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Canadian Apartment Magazine
Toronto opens applications for Deep Retrofit Challenge
The City of Toronto's Deep Retrofit Challenge, which aims to accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from large commercial buildings, is now open for applications.
Construction Business
New funding for B.C. employers to hire apprentices
BCCA has received more than $21M in federal funding to help B.C. companies to hire and register first-year apprentices.
Construction Business
UBC’s Passive House residential building opens
One of Canada’s largest residential buildings targeting Passive House certification has opened at the UBC campus.
REMI Network
Six in ten non-homeowner millennials intend to buy a home
A large swath of millennials believe they will own a home someday, despite previous buyer despair during the pandemic from those aged 26 to 41.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Demand for rentals soars in downtown Toronto
Demand for rentals in downtown Toronto soared in July, 2022, and will continue to accelerate in the short-term.
Canadian Property Management
GTHA lab space scarcity portends opportunity
Market analysts see a vibrant niche of real estate investment potential in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, where the vacancy rate for lab space is currently 0.2 per cent.
Construction Business
Edmonton building largest rooftop solar array
The Edmonton Expo Centre will soon be home to the largest rooftop solar array in the country, providing significant operational savings.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
ApartmentLove announces significant expansion
Users of the AprtmentLove booking platform will now have access to an additional 120,000 short-term rentals in more than 80 countries around the world.
REMI Network
Morguard acquires Chicago residential complex
Morguard announced it has acquired Echelon Chicago, a Class A multi-suite residential complex, for a purchase price of US $133 million.
REMI Network
TD Centre largest to achieve WELL certification
The Toronto-Dominion Centre, at 4.3 million square feet, has become the largest office complex in Canada to attain WELL certification.
Canadian Property Management
Emissions reduction agenda up for discussion
Newly released discussion paper sets out proposed action areas for cutting about 38 megatonnes of greenhouse gas output from Canada’s building inventory within the next eight years.
REMI Network
Solid job growth for mechanical contractors in Ottawa
According to BuildForce Canada, 11,330 new workers will be needed to replace retiring workers in the next decade.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
BC rent bank assistance leads to housing stability for majority
The latest BC Rent Bank Housing Survey shows that assistance provided through rent banks leads to improved housing stability for majority.
Construction Business
Victoria new buildings to be zero carbon by 2025
Victoria will require all new construction to be zero carbon by 2025, part of its accelerated climate action plan.
REMI Network
Inflation causing Canadians to falter on housing payments
The rising cost of living is causing more than 1.3 million Canadians to fall behind on housing payments.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Chartwell set to sell two long-term care homes in B.C.
Chartwell Retirement Residences announced it has entered into agreements to sell two long-term care facilities located in BC.
REMI Network
Bylaw for high-rise radio communication proposed in Kamloops
A new report presented to City Council last week states an increase in high-rise structures is hampering radio communication among emergency responders.



















