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Canadian Apartment Magazine
Housing at the forefront of Toronto’s mayoral race
The 2026 mayoral race is heating up with rental housing in the spotlight as the city prepares to head to the polls on October 26.
CondoBusiness
Health officials tap water management programs
New guidance from Health Canada urges multifamily landlords and condo corporations to implement water management programs to guard against microbial growth and chemical contaminant leaching.
Canadian Property Management
Regulatory labyrinth houses tenant utility data
Efforts to secure aggregated energy and water use data from tenant utility accounts typically cast commercial asset managers into a regulatory labyrinth.
Canadian Property Management
Dark edge awaits Alberta and B.C. school days
Students in Alberta and British Columbia will be starting their school days in the darkness for part of this new academic year once the two provinces transition to permanent daylight saving time.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Legionnaires outbreak renews focus on facility risk
A recent Toronto Public Health investigation has identified a cooling tower at the Toronto Transit Commission’s Hillcrest Complex as the source of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.




















