Industry News
Canadian Property Management
Calgary has Canada’s most expensive parking
Calgary has the most expensive parking rates in Canada, with a monthly average of $473 in its downtown core.
Canadian Property Management
Vancouver approves Oakridge Centre project
Ivanhoe Cambridge’s massive $1.5-billion redevelopment plan for Vancouver’s Oakridge Centre has been approved by city council.
Canadian Property Management
Gastown to get first office building in decades
Ormidale Block at 151 West Hastings St. will be first new office building in Vancouver's Gastown in decades.
Canadian Property Management
REBGV announces new president
Ray Harris is the new president of the Real State board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV).
Construction Business
New Vancouver water treatment plant design
The design of the $700-million Lions Gate Secondary Wastewater Treatment Plant is now complete.
Construction Business
Bird Construction selected for Kamloops hospital
Bird Construction has been named the preferred proponent to design and build the Clinical Services Building at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops.
CondoBusiness
Majority in favour of regulating condo managers
A survey from the Homeowner Protection Centre found that seven in 10 Canadian respondents support regulating condo managers and companies.
CondoBusiness
Canadian condo market showing healthy growth
A report from Royal LePage says that the Canadian condo market has healthy price growth, with posted gains of 2.5 per cent and an average of $252,174.
CondoBusiness
Edmonton condo sales up, but listings are down
According to the Realtors Association of Edmonton, condominium sales in the first quarter of 2014 have increased by 11 per cent, year-over-year.
CondoBusiness
Condo market bolstered by unaffordable homes
A Scotiabank report says that Canada’s housing prices are going up, and expensive detached homes are boosting the condo markets.
CondoBusiness
GTA high-rise a first with geoexchange system
The On The Go Mimico will become the first high-rise condo in Toronto with an integrated geoexchange cogeneration system for heating, cooling and hydro.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Reducing energy waste cuts costs: Report
A new report from the ACEEE says that reducing energy waste is the most cost-effective way of providing Americans with energy.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Green Municipal Fund backs ambitious B.C. park
The FCM has announced that a Green Municipal Fund loan will be going to New Westminster, B.C., to put towards the creation of Westminster Pier Park.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
IWBI and GBCI integrate green certification
The IWBI and the GBCI are collaborating to streamline the process of integrating the two organizations' green certification systems.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
New Canada Research Chairs announced
The Canadian government has named the new and renewed Canada Research Chairs, which are located at 33 post-secondary institutions across the country.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
National Bank earns second LEED Gold
A National Bank branch in Sherbrooke, Que., has received the company’s second Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification.
Canadian Property Management
Cadillac Fairview planning new Montreal district
Cadillac Fairview has announced plans to develop Quad Windsor, a new Montreal district that includes the restoration of the heritage Windsor Station.





