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Construction Business
New Westminster is B.C.’s next hot market
According to research from the Real Estate Investment Network (REIN), New Westminster is poised to become an even hotter market in Metro Vancouver as families seek relative
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Quebec landlords fear relaxed marijuana rules
Quebec's largest rental housing association predicts rules that seem reasonable for occupants of single-family detached homes will be more problematic in multi-residential buildings.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
New mediation services for landlord tenant disputes
Resolving landlord and tenant conflicts in the GTA’s York Region just got easier with the launch of the York Region Housing Mediation Services (YRHMS) program.
CondoBusiness
Ontario passes home inspection legislation
Ontario passed home inspection legislation that will regulate one of few currently unregulated professionals that have a role in real estate transactions.
REMI Network
Banner year ahead for Canadian hotel market
Hotel real estate transactions reached $4.1 billion in 2016, and 2017 looks like another big year for the Canadian hotel market.
REMI Network
E-learning course targets moisture, humidity control
ASHRAE has added two new courses to its e-learning catalogue focusing on moisture and humidity control in buildings and engineer ethics.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Toronto seeks borrowers for retrofit loan fund
Multi-residential landlords can borrow project capital and repay it over a period of up to 20 years through a special charge added to their property tax bills.
REMI Network
Citron Hygiene acquires Alberta’s Alpine Jan-San
Citron Hygiene has acquired Alpine Jan-San (Alpine), Alberta's leading provider of commercial washroom hygiene services.
CondoBusiness
Working-at-heights training deadline extended
Under certain conditions, construction workers who completed fall protection training before new requirements took effect in 2015 will have six more months to complete working-at-heights training.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
New luxury rental coming to Yorkville
On March 31, 2017, representatives from Bentall Kennedy and KingSett Capital gathered to celebrate the completion of the concrete structure of Two St. Thomas, Yorkville’s newest purpose-built luxury rental development.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Concert expands residential recycling program
Concert announced it has joined forces with a Vancouver-based company dedicated to landfill diversion in order to expand the scope of its current recycling program.
REMI Network
IICRC publishes new standard for trauma and crime scene cleanup
S540 describes what procedures and precautions to consider when performing trauma and crime scene cleanup, regardless of surface, item or location.
Canadian Property Management
Quebec offers funds to improve accessibility
A new incentive program announced in Quebec's 2017-18 provincial budget will dispense subsidies, to a maximum of $15,000, for upgrades to commercial buildings or community centres.
REMI Network
Major transit hub plans for Toronto’s Kipling Station
Ontario is partnering with Etobicoke and Mississauga to redevelop the Toronto Transit Commission’s Kipling Station into a major transit hub.
REMI Network
La Caisse invests in Quebec developer of industrial sector solutions
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is investing $36.5-million in Eddyfi, a Québec developer of industrial sector solutions.
REMI Network
Coal Harbour Realty Advisors buys Kelowna shopping centre
Orchard Garden Plaza, a shopping centre in Kelowna, has been sold to Vancouver-based Coal Harbour Realty Advisors.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Ontario’s public colleges receive $50-mil investment
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ontario’s college system, the province is investing $50 million in its 24 public colleges to improve students’ experience.




