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CREA housing market forecast predicts falling sales

The updated housing market forecast for 2017 and 2018 from the Canadian Real Estate Association finds national home sales will fall in coming years.

Canadian Property Management

Energy efficiency draws fraction of spending

The Canadian government is looking for waste and savings opportunities across its vast and varied portfolio of capital assets.

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Canada’s new National Housing Strategy

The Federal Budget 2017, released March 22nd, proposes to invest more than $11.2 billion over 11 years in a variety of initiatives designed to build, renew and repair Canada’s stock of affordable housing.

REMI Network

Starlight acquires partial interest in Mississauga Executive Centre

Starlight Investments (Starlight) has purchased a 50 per cent interest in the Mississauga Executive Centre (MEC).

Construction Business

B.C. updates four-storey sprinkler requirements

An update to the B.C. Building Code will require fire sprinklers to be installed on the balconies of all new four-storey wood-frame residential buildings. The

REMI Network

3M to acquire Scott Safety from Johnson Controls

3M will acquire Scott Safety from Johnson Controls for $2 billion in mid-2017 and boost its personal safety portfolio.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Katherine Robinson joins Kasian’s Calgary office

With over 20 years of experience in the field, Katherine Robinson, Architect AAA, has joined Kasian as principal in its Calgary office, effective March 13.

REMI Network

Tech hub hopes federal budget will boost smart city innovation

Toronto’s innovation community has high hopes that Wednesday’s federal budget will earmark money for smart city innovation.

Canadian Apartment Magazine

More purpose-built rental needed in GTA: CIBC

Preventing a full-blown housing-affordability crisis in the Greater Toronto Area will require GTA-specific policies aimed at increasing the supply of purpose-built rental units, finds a

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Five Alberta parks to become accessible by summer

Five Alberta parks will be refurbished by this summer as part of a $3-million plan to create accessible experiences in 15 provincial parks by 2020.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Ontario contractors expect growth in 2017: survey

Ontario’s construction industry has a positive economic outlook for 2017 and confidence is up, according to the OCS’s Construction Confidence Indicator.

REMI Network

Saskatchewan moves to privatize janitorial services

Earlier this week, the Government of Saskatchewan said it will pivatize janitorial services at all its government buildings.

CondoBusiness

GTA activity drives increase in national home sales

National home sales climbed 5.2 per cent month-over-month in February 2017, reaching its highest level since April 2016, according to CREA statistics.

CondoBusiness

TREB opposes possible Ontario foreign buyer tax

The TREB is strongly against imposing a provincial foreign buyer tax in addition to existing provincial taxes on home buyers.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Promise of age-friendly communities rings false

Recent analysis of how Canadian suburbs accommodate aging residents concludes that the streetscapes, housing mix and array of neighbourhood services and amenities typically fail to meet seniors' needs.

REMI Network

Niagara Parks issues RFP for waterfront development

The Niagara Parks Commission issued a RFP to invest in its marina property at Miller’s Creek, 22 kilometres south of Horseshoe Falls in Fort Erie.

CondoBusiness

Province should address affordability: OHBA, OREA

The OHBA and OREA are calling on the provincial government to provide ideas to ease the growing housing affordability challenges many Ontarians are facing.