Industry News
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Workplace design changes highly sought: Survey
Cushman & Wakefield's Workplace Transformation Survey found that companies undergoing modifications viewed workplace design changes as highly valuable.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Ont. rental industry adds $18.3 billion to GDP
A new report from the FRPO says that the Ontario rental industry contributed more than $18.3 billion to the province's GDP in 2012.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Vancouver breaks rental housing records
Vancouver's rental housing market showed substantial increases in new housing approvals and affordable options for the second straight year.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Works starts on Cambridge’s Saginaw Gardens
Construction has begun at Killam Properties’ Saginaw Gardens, a new luxury apartment in Cambridge, Ont.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Winnipeg unveils intergenerational housing plan
Manitoba's commitment to create 500 affordable rental units in the next three years includes a new 92-unit intergenerational housing project in Winnipeg.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Apartment renos underway to save B.C. complex
Renovations are underway to preserve the Sundergreen Apartments, a low-income complex in Kamloops, British Columbia.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
New and notable transaction
Toronto North York's 32 & 34 Brookwell Dr. sell for $9 million.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
USGBC certifies its 20,000th LEED project
The U.S. Green Building Council has issued its 20,000th Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for a commercial building.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Ontario doubles wind energy production
The production of wind energy in Ontario has doubled in the last four years, according to data from Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Sacramento utility centre earns LEED Platinum
The LEED Platinum-rated Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s East Campus Operation Centre is largest, most sustainable utility operations centre in the U.S.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
ASHRAE releases new refrigeration guide
A new ASHRAE guide shows commercial facility owners and managers how to reduce the energy costs of running refrigeration systems.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Passive House releases 3D modelling software
The Passive House Institute has released a 3D model interface that includes the graphic input of energy-related design data.
CondoBusiness
Seller’s market for Canadian condos: Report
The Royal LePage House Price Survey found that Canadian housing prices increased in the fourth quarter of 2013 compared to the same period in 2012.
CondoBusiness
Women are leading Canada’s condo market
Single women are driving Canada’s condo market, according to data released by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
CondoBusiness
Ontarians optimistic about housing market
A recent Ipsos Reid poll found that the majority of Ontarians are confident in the current and future state of the housing market.
CondoBusiness
Vancouver approves Burrard Gateway project
On Dec. 17, Vancouver city council approved the re-zoning the city’s Burrard and Hornby area into a mixed-used development known as Burrard Gateway.
CondoBusiness
Canada may see 2014 construction slowdown
A new report from Scotiabank forecasts a slowdown in Canadian new home construction for 2014.





