World Views
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.