Management
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Resilient buildings function through crises
Resilient buildings respond to the growing likelihood of extreme weather events.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Engage employees in real estate decisions
Imagine a scenario in which most employees of an organization have established a life around their current work location and either rely on being able
Canadian Property Management
Tips for accessible, AODA-friendly buildings
Legislation regarding the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) can be an advantage for property managers and building owners, says Colin McCarthy, founder of
Canadian Facility Management & Design
How to set an ergonomic purchasing standard
Office ergonomic assessments are, without doubt, an integral part of any ergonomics program; however, in some instances, no matter how thorough the assessment, musculoskeletal injuries
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Building a solid brand
Branding starts with one main tenet: people must be able to quickly and easily identify a company by how it presents itself to the world.
CondoBusiness
A flurry of red-tagged emergency generators
When last winter’s ice storm walloped Toronto days before Christmas and knocked out power in parts of the city for upwards of a week, it
Construction Business
Construction safety requires leadership
Developing and implementing a safety culture in the workplace requires much more than just rules and regulations; it requires leadership.
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Commercial sector waste diversion strategies
Half a can of pop is all it takes. That hundred-odd millilitres of syrupy soda is enough to contaminate an entire paper recycling stream. A
Canadian Apartment Magazine
GTA apartment market upbeat in first half
Marcus & Millichap released its bi-annual Apartment Market Report in mid-November, highlighting steady job growth and strong apartment demand in the Greater Toronto Area.
CondoBusiness
Containing condominium disputes
Property managers often find themselves sandwiched in conflict involving members of the condominium communities they manage. While few wish to exacerbate such conflict or take
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Factors influencing the evolving workplace
The 1970s and 1980s cubicle layout was something of an anomaly in the evolving workplace, says Doug Lucy, director of marketing, AgilQuest. Speaking in an
CondoBusiness
New Ontario Condominium Act coming soon
It was the condominium-sized elephant in the room at the Condo Conference, an annual two-day event co-hosted by the Association of Condominium Managers of Ontario
Building Strategies & Sustainability
BOMA BESt offers portfolio-based application
BOMA BESt's new portfolio-wide application targets light industrial and open-air retail properties
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Cable management for flexible meeting rooms
Meeting spaces in today’s offices and institutional facilities are vastly different from the stodgy conference rooms of old. This trend is driven both by advancing
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Renters expect condo-quality services
A recent online survey conducted by RentShare found that even though convenience features like in-suite laundry facilities and access to parking still score high among tenants, the biggest pet peeve of the modern renter is not having access to quality services.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Financing in today’s competitive market
With 2014 winding to a fast finish, First National’s Peter Cook and Robert Fleet answer some important questions about apartment financing in today’s competitive market.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Detecting marijuana grow operations
Marijuana grow operations can be the gateway to health, safety and financial risks that endure long after criminal activity is discovered and shut down.Rental housing operators often suffer the consequences, and a recent report to the Alberta government suggests they should be more proactively involved in detecting grow operations on their properties.






