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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.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

MacOdrum Library’s novel redesign wins award

Diamond Schmitt Architects' dramatic $27-million redesign of Carleton University’s MacOdrum Library earned a 2015 Library Building Award on July 7.

Canadian Property Management

Aging structures on financially shaky ground

Heritage Canada's annual list of endangered places is both an inventory of landmarks at risk and a commentary on social trends and economic dilemmas that undermine efforts to productively preserve significant buildings.

Canadian Property Management

Returns on repositioning aging buildings

Whatever the strategy, value enhancement is the rationale for repositioning aging buildings.

Canadian Property Management

The strategy behind Kitchener’s revitalization

About 15 years ago, the streets of downtown Kitchener, Ont. were full of abandoned factories, decaying buildings and empty parking lots. The Canadian dollar was

Canadian Property Management

Toronto island airport expansion up in the air

Toronto city council voted to begin talks with the Toronto Port Authority and Transport Canada to look at a possible Toronto island airport expansion.

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Restoring heritage structures

Here are some valuable tips property owners and managers should keep in mind when undertaking complicated structural repairs.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

From outdated building to LEED gold labs

UBC's Biological Sciences complex recently received LEED gold, which was very challenging to achieve due to the ...

CondoBusiness

Maintaining a condominium’s curb appeal

Updating a building's common elements will bring new investors, new owners and new visibility in an ever-growing ...

Canadian Property Management

Transforming one of Toronto’s iconic landmarks

The University of Toronto is rebuilding one of Toronto's neglected architectural landmarks: 1 Spadina Cres.

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Renovating apartments for profit

A number of landlords are already receiving substantial returns on their investment from gutting old units ...

Canadian Property Management

Canada’s historic buildings lack solid foundation

In Canada, there are currently no regulatory safeguards and federal tax incentives to protect the country's heritage buildings.

Canadian Property Management

Evicting tenants for repairs or renovations

When a B.C. landlord faces repairs or renovations in a rental building, the decision to evict an existing tenant to ...

Design Quarterly

Simple elegance

Transforming an outdated Vancouver jewelry store into a modern and sophisticated space earned Box Interior Design top honours at ...

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Indoor health hazards during renovation

Renovations can often make a building more energy-efficient; however, they can also exacerbate indoor health risks.