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LTB

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Ontario LTB ruling signals shift in rent increase rules

A recent decision by Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board is raising concerns among Toronto apartment owners, as it may reshape how capital expenses are planned and recovered in the future.
housing system

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Report highlights need to transform Ontario’s housing system

United Way Greater Toronto and CHF Canada unveil bold housing blueprint urging province-wide scale-up of deeply affordable homes.
CRE prompts and sustains economic activity

Canadian Property Management

CRE prompts and sustains economic activity

Property management and commercial brokerage services generated more than $160 billion in spending and underpinned more than 406,000 full-time jobs across the Canadian economy last year.
suicide

REMI Network

A new home for the London Justice Centre

The facility expansion showcases critical supports for at-risk young adults.
short-term rental

REMI Network

London strengthens short-term rental enforcement

The City of London will increase inspections and provide education and outreach to rental operators.
Feds mapping out internal free trade oversight

Canadian Property Management

Feds mapping out internal free trade oversight

Internal free trade will see the Canadian government defer to most, but not all provincial/territorial rules governing inter-jurisdictional commerce.
Dawson City

REMI Network

Yukon embarks on Dawson City Recreation Centre

Construction will commence after a combined investment of $63.9 million from the federal and territorial governments.
accessibility

REMI Network

Toolkit empowers municipal accessibility

The Rick Hansen Foundation created a resource to help Ontario-based municipalities identify and remove built environment barriers in their communities.
CRE benchmarks adopt new terminology for DEI

Canadian Property Management

CRE benchmarks adopt new terminology for DEI

Another commercial real estate benchmark has introduced new terminology to replace former references to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
Concordia AI research

REMI Network

AI forecast calls for immediate policy reform

New research from Concordia University offers developers an AI-driven lens into Canada’s housing supply challenges.
Softwood to play material role in housing plan

CondoBusiness

Softwood assigned material role in housing plan

Canadian softwood lumber is expected to play a material role in hitting the federal government’s target for nearly 5 million units of new housing over the next decade.
softwood

Construction Business

Canada unveils support for softwood lumber industry

Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled new federal measures to support Canada's softwood lumber industry as it faces rising U.S. tariffs.
housing market

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Canada’s rental housing market in transition

CMHC expects the housing market to continue cooling through 2025, as trade tensions, economic uncertainty, slower population growth, and rising unemployment converge to dampen activity.
CPP Investments lends on data centre expansion

Canadian Property Management

CPP Investments lends on data centre expansion

CPP Investments and Deutsch Bank will jointly provide $550 million in construction financing for a 54-megawatt hyperscale facility in Cambridge, Ontario.
Prize-winning housing tech set to build scale

Construction Business

Prize-winning housing tech set to build scale

Artificial intelligence and robotics are central to prize-winning technology tapped to accelerate new housing production on a nationwide scale.
Updates could colour Toronto apartment ratings

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Updates could colour Toronto apartment ratings

Toronto's licensing and standards division has been instructed to develop a colour-coded sign system to signal how rental housing buildings rate in complying with the City’s apartment standards.
renovictions bylaw

REMI Network

Toronto’s renovictions bylaw now in effect

Toronto’s new renovictions bylaw officially takes effect today, marking a major shift in how the city handles rental renovations and tenant protections.