Industry News
Canadian Apartment Magazine
New and notable transaction
Whitby's 1625 Charles Street sells for more than $1.3 million.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Vancouver’s West End Community Plan lauded
Vancouver’s West End Community Plan received the Planning Institute of British Columbia’s 2014 Excellence in Policy Planning Award.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
True North Apartment REIT doubles portfolio
True North Apartment REIT will be acquiring 29 residential properties for $286 million, thereby increasing its portfolio by nearly 47 per cent.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Starlight Fund acquires Texas multi-res complex
Starlight U.S. Multi-Family Core Fund has partially acquired Villages of Sunset Ridge, an apartment complex in Humble, Texas.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Calgary apartment designed to withstand floods
The Concord apartment, Concord Pacific’s latest development in Calgary, aims to be the best engineered flood and emergency prepared residential building.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Canadian REIT buys Houston community
Pure Multi-Family REIT has announced its conditional agreement to buy multi-family apartment community Walker Commons in Houston, Texas, for $43.8 million.
CondoBusiness
June named Smoke-Free Housing Month in B.C.
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of B.C. & Yukon and the B.C. Lung Association have named June Smoke-Free Housing Month.
CondoBusiness
Canadian housing affordability down in Q1
RBC reports that overall Canadian housing affordability was down in the first quarter of 2014. But condos fared slightly better than other housing types.
CondoBusiness
Builders to regulate activity in 2014: CMHC
According to the latest CMHC Housing Market Outlook, builders are expected to adjust building activity in 2014 and 2015 in order to manage inventory levels.
CondoBusiness
Canadians lack mortgage literacy: survey
A new survey from LAWPRO found that 61 per cent of Canadians don't know where to turn if they can’t pay their mortgage.
Design Quarterly
Naikoon Contracting builds net-zero B.C. home
Naikoon Contracting has unveiled its latest residential project, a net-zero home and green certified in North Vancouver called Midori Uchi.
Design Quarterly
Vancouver announces first Urban Design Awards
The City of Vancouver is calling for entries for its inaugural Urban Design Awards, which aim to celebrate design excellence in the city.
Design Quarterly
Canadian firms merge to form Architecture49
A group of architecture firms with offices across Canada have recently emerged as the national firm Architecture49.
Canadian Property Management
Toronto’s Fairmont Royal York up for sale
The Globe and Mail reports that Quebec's pension plan has put the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto and the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver up for sale.
Canadian Property Management
New design unveiled for Gehry-Mirvish towers
The new design of Toronto's proposed Gehry-Mirvish towers feature two residential skyscrapers that rise 92-stories and 82-stories respectively.
Canadian Property Management
Forecast good for property management industry
A new IBISWorld market research report predicts steady growth for Canada’s property management industry.
Canadian Property Management
Montreal office vacancy rates on the rise
Knight Frank Devencore reports that Montreal office vacancy rates in Class A and B downtown office buildings have hit 6.8 per cent, up from 6 per cent.





