World Views
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Push to broaden pet-friendly parameters
Animal welfare advocates in the United States are funding research to explore the mutual benefits for people and pets when they live together.
REMI Network
Portugal’s accessible destinations applauded
Portugal has received the first-ever Accessible Tourist Destination award, a new honour the United Nations World Tourism Organization and Spain's Fundaciόn ONCE jointly created.
REMI Network
Renewable energy consumption lags 2020 targets
Germany, the UK, Sweden and Spain all draw on renewable sources for more than 10 per cent of consumption. From there, the prominence of renewable supply declines significantly.
Design Quarterly
Prize to celebrate elegant energy efficiency
Any building that has attained Passive House, Low Energy or EnerPHit for existing building retrofit certification is eligible for the international architecture competition.
REMI Network
Many UK co-working users prefer traditional office
Forty per cent of co-working users in the United Kingdom would rather work in a conventional office space.
REMI Network
Value of FM services poised to soar: report
Rising investments in smart city projects across the world have led to the growing demand for facility management services.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
EU also feels affordable rental housing pinch
Supply and demand trends in 18 European markets may resonate with Canadian landlords and apartment hunters, as analysts conclude "the lack of rental properties on offer is only aggravating the situation".
Design Quarterly
ASHRAE LowDown Showdown models resilience
Designs for a hypothetical new 90,000-square-foot City Hall in San Diego, California, were evaluated for energy performance, innovation and the collaborative effectiveness of team members.
Design Quarterly
Zaha Hadid’s massive airport opens in Beijing
Designed by Zaha Hadid Architect, the Beijing Daxing International Airport in China is now open. It is the world’s largest single-built terminal.
Design Quarterly
New York has the world’s tallest residential building
Located on West 57th Street, Central Park Tower in New York has topped out at 1,550 feet, making it the tallest residential building in the world.
Canadian Property Management
Deal values stay in line with retail appraisals
Transaction data from 2018 direct sales does not validate grumbling about the dissonance between REIT pricing and the appraised values of retail properties.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Rental prices leveling out in major European cities
After continuous, and sometimes steep, increases in rent in major European cities over the past few years, prices seem to have plateaued and are leveling out this quarter, according to a new report from HousingAnywhere.
Canadian Property Management
Canada inconspicuous in Global Property Index
The 2018 total return on Canadian real estate assets was in the back half of the pack among 25 national markets, but Canada is part of a smaller group of 12 that can boast an improvement over 2017 results.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Tourism benefits also linked to its drawbacks
Japanese survey respondents are the least enthusiastic about tourism, but they voice the lowest level of complaints. Respondents in the United States also express below-average faith that tourism has a positive economic or cultural impact.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Cleaning industry calls for the removal of tariffs
The worldwide cleaning industry association issues action alert on tariffs.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
U.S. multifamily investment surges in Q1 2019
Building on a record-breaking 2018, U.S. multifamily investment is experiencing its most active start to a year, with $38.3 billion in transactions recorded for Q1.
Construction Business
World’s first brain protection hard hat launch
Swedish safety helmet firm MIPS has partnered with Guardio to create the world’s first hard hat that offers a brain protection system.






