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BOMA Toronto honours building excellence

BOMA Toronto celebrated its 18th annual Celebration of Excellence Awards on Thursday, May 12, 2016.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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,

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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
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EcoDistricts launches new sustainable framework

EcoDistricts has launched the EcoDistricts Protocol, a process-based framework and performance standard designed to achieve vibrant community outcomes.

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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.

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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