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Canadian Apartment Magazine
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.



