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Sustainable Development

Gordie Howe Bridge

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Port of entry prioritizes stress-reducing design

Moriyama Teshima Architects designed a calming campus that reflects Canada’s natural history amidst an otherwise hyper-surveillanced area.
Ontario electricity procurement passes on gas

Canadian Property Management

Ontario electricity procurement passes on gas

Renewable energy proponents have emerged as the favoured bidders in the first phase of Ontario’s effort to add 7,500 megawatts of electricity resources to the provincial grid by 2034.
Powering data centre development

Canadian Property Management

Powering up data centre development

Energy management and innovation could be a key enabler and sustainable competitive edge for data centre development and related economic growth tied to smart technologies and artificial intelligence.
BC housing

Construction Business

Advancing mass timber projects

As mass timber construction continues to build momentum, critical lessons learned on jobsites are emerging to ensure success.
Waterworks

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Waterworks sets benchmark for adaptive reuse

The Waterworks combines community needs and practical development goals, while breaking down socio-economic barriers.
retrofits

CondoBusiness

Barriers stall deep energy retrofits in condo sector

Condominiums are among the fastest-growing types of housing, a trend that is particularly significant in a country where the built environment accounts for roughly 18 per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions.
local infrastructure

Canadian Property Management

Budget enticements devised to attract capital

Commercial real estate is a channel for some of the capital the Canadian government is strategizing to attract via new enticements unveiled in the 2025 federal budget.

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Tackling affordability with cultural intelligence

The Chief Leonard George Building in East Vancouver exemplifies how architecture can fulfill both functional and cultural roles, delivering much needed affordable housing while honouring Indigenous heritage.
FM

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Study spotlights FM value in early project phases

Facility managers are often integrated into capital projects during the commissioning or post-occupancy phases, after critical decisions affecting long-term operations have been made.
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
burnaby

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Burnaby rec centre transcends dated ice arenas 

Windowless cold arenas are a thing of the past at the newly opened Rosemary Brown Recreation Centre in Burnaby, B.C. Inside the 91,999-square-foot community hub,
Lenders exhibit decarbonization disconnect

Canadian Property Management

Lenders exhibit decarbonization disconnect

Canadian lenders may be reassessing the urgency of decarbonization, but they still express enthusiasm for the sustainable assets and impact investments that appear to be losing cachet in the United States.
energy management systems

Canadian Apartment Magazine

A tailored approach to energy management

Buildings equipped with advanced energy management systems are more appealing to investors and buyers, and more comfortable for tenants.
communities

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Creating longevity-ready communities

The global population of humans living to 100 and older is predicted to increase to nearly 3.7 million by 2050, but current institutions and policies are unprepared for this growing life expectancy.
healthcare

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Healthcare facilities launch nature-based programs

In healthcare facilities, where sterile aesthetics replace trees, plants and flowers, nature-based interventions can support the well-being of patients and staff who spend much of their time indoors.
CRE retains ESG adherents as U.S. politics turn

Canadian Property Management

CRE retains ESG adherents as U.S. politics turn

Resilience and energy/water efficiency are projected to remain highly relevant for commercial real estate in the United States, while some other concepts linked to ESG are tapped to lose momentum.
aquatic

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Aquatic facility makes a splash in B.C.

The təməsew̓txʷ Aquatic and Community Centre in New Westminster, B.C., was named after the playful, curious nature of a sea otter, in turn, reflecting the kind of visitor experience the local community was hoping to create at the newly completed facility.