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condo

CondoBusiness

Condo downturn “less severe” than 1990s crash

Toronto’s once-booming condo market has been deteriorating over the past year, echoing the condo crash of the 1990s. However, a new report from Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation suggests a less severe outcome this time around.
Vancouver

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Vancouver rec facilities face decommissioning risk

Recreational facilities across Vancouver face higher operating costs and lagging service delivery in the absence of a capital asset management framework.
Telecom system outages tied to new protocols

Canadian Property Management

Telecom system outages tied to new protocols

Internet and cell phone service providers in Canada must be ready to comply with new protocols for responding to and reporting major system outages by November this year.
reasonable

CondoBusiness

Recent cases clarify reasonable conduct

Being reasonable is a fundamental aspect of condominium living, but it is not always easy to determine what it means to act reasonably within shared spaces.
Non-profit organizations tapped for big reveal

Canadian Property Management

Non-profit organizations tapped for big reveal

Proposed new filing requirements reflect the Canadian government's intention to enumerate a segment of the tax-exempt sector that has been largely unquantified.
iPro

CondoBusiness

Brokerage reform urged amidst iPro scandal

Although all attention is currently on iPro, its shutdown speaks to larger issues around buyer protection.
Toronto set to adjust business licensing regime

Canadian Property Management

Toronto set to adjust business licensing regime

An unfolding effort to simplify Toronto’s business licensing regime promises reduced paperwork and a more technologically proficient process, but comes with at least one new user fee.
AI policies

CondoBusiness

AI policies guide appropriate use

Without guidelines, AI can expose confidential data, weaken a brand, or produce results that mislead owners, residents, clients, or partners.
Safety

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Safety gaps flagged in Canadian workplaces

Most respondents who reported experiencing a work-related incident or illness (or knowing someone who has) say it was stress-related, with this figure being significantly higher in Canada.
ENERGY STAR caught in legislative limbo

Canadian Property Management

ENERGY STAR caught in legislative limbo

For now, ENERGY STAR’s various labelling, certification and benchmarking initiatives are in a precarious, but not necessarily fatal position.
cooling regulations

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Keeping cool in Canadian apartments

Legal expert Joe Hoffer offer insights for landlords amid calls for mandatory cooling systems into federally funded retrofits and new construction.
Federal procurement practices ripe for reform

Construction Business

Federal procurement practices ripe for reform

A new report on the Canadian government’s procurement practices recommends reforms to reduce costs, save time, ease complications and improve accountability.
religious

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Repurposing Canada’s religious buildings

As church congregations dwindle across Canada and the cost to maintain their faith-built spaces increases, ideas abound for how to repurpose these buildings into potential
Canadian investors escape super BEAT down

Canadian Property Management

Canadian investors escape super BEAT down

International negotiations have given Canadian investors a reprieve from threatened higher costs of doing business in the United States commercial real estate market.
Crackdown on property controls clarified

Canadian Property Management

Crackdown on property controls clarified

New guidance from the Competition Bureau of Canada advises that reprieve could be given for exclusivity clauses in leases, but there will be little tolerance for restrictive covenants on land titles.
Reality lags government downsizing ambitions

Canadian Property Management

Reality lags government downsizing ambitions

The Canadian government has made slow progress in downsizing its real estate portfolio and is carrying hundreds of millions of dollars in undue annual costs for sparsely occupied and obsolete office space.
Indigenous partners on infrastructure agenda

Canadian Property Management

Indigenous partners on infrastructure agenda

Canada’s leadership has endorsed Indigenous ownership stakes in energy and infrastructure projects, underscoring that they will be pivotal to economic development and national cohesiveness.