Property Management
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
How to maintain commercial carpets during winter
With proper maintenance and care, commercial carpets can withstand a harsh winter of slush and snow.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Advances in fire alarm technology
Fire alarm technology is an important consideration for any apartment building owner . Tyco's Peter Redfern shares the features and benefits of the addressable fire alarm notification technology used in today's leading systems.
CondoBusiness
Improving condo management with analytics
What is the average response time of managers in getting back to residents’ requests? For condo directors or managers that don’t know the answer, this
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Stricter rules ahead for GTA apartment owners
Toronto city council has approved a plan for a new apartment licensing program that will impose stricter rules for building owners, but could inadvertently lead to higher rents for tenants.
CondoBusiness
Ruling could help condos fight short-term rentals
A court ruling released last week strengthened the position of condominium corporations struggling to enforce restrictions on short-term rentals.
Canadian Property Management
Changing market challenges property managers
A recent PM Expo seminar elaborated on changing market conditions and how they will affect future property managers in an increasingly technical field.
CondoBusiness
RCMs may have head start in move to licensing
Registered Condominium Managers (RCMs) may be on the fast track to obtaining the license that will soon be required to manage condominiums in Ontario.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Addressing Legionella risk in buildings
ASHRAE Standard 188, released in 2015, requires that buildings evaluate where Legionella growth may occur in all water and plumbing systems.
CondoBusiness
Probe underscores need for good record-keeping
A Competition Bureau investigation recently required some condo corporations to retrieve meeting minutes dating back a decade.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Protecting emergency power supply system docs
The new emergency power supply system (EPSS) has been commissioned. The design, factory witness testing, installation and site benchmarking are complete. This state-of-the-art power plant
Canadian Apartment Magazine
GTA apartment transactions down from 2015
According to the latest market report from JLL’s Multi-Residential Advisory Group, GTA apartment transactions have decreased by 36 per cent compared to the same period last year.
CondoBusiness
Condo law reforms to roll out as early as summer
Ontario’s condo law reforms, passed late last year, are expected to start to roll out as early as next summer. Updates at the ACMO/CCI-T Condo
Canadian Property Management
Winnipeg tech market growing fast in Canada
Winnipeg tech market is growing fast in Canada due to factors, such as affordable real estate and the country's large millennial base.
CondoBusiness
Regs likely to have minor impact on purchases
The province of Ontario is planning to regulate home inspections. But what, if anything, would this mean for condominium purchases?
Canadian Property Management
Office space now differentiator in hiring top talent
Employee considerations play a prominent role in positioning office space to the market, with human resources being a key decision-maker in the process.
CondoBusiness
Personality type-based property management
Ever wonder why a member of the condo corporation prefers to communicate in a certain way? Why a fellow member of the property management team
CondoBusiness
New research investigates condo governance
New research into condominium governance found that board members, property managers and unit owners have a number of familiar topics on their minds: lack of community, lack of director education and poor communication.



