World Views

Passive House design withstood meltdown conditions during recent Ice Box Challenge in Glasgow, Scotland

Canadian Property Management

Meltdown conditions no sweat for passive cooling

Glasgow, the host city for the upcoming 2021 UN Climate Change Conference, provided the venue to test and compare the thermal performance of Passive House design against the Scottish building standard.
Oxford Properties to acquire U.S.-based portfolio of infill light industrial buildings

Canadian Property Management

U.S. infill light industrial fits Oxford’s aims

The USD $2.2-billion (CAD $2.7 billion) deal involves 149 warehouse/distribution buildings located in 12 major metropolitan markets throughout the United States.
Canadian hotel sector shaking off COVID-19

Canadian Property Management

Real estate investment universe expands in 2020

MSCI estimates the global professionally managed real estate investment market grew by 9 per cent to reach USD $10.5 trillion in 2020, up from USD $9.6 trillion in 2019.
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REMI Network

High eviction rates prompt U.S. investigation

Four major U.S. landlords with high eviction rates during the pandemic are being investigated for a failure to comply with the eviction moratorium.
Intra-Commonwealth investment in real estate dips in 2020

REMI Network

Pandemic strains intra-Commonwealth investment

Real estate recorded the most notable dollar-value decline in intra-Commonwealth investment activity in 2020 relative to the three-year annual average prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cool careers resonate on World Refrigeration Day 2021

Construction Business

Cool careers resonate on World Refrigeration Day

The annual awareness campaign, which unfolds on June 26 every year, promotes and celebrates the role refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pumps play in global health and productivity.
Oxford looks to pump up Australia's institutional-grade multifamily inventory

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Australia awaits institutional-grade multifamily

Oxford Properties is targeting opportunities to pump up Australia’s institutional-grade multifamily inventory and capture renters locked out of the booming housing markets in Sydney and Melbourne.
U.S. looks to UK's BIM expertise

REMI Network

U.S. looks to United Kingdom’s BIM expertise

Building sciences practitioners in the United States are looking to the United Kingdom for guidance as they develop a national building information management (BIM) program aligned with international standards.
CPP Investments is among global top 10 real estate investors for 2021

Canadian Property Management

CPP among global top 10 real estate investors

CPP Investments is one of five pension plan managers on the list, along with three global insurance/asset management firms and two sovereign wealth funds.
GID Industrial will target last-mile sites in major U.S. markets

REMI Network

Ivanhoé Cambridge targets U.S. last-mile sites

Together, the two partners forming GID Industrial have 19 million square feet of industrial inventory in 15 American markets.
Outdoor lighting principles hail the dark side

REMI Network

Stargazers evoke conflicting lighting demands

The U.S. National Parks Service is teaming with the Illuminating Engineering Society to devise an outdoor lighting standard that supports safety and navigability with minimum infringement on night-sky viewing.
IcGG requirements

Construction Business

New roadmap for navigating IgCC requirements

ASHRAE and the International Code Council have collaborated on a users’ manual to support understanding and interpretation of the 2018 International Green Construction Code.
Celebrated attractions convey spinoff real estate value

CondoBusiness

Iconic sites convey spinoff real estate value

Niagara Falls, and Jasper are the two Canadian entrants on a largely European and American list of locales associated with celebrated global attractions.
Real estate listing for American Irish Historical Society draws U.S. and Irish ire

REMI Network

Real estate listing draws U.S. and Irish ire

Regulatory hurdles are forewarned before any new owner can take possession of the 120-year-old Beaux-Arts mansion housing the American Irish Historical Society.
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Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Hotel housekeepers now being paid to get COVID-19 vaccine

Some employers are starting to offer paid time off as a motivation for workers to get the COVID-19 shot.
cleaning service providers

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

First cleaning service provider achieves GBAC STAR accreditation

CCS Facility Services is the first business in the world to achieve GBAC STAR Service Accreditation for cleaning service providers.
Larger share of consumer complaints lodged with New York State Attorney General are tied to events of the COVID-19 pandemic

REMI Network

Pandemic-related scams skew consumer complaints

Landlord-tenant disputes ranked a distant third in the tally of consumer complaints lodged with the New York State Attorney General last year.