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Canada opportune for tech sector investors

Canadian Property Management

Canada opportune for tech sector investors

Investors in Canada’s tech sector can generally expect more favourable operating costs than in comparable markets in the United States.
Gordie Howe Bridge

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Port of entry prioritizes stress-reducing design

Moriyama Teshima Architects designed a calming campus that reflects Canada’s natural history amidst an otherwise hyper-surveillanced area.
building records

Canadian Apartment Magazine

The hidden weak link in building records

As veteran facility managers retire, decades of building records and the knowledge behind them are vanishing, creating costly blind spots for owners and insurers.
aging in place

CondoBusiness

Evolving smart home tech redefines aging in place

Emerging technologies are powering homes into active support systems that can monitor, predict and respond to the changing needs of older adults and boost their
Hazards switching out in energy transition

Canadian Property Management

Hazards switching out in the energy transition

The energy transition comes with a risk management learning curve as one potentially hazardous mainstay gives way to another.
procedural changes lease

Canadian Apartment Magazine

When procedural changes backfire

A tenant uprising at a high‑rise in Etobicoke is fast becoming a cautionary tale for Ontario landlords, after residents pushed back against sudden procedural changes that disrupted how they pay rent.
Winter maintenance budgeting gets slipperier

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Winter maintenance budgeting gets slipperier

A threatened 50 per cent tariff on Canadian road salt imported into the United States is creating winter maintenance budgeting uncertainties on both sides of the international border.
IAQ

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Tech access to boost occupants’ IAQ oversight

Greater access to low-cost indoor air quality (IAQ) sensors may create new scrutiny for facility management teams.
Ontario mulls new retrofit financing option

Canadian Property Management

Ontario mulls new retrofit financing option

The Ontario government is proposing to open up a new financing option for energy and water efficiency upgrades in commercial and multifamily buildings.
Insurance

CondoBusiness

Insurance market shift demands budget vigilance

The high insurance premiums that have rattled Ontario’s condo corporations are declining after years of substantial increases, but industry professionals are cautioning boards to remain vigilant about various insurance-related risks that can impact their budgets.

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Advancing resident-centred seniors’ housing

SIML's latest acquisitions represent both a strategic expansion and a deepened investment in the long‑term stability of Québec’s seniors’ housing sector.
Cross-border ties deepen on energy efficiency

Canadian Property Management

Cross-border ties deepen on energy efficiency

Proposed updates to Canada’s energy efficiency regulation designate additional energy-using products and impose more rigorous standards on some products already mandated to comply.
Envisioned AI ecosystem has CRE components

Canadian Property Management

Envisioned AI ecosystem has CRE components

Commercial real estate could be both a builder and a beneficiary of the artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem envisioned in the Canadian government’s national AI strategy.
barrier-free

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Barrier-free facilities prioritize lived experience

A crop of new barrier-free facilities are championing the lived experience of people with disabilities through flexible lay-outs and sensory-conscious spaces.
wayfinding

Canadian Facility Management & Design

TTC pilots wayfinding project ahead of World Cup

Tourists visiting Toronto for the FIFA World Cup may find transit facilities more accessible to navigate through a newly launched wayfinding project.
decarbonization

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Climate action at a crossroads

Two new reports from Desjardins provide both guidance and a pointed reminder of the headwinds building owners face on the path to decarbonization.
Immersive studio conjures decarbonization

Canadian Property Management

Immersive studio conjures decarbonization

BOMA Canada is sponsoring space that harnesses virtual reality simulations, digital twins and 3D case studies to help learners visualize and get a hands-on feel for integrated, cleantech applications and systems.