FAM Real Estate Investment Trust announced it will purchase seven office properties in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) from Slate GTA Suburban Office Inc. for

Interior Designers of Nova Scotia (IDNS), the province’s regulatory association, celebrates its 10th anniversary with practice legislation on Friday, November 7, 2014.

DEVCORE Group and the Fonds immobilier de solidarité FTQ kicked off Phase 2 of the Plateau Sabourin housing development in Val-d'Or, Quebec

Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC), a leading outdoor retailer, has moved into its new headquarters in False Creek Flats of East Vancouver.

The Industry Training Authority (ITA) has introduced a first of its kind resource in B.C. for trades employers. Leveling The Field – A Best Practices Guide to Employing Women in the Trades has been developed to help employers with their overall hiring practices by creating a positive work environment for new apprentices, and also serve as a tool for employers who are increasingly adding tradeswomen to their teams.

The Ottawa Hospital is on its way to rebuilding a first-rate Civic Hospital campus and teaching facility on 60 acres of land once owned by

The Morguard Corporation was recently honoured as Canada’s safest employer through the Thomson Reuters Awards program. For the second consecutive year, Morguard received the gold

Ottawa will soon have its first Class A commercial condominium tower, Cathedral Hill Executive Office Condos, complete with customizable floor plans, shared boardrooms, common showers

Concert’s Motion and One32 rental communities in downtown Toronto have both received LEED Gold certification from the Canadian Green Building Council (CGBC).

Following in the footsteps of jurisdictions in Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec, the City of Calgary announced that it will accept building permit applications for six-storey wood frame buildings, effective October 29. Currently, Alberta’s provincial Building Code stipulates that wood-frame construction is limited to four storeys.

A new Housing Forum, announced Oct. 9 in Ottawa, will campaign for rental assistance from the federal government for low-income co-op households. Lead by the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada (CHF Canada), the Forum and its initiatives will help vulnerable Canadians access better housing options.

According to the latest Housing Market Outlook from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), 2015 housing starts are forecast to hold steady with starts in 2014. Based on economic and demographic trends, housing starts are expected to reach an average of 189,000 units in 2014. For 2015, housing starts are forecast at 189,500 units.

The Ogilvy Warehouse Condominiums, a 54-unit loft-style development, will open in downtown Montreal in 2016.

A new aluminum smelting technology developed in Quebec has won the prestigious 2014 Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Project of the Year Award. Rio Tinto Alcan

A new loan program for construction financing is available for Canadian non-profits that own and operate buildings and serve seniors or persons with disabilities. Adaptability

Milestone Apartments Real Estate Investment Trust announced that it has completed the purchase of Villas at Shadow Creek, a 560-unit multifamily apartment community located in the Pearland submarket of Houston, Texas, for a purchase price of US$74.0 million.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released its Fall Housing Market Outlook report for the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) noting that home starts are set to increase by almost eight per cent to 36,000 units in 2015 before moderating to 34,750 units in 2016.