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REMI Network
Choice Properties closes major Loblaw purchase
Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust recently finalized a portfolio acquisition of 16 properties from subsidiaries of Loblaw Companies Limited for $211.9 million. The portfolio
REMI Network
Canadians choose Canada for vacation properties
A recent survey by Point2 Homes found that 73 per cent of Canadian respondents are intending to purchase vacation properties in the next five years; with half of those respondents preferring Canadian locations over warmer locales.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Planning for spring tree planting begins now
Forests Ontario and its planting partners are reminding landowners to begin their spring landscaping and tree planting activities now. Forests Ontario and its planting partners are reminding landowners to begin their spring landscaping and tree planting activities now.
REMI Network
Residence & Culinary Arts Centre coming to T.O.
A new residence for 740 students and state-of-the-art teaching facilities is coming to Centennial College in Toronto. The project has broken ground and will open in September 2016.
REMI Network
Calgary real estate market surges in third quarter
The Royal LePage House Price Survey, released October 15, showed sizeable year-over-year price increases in all housing types surveyed in Calgary.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
CO alarms now mandatory in Ontario homes
A new regulation came into effect on October 15, making carbon monoxide alarms mandatory in all Ontario residential homes.
REMI Network
Canada failing environment says new report
A new report from Julie Gelfand, Canada’s commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, shows the government is not keeping up with various issues related
REMI Network
Legionellosis standard open for fourth review
ASHRAE has released a fourth version of what will be the standardized requirements specific to the building industry for management of the risks associated with
REMI Network
Ontario’s new green bond program a grand slam
Ontario has officially launched a green bond program with an inaugural issue of $500 million, making it the first province in Canada to issue green
REMI Network
Canadians named 2014 LEED Fellows
Four Canadians have recently been named 2014 LEED Fellows for their advocacy and contributions to the green building movement in Canada. After peer nominations and
CondoBusiness
Price record set in Edmonton’s Symphony Tower
An MLS sales record has been set for the city of Edmonton by Sara Jones and Jessie McCracken of Sara Jessie Real Estate Services, for the sales of a $2.625 million unit in the city’s new Symphony Tower development
REMI Network
Ivanhoé Cambridge enters Mexican market
Ivanhoé Cambridge recently announced a new partnership with Black Creek Group, a real estate private equity firm with extensive experience sponsoring real estate companies in Mexico.
CondoBusiness
GTA homebuyers seek walkable neighbourhoods
A new report from RBC and the Pembina Institute shows that homebuyers in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) prefer neighbourhoods where you don’t always need a car.
CondoBusiness
Transactions up in the GTA
Toronto Real Estate Board President Paul Etherington announced that there were 8,051 transactions reported through the TorontoMLS system in September 2014. This result represented a 10.9 per cent increase compared to September 2013.
CondoBusiness
Ottawa real estate sales steady in September
Members of the Ottawa Real Estate Board sold 1,133 residential properties in September through the Board’s Multiple Listing Service® system, compared with 1,118 in September 2013, an increase of 1.3 per cent.
Construction Business
CISC announces steel design award winners
The Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC) announced the winners of its biennial National Steel Design Awards of Excellence competition during its annual conference in St.John's, NL.
Construction Business
Vancouver Island CHBA amalgamate
The Canadian Home Builders' Association of BC (CHBA BC) announced the amalgamation of its CHBA-Victoria and CHBA-Central Vancouver Island local associations into one strengthened association: CHBA-Vancouver Island.




