Regulations
CondoBusiness
First decisions issued in condo records disputes
The Ontario Condominium Authority Tribunal's first five decisions in records-related condo disputes include a case dismissal and a penalty.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Fixing Ontario’s rental housing crisis
On June 7th, Ontario Progressive Conservative party leader Doug Ford was elected the province’s new premier in a majority vote that has left some industries fearing the worst and others optimistic.
CondoBusiness
Maximizing common element warranty coverage
An engineer offers tips for maximizing common element warranty coverage to get construction deficiencies resolved in new condo complexes.
Canadian Property Management
Developers decry pullback on property tax grant
Rules for the program are set to change, making the timing less than ideal for development proponents still awaiting a decision based on the original criteria in place when they submitted their applications.
CondoBusiness
Digging into development under Premier Ford
How might Ontario’s development landscape shift as the PCs take over the provincial policy levers from a 15-year-old Liberal government?
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.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Sunshine Building Maintenance: Building a Legacy
Now in operation for more than six decades, Sunshine Building Maintenance Inc. is one of the largest privately owned cleaning companies in Ontario.
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 Property Management
Alberta retracts promised retrofit incentives
Despite information posted on the Energy Efficiency Alberta website for more than a month, commercial customers do not qualify for the new incentives announced in May 2018.
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.
Canadian Property Management
Real estate vulnerable to Canada-U.S. trade war
High-rise development is expected to be the hardest hit real estate activity, but fallout across a wider range of consumer goods has potential negative implications for commercial warehouse and distribution facilities.
CondoBusiness
Is condo living just a phase for GTHA millennials?
Condo living may just be a phase for millennials in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, new research out of Ryerson University suggests.
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.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
New architecture school brings lessons to life
Students of Canada’s newest architecture school won’t have to venture far to see lessons from the classroom come to life. The latest addition to Laurentian
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Time-of-use electricity rates spark debate
The Ontario NDP's proposed plan would focus efforts to manage peak demand more narrowly on the Industrial Conservation Initiative and voluntary residential programs enabled through smart grid technology.
Canadian Property Management
Peak demand report cards imminent in Ontario
It's the the end of a rookie season for many larger commercial electricity customers participating in Ontario's Industrial Conservation Initiative.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
The Cannabis Act: What employers need to know
The forthcoming Cannabis Act raises a number of questions regarding workplace safety, particularly for dangerous and hazardous jobs.



