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BOMA Toronto honours building excellence
BOMA Toronto celebrated its 18th annual Celebration of Excellence Awards on Thursday, May 12, 2016.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
LREIT completes sale of two properties
Lanesborough Real Estate Investment Trust (LREIT) announced that it has completed the sale of the two properties located in Brandon, Manitoba, and Yellowknife, NWT.
CondoBusiness
B.C. real estate consumers protected by new regs
British Columbia Finance Minister Michael de Jong recently announced new regulations that will help real estate consumers make informed decisions about contract assignments before accepting
CondoBusiness
Toronto’s luxury real estate market on the rise
According to a new report released by Christie’s International Real Estate and Canadian affiliate Chestnut Park Real Estate of Toronto, Toronto is the world’s second-hottest
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Rule tweak proposed for gas furnace retrofits
Proposed amendments to Canada's energy efficiency regulations would introduce more stringent minimum performance standards for 20 categories of appliances and equipment and modify some problematic existing requirements.
Design Quarterly
Architizer A+Awards winners announced
Architizer A+Awards winners were announced at a gala on May 12th at Highline Stages in New York City. More than 400 luminaries were in attendance. The
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Micro CHP system unveiled in rooftop ceremony
Representatives from DBS, Skyline and Toyota Tsusho welcomed the oversees supplier of the new micro CHP system commissioned at 385 Vine Street in St. Catharines, Ontario, at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 12th, 2016.
REMI Network
Deb Group eliminates plastic microbeads
Deb Group has announced that its manufacturing process is now 100 per cent free of toxic plastic microbeads in North America.
REMI Network
Sobeys reveals $418-mill deal with Crombie REIT
Sobeys Inc. and Empire Company Limited have entered into agreements with Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust in a transaction worth $418 million.
CondoBusiness
Gen Y in Quebec values home ownership: survey
The results of a survey on choices and buying and selling intentions in Quebec’s real estate market commissioned by the Fonds immobilier de solidarité FTQ,
CondoBusiness
Demand for new GTA condo units grew in Q1
During the first three months of 2016, there were 5,615 new condominium units sold across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), a 32 per cent increase
Construction Business
Canada’s first LBC Petal Certified projects
Burnaby’s SFU UniverCity Childcare Centre and the Vancouver VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitors Centre [pictured above] are Canada’s first Living Building Challenge (LBC) Petal Certified projects. The
REMI Network
EcoDistricts launches new sustainable framework
EcoDistricts has launched the EcoDistricts Protocol, a process-based framework and performance standard designed to achieve vibrant community outcomes.
REMI Network
Mississauga Gateway Centre now complete
Construction is now complete on The Mississauga Gateway Centre in the Greater Toronto Area.
Canadian Property Management
Q1 shows strengthening industrial space demand
Industrial space continues to command higher rents in western Canada than in markets to the east, but trends look mostly positive for warehousing and manufacturing in Ontario and Quebec.
REMI Network
Ontario suggests changes to Greenbelt plans
Ontario is proposing to require municipalities in the Greater Golden Horseshoe to integrate climate change policies into municipal official plans.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Alberta increases hospital funding by 16 per cent
As part of Alberta’s 2016 budget, the province is allocating an extra 16 per cent to maintaining and renewing healthcare facilities. The province’s 2016 capital





