuesday, earmarks $24.4 million for military grave repairs.

Design Quarterly

Winners announced at 2018 Wood Design Awards in B.C.

At the 14th annual Wood Design Awards, the innovative architectural and structural design of taller and larger mass timber buildings took centre stage.

REMI Network

Manitoba approves almost $30-mil to maintain health facilities

Manitoba plans to spend nearly $30 million on 120 healthcare facility maintenance projects across the province.

CondoBusiness

Condos dominated GTA new home sales in January

The sale of new condo units eclipsed the sale of new single-family homes in the GTA by more than two-fold in January.

REMI Network

GBCI Canada opens in second largest market for LEED

GBCI and the CaGBC have formed GBCI Canada to accelerate green building market transformation and impact in Canada.

REMI Network

New office building to anchor urban centre in Vaughan

A mixed-use headquarters for the Labourers' International Union of North America Local 183 will break ground in The City of Vaughan this fall.

REMI Network

The HUB office tower to rise on Bay Street

Oxford Properties is developing a new 1.4-million-square-foot office tower at 30 Bay Street.

REMI Network

More spending at businesses with clean restrooms

A new survey found that when businesses let restroom maintenance slip they are at a high risk of jeopardizing customer sales.

Canadian Apartment Magazine

FRPO announces departure of two key staff members

The Federation of Rental Housing Providers of Ontario has announced the departure of two key staff members: Jim Murphy (President and CEO) and Paul Fogolin, (Vice-President Government and Industry Relations).

REMI Network

New industrial rebates for energy savings in Alberta

Alberta has added several industrial-specific rebates to its Energy Efficiency Alberta’s Business Non-Profit and Institutional Energy Savings Program.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

First Smart Building Analytics Living Lab to open at Ryerson

Schneider Electric Canada has partnered with Ryerson University to build the Smart Building Analytics Living Lab, the first laboratory of its kind in Canada.