Purdy’s Wharf in Halifax is the first commercial property in Atlantic Canada to earn LEED EB certification. The three-building, 694,000 square foot waterfront complex received

A new laboratory-controlled study, funded by office furniture designer and manufacturer Teknion Corporation (Teknion), has found that employees who change positions throughout the workday are less likely to develop lower-back pain, cardiovascular disease and cancer than their co-workers. Teknion came to these conclusions based on research of sit-stand workstations and their health benefits.

Office furniture designer Teknion Corporation (Teknion) was the recipient of five design awards at the annual Good Design Awards, held by The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design in collaboration with The European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies. The Good Design Awards celebrate innovative and cutting-edge industrial, product, and graphic designs from around the world.

Improvements to the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel Canadian Plaza are officially complete, thanks to a joint investment of $35-million from the Governments of Canada and Ontario. The completion concludes a series of construction projects announced under the Let's Get Windsor-Essex Moving (LGWEM) strategy in 2004.

There are now 2000 LEED certified projects in Canada, according to the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC). CaGBC says it reached this momentous amount towards

A $2.46-million Department of Environment building has officially opened in Watson Lake, Yukon. The 3,000-square-foot energy-efficient building includes four offices, a meeting room, work bays, a biological submission room, storage room, washrooms, and space for seasonal staff.

A $657,000, four-unit affordable housing development in Prince Albert’s West Flat neighbourhood has officially opened. The project, which was financed by the Government of Saskatchewan and the P. A. Community Housing Society Inc. (PACHSI), an Aboriginal housing provider, will provide rental housing for small families.

On behalf of an investor client, GWL Realty Advisors has expanded its portfolio with the acquisition of a well-located Class A office building in Toronto’s

According to the Goodman report: 2014 Greater Vancouver Rental Apartment Review, the Greater Vancouver area experienced a record-breaking $778-million in apartment transactions in 2014, up 33 per cent from the previous year. The average price per suite also increased, year-over-year, to $237,000.

Groupe Sutton, a Quebec-based real estate brokerage company, celebrated its 20th anniversary by giving a $20,000 donation to Dans La Rue, a Montreal organization that

A 331-unit, five-building rental complex, located in Surrey, B.C., has been acquired by the Calgary-based Mainstreet Equity Corporation (Mainstreet). The property was purchased for $33.7-million and brings Mainstreet’s total Vancouver/Lower Mainland B.C. apartment portfolio to just over 2,700 units.

Over the next three years, the Government of Nova Scotia will invest $8-million in the Social Housing Assistance Repair Program (SHARP) to help housing co-operatives make necessary structural, electrical, plumbing, heating or accessibility repairs to their units.

Calgary-based Hopewell Development Corporation has purchased an exclusive 78.8-acre industrial site in southeast Edmonton for $31 million. The commercial developer bought 4510-17 Street, located at

As of March 1, Saskatchewan’s Affordable Housing Rental Program will be phased out in larger communities to make way for a new Social Housing Rental Program. The goals of the transition are to improve affordability for individuals and families in the greatest housing need, ensure low-income individuals are paying appropriate rents based on their incomes, and to establish that only households requiring assistance are eligible for the government assistance.

UL Environment has launched a new standard that establishes human health and environmental criteria for the certification of disposable wipers.

A Richmond Hill real estate investment and development company, Fortress Real Developments Inc. (Fortress), has entered six agreements to develop high-profile sites with top Canadian developers. With these new projects on the horizon, Fortress grows its land portfolio value to over $1-billion.

Artis Real Estate Investment Trust has received LEED certification at seven of its office properties across Canada and one in the United States. Four properties