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Canadian Property Management

Large electricity customers step into the 2020s

Cost allocation factors for enrollees in Ontario's Industrial Conservation Initiative have been based on energy use in pre-pandemic July 2019. That will be updated for a new 12-month billing period beginning July 1.
rent control RCLALQ

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Ontario Liberals announce plan to bring back rent control

The Ontario Liberal party announced it intends to introduce a single rent control system across the province should it win the upcoming provincial election.
housing market

Canadian Apartment Magazine

CAPREIT acquires Red Deer housing community

CAPREIT announced it has acquired a manufactured housing community in Red Deer, Alberta, for a purchase price of $16.5 million.
Nova Scotia

CondoBusiness

Nova Scotia quashes property tax surcharge

The Nova Scotia government has cancelled plans to impose a property tax surcharge on non-resident home and cottage owners less than two weeks after enacting legislation to do so.
Quebec

REMI Network

Priced-out buyers flock to condos in Montreal area

Sales of condos and plexes in the Greater Montreal Area remained at sustained levels during April, despite a 17 percent decline for single-family homes.
B.C. nixes rodenticides for mice and rat control

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Rodenticides nixed for B.C. mice and rat control

British Columbia is poised to make a temporary ban on rodenticides for mice and rat control permanent within commercial and residential properties.
AKRA

REMI Network

AKRA will be a residential retreat near Yonge and Eglinton

Despite the growing hustle and bustle of Midtown Toronto, a new 22-storey condo called AKRA promises to be a retreat in the sky, just a few blocks north of the busy intersection of Yonge and Eglinton.
More than 800 patios set to bloom in Toronto

Canadian Facility Management & Design

More than 800 patios set to bloom in Toronto

A third season of the CaféTO program kicks off in May, bringing outdoor patios to sidewalks and curb lanes, and live music in select locations.
More than 800 patios set to bloom in Toronto

Canadian Facility Management & Design

More than 800 patios set to bloom in Toronto

A third season of the CaféTO program kicks off in May, bringing outdoor patios to sidewalks and curb lanes, and live music in select locations.
Queen's Park

REMI Network

Ontario invests in public sector co-working spaces

The government is implementing touchdown co-working spaces for Ontario Public Service employees and optimizing more government-owned offices.
Sunnybrook

REMI Network

New critical care tower coming to Sunnybrook 

Plans for a new critical care tower at Toronto's Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre will bring the hospital’s critical care units together under one roof.
Ontario seeks input on accessibility standards

Canadian Facility Management & Design

First-time positions anchor accessibility agenda

Stephanie Cadieux and Michael Gottheil begin respective terms as Canada's first Chief Accessibility Officer and Accessibility Commissioner to the Canadian Human Rights Commission.
B.C. to ease rules for strata EV expenditures

Canadian Apartment Magazine

More EV chargers coming to Canada’s multi-res properties

The Government of Canada announced plans to invest $899,000 toward the installation 188 EV chargers at Broadstreet Properties multi-residential buildings.
housing market

Canadian Apartment Magazine

The impacts of BC’s increased housing supply

The British Columbia Real Estate Association has released a report estimating the potential impacts of increased housing supply on BC's housing market.
Conestoga

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Multifamily cap rate movement unremarkable in Q1

Vancouver is the rare exception where market analysts project multifamily cap rates will rise this spring, but that's in the context of continuing exceptionally low rates.
calgary

Construction Business

Calgary names downtown conversion projects

The City of Calgary has named the first three successful applicants to the Downtown Calgary Development Incentive Program.
Security deposit reimbursement set to go digital in Alberta

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Security deposit reimbursement set to go digital

A proposed amendment to Alberta's Residential Tenancies Act would open options to return tenants' security deposits and related documentation through electronic channels.