Industry News
REMI Network
Breaking down home buying supports in ‘demand-sided’ budget
Supply will remain an ongoing issue as new supports push more first-time homebuyers to Canada's housing market.
Construction Business
B.C. launches Mass Timber Action Plan
B.C. has launched the Mass Timber Action Plan and announced $1.2 million in funding for four new mass-timber housing and infrastructure.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Robust green tax credit offered in Newfoundland
The new provincial tax credit is equivalent to 20 per cent of the capital costs of designated clean generation and energy-saving equipment, to a maximum of $1 million annually.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Addressing housing supply in Budget 2022
Budget 2022 proposes a new Housing Accelerator Fund, expanding the Rapid Housing Initiative and incentivizing energy-efficient rental construction, among other key steps.
Canadian Property Management
Air-source heat pumps added to tax break list
Air-source heat pumps have been added to the list of clean energy equipment that qualifies for Canada’s accelerated capital cost allowance program.
Canadian Property Management
Budget allocates for net-zero capacity building
The buildings sector is tapped to be the flow-through recipient of more than $706 million in federal funding for research, policy development, pilot projects, preparedness studies and design work.
REMI Network
Crown acquires 50-acre office community in Mississauga
Crown Realty Partners acquired a 1.2 million square foot office community, located along Mississauga’s Hurontario corridor.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Boardwalk REIT acquires two apartment properties
Boardwalk REIT announced it has acquired two properties located in Canmore, AB, and Brampton, ON, for a combined price of $117.5 million.
Canadian Property Management
Suburban office markets tighter than downtown
Suburban office markets posted lower vacancies than their downtown counterparts in several of Canada’s largest urban centres during the first quarter of 2022.
REMI Network
Toronto frees up city-owned properties for affordable housing
The City of Toronto is reducing its office footprint from 55 to 15 locations and freeing up eight city-owned properties for affordable housing and other building priorities.
REMI Network
Montreal area home prices rose significantly in March
Overbidding occurred in half of all transactions in the Montreal Census Metropolitan Area for the month of March.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Dream unveils major upgrades to “Residence at Weston”
Dream announced it has secured a $153-million loan under CMHC’s new MLI Select insurance product to finance affordable units and energy retrofits at the Residence at Weston apartment complex.
REMI Network
Visits to flexible office spaces up 45 per cent in March
New data from flexible office and co-working space provider IWG shows that Wednesday is the most popular day in the office, followed by Tuesday and Thursday.
REMI Network
P.E.I. announces Community Housing Fund recipients
Six different organizations in Prince Edward Island will receive funding to support affordable housing, assisted living or planning and research supports related to housing.
REMI Network
B.C. expands whistleblower law for public sector organizations
More workers in British Columbia's public sector are now protected under expanded whistleblower protections at various agencies, boards and commissions.
REMI Network
New quiz-reality show tests Toronto way-finders
When Did They Build That? premieres on the Real Estate & Development Outreach (REDO) Network today, augmenting a lineup of fact-based urban fun and drama.
Construction Business
New 2020 national building, fire codes released
The 2020 National Model Codes have been released including building, fire and energy. The 2020 codes include nearly 400 changes.



















