Residential
CondoBusiness
Intensification impacts on millennial consumers
A new report on the impacts of residential intensification on consumers makes recommendations for consumer education, planning policies and more.
CondoBusiness
T.O.’s debut six-storey wood-frame development
Heartwood the Beach Condos, due to enter construction this spring, is likely to become Toronto’s debut six-storey wood-frame development.
CondoBusiness
2016: The year of kids in condos?
If Ben Myers’ big prediction for 2016 pans out, kids’ play spaces could become the hottest amenity in the condo market.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Technology and the modern tenant
The way we search, rent, and live in apartments is changing thanks to ground-breaking internet technology. Whether you're a tenant looking for a unit or a landlord trying to rent one, success begins online.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
B.C. offers flexibility for redevelopment
A proposed amendment to British Columbia’s Strata Property Act could make it easier for apartment developers to scoop up prime real estate in B.C.’s hottest neighbourhoods.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
How ‘art became the new steel’ in Hamilton
Creative industries in Hamilton, Ontario are now forming the physicality of the city's landscape and impacting municipal public policy.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Boosting Canada’s low-income rental market
Affordability is a concern for many Canadians, but low-income rental households face the greatest set of challenges. With the federal election fast approaching, party leaders have been busy unveiling plans to tackle what is being dubbed an “affordable housing crisis.”
Canadian Apartment Magazine
New and emerging trends in seniors housing
Older Canadians represent an increasingly important segment of the Canadian population for developers, organizations and property managers that provide housing. Not only will the number of Canadians over the age of 55 continue to increase over the next several decades, but this group possesses characteristics that are more diverse than any previous generation of seniors.
CondoBusiness
Condo project promises Muskoka in the city
At a time when many are escaping to cottage country, Curated Properties has revealed plans for a condo project that promises to deliver Muskoka in the city.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Reinvesting in Toronto’s aging rental towers
The Tower Renewal Project is a program to drive broad environmental, social, economic, and cultural change by improving Toronto's concrete apartment towers and the neighbourhoods that surround them. Home to a million people across the GTA, now is the time to reinvest in these vertical communities that have huge potential.
CondoBusiness
East United project embraces eclectic locale
A new condo development called East United will bridge than more just the two parallel streets in spans. It will bridge the eclectic influences of the surrounding Corktown and St. Lawrence Market neighbourhoods by combining new, heritage and industrial elements in a five-storey podium, 21-storey tower and six townhouses.
Design Quarterly
The latest trends in hardwood floors
Wider boards, textured surfaces, and natural grey toned patinas are the current trends in hardwood floors.
CondoBusiness
Trends in condo fitness facilities and programs
A new generation of health-obsessed condo dwellers is driving innovation in condo fitness facilities and programming. Here's how buildings can get in shape.
CondoBusiness
How building design influences condo security
Condominium security and the management of security services can be challenging if the three main bodies that govern the service (the condo board, property manager
Design Quarterly
Designing for an aging population
With an aging population, health and wellness in the design process is becoming increasingly important. The built environment (private or public) can have significant impacts
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Modular apartments offer modern solutions
Modular apartments are gaining traction among building owners and tenants in cities across North America.
CondoBusiness
Canary Park condos prepared for Pan Am Games
The Canary Park condos are nearly ready to be turned over to the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games organizers for fit-up for the athletes, coaches



