Properties
Canadian Property Management
CERS uptake falls short of potential
Removing landlords from the application process hasn’t necessarily made the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS) more accessible for commercial tenants experiencing pandemic-related financial stress.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Purpose-built Indigenous hub will be Ontario first
Construction is officially underway on what will be Ontario's first mixed-use, purpose-built Indigenous hub in the West Don Lands of Toronto.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Indigenous voices hushed in planning processes
Indigenous communities across Canada continue to be sidelined or completely excluded from initial planning phases of new developments and renovations.
REMI Network
Promoting health and wellness
Fitwel and the Center for Active Design, in collaboration with industry leaders such as QuadReal Property Group, are at the forefront of meeting evolving demands for health and wellness in commercial real estate in Canada.
Canadian Property Management
Cold storage gathers investment steam
Cold storage facilities are flagged to deliver robust returns to investors due to the evolution of food retailing, demand for vaccines and other pharmaceuticals, and the thriving outlook for the warehouse/distribution and logistics sector in general.
CondoBusiness
Condo finances feel the COVID effect
The pandemic has altered an interesting and often overlooked item in the budget, which is not a cost at all, but a loss of revenue.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
GTA rental rates show signs of levelling out
The rapidly declining GTA rental rates observed in 2020 and early 2021 appear to be levelling out, according to new data from Bullpen Research & Consulting and Rentals.ca.
CondoBusiness
Condos lag on fire code compliance
Fire plans may need an overhaul as the resident population ages, building systems are updated, and renovations alter the layout of floors or rooms.
REMI Network
Manulife is raising standards in real estate
Enhancing cleaning, disinfection, and communication is critically important within real estate at a time when health and safety is top of mind.
Canadian Property Management
Light industrial set for heavy property tax hit
Economic fallout from COVID-19 is shifting more of the tax burden to this flourishing group of assets via the mill rate, while also driving up the tax rate, for a double-whammy of consequences in jurisdictions that update valuations annually.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Pandemic intensifies evolving role of FM
Facility managers are no longer viewed as a back-office function, but rather “a strategic instrument to attract and retain talent and create a great experience,”
Canadian Apartment Magazine
New Zibi community raises bar on sustainability
Driven by the goals of eliminating GHG-emitting energy sources and encouraging social equity, Zibi is on track to become Canada’s most sustainable community.
CondoBusiness
Ontario advances elevator repair legislation
Ontario is kicking the dust off of elevator repair legislation, which was passed under the Liberal government in May 2018 but never proclaimed into law.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
What toxic chemicals are lurking in our buildings?
In the age of COVID, it's also important to consider how chemical exposures influence our ability to fight disease.
Canadian Property Management
Fossil fuel fortunes burn Calgary
Reflecting on a year in which the pandemic unsettled market fundamentals to the east and to the west, Calgary-based analysts focus more on tangential circumstances than the COVID-19 outbreak itself.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
New home for world’s largest Inuit art collection
Qaumajuq, meaning “it is bright” or “it is lit” in Inuktitut, opens virtually this week, but the 40,000-square foot addition has been almost a decade in the making.
CondoBusiness
Digging into the coming geothermal boom
While the relevance of geothermal has been percolating for years, the buzz is that more developers are starting to pay attention.



















