Property Management
CondoBusiness
Recreational cannabis use to become legal this fall
Is it time for condo boards and property managers to brace for reefer madness? It may depend on which condo lawyer they ask.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Must-have amenities for the modern renter
Building amenities have come a long way, and just like price and location, they can have a significant impact on the type of tenant a rental property will attract.
CondoBusiness
Lounge furniture targeted as multi-res fire risk
Some condo lobbies may be looking spare lately because the lounge furniture that usually occupies these spaces is being targeted as a fire risk.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Launch of WELL v2 follows arrival of Fitwel
As more and more organizations look to whip their corporate interiors into shape, they have at least two certifications paths to choose from.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Creating a lasting first impression for your facility
A good or bad experience on a person’s first visit to a building can be the difference between a returning client or a lost opportunity. An opinion is formed within seconds of an individual walking through your doors and the scent that greets their nostrils will go a long way to deciding whether that opinion is positive or negative.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Cannabis in the multi-residential living space
On October 17, the new Cannabis Act will officially take effect, and no one is more alarmed about the pending challenges than landlords and tenants.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
More hospitals introduce antimicrobial copper
Hospitals have a potent, new tool in their mission to improve patient health and safety. It also happens to be the one of the oldest metals known to man - copper.
CondoBusiness
Communicating in an era of information overload
Even the best communication technology may not be much help if the message condo corporations use it to deliver is weak or non-existent.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Rebuilding the rental housing industry
Apartment professionals ponder the uncertainties of the rental housing industry, including the critical steps needed to cultivate new supply.
CondoBusiness
Status certificates revisited in recent court ruling
A recent court decision sheds some more light on the effect of failing to disclose certain declaration violations in a status certificate.
CondoBusiness
A blind spot in new EV charging station rules?
The new rules that will steer the installation of electric vehicle charging stations at Ontario condo properties starting next week may have a blind spot.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Copper allays germy fitness centres
Copper alloys used more in hospitals to help fight health-care acquired infections, aren’t as prevalent in non-traditional spaces where germs also spread.
CondoBusiness
Advances in pest control could help condos
Several recent advances in pest control could help condo managers combat the bed bugs, flies, others insects and rodents that can invade their properties.
Canadian Property Management
More landlords use child care to bolster amenities
Corporate tenants are increasingly demanding child care in their buildings to help female employees go back to work after maternity leave.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Hard quotas unlikely in gender parity push
Hard quotas appear to be an unlikely tool in the growing push to promote gender parity in the real estate industry.
CondoBusiness
Are your condo property’s master keys secure?
Two recent events in Toronto have called into question the security of master keys in condo buildings.
CondoBusiness
Catch basin upkeep critical as potholes proliferate
Have there been more potholes this year than in previous years? An informal survey says yes, and parking lots on condo properties are not immune.



