Barbara Carss
Canadian Property Management
Ontario floats electricity pricing refinements
Electricity pricing refinements could be in the offing for the predominant share of Ontario’s commercial ratepayers who don’t qualify for possible cost savings through the Industrial Conservation Initiative.
Canadian Property Management
New climate for joint sustainability agendas
Results of landlord-tenant collaboration can be consequential for emissions reduction, operation costs, asset value and business reputation regardless of their path to togetherness.
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.
CondoBusiness
Slumping new condo sales have ripple effect
A fix to revive slumping new condo sales will be tricky to execute in current market conditions, which have chased off investors in Toronto and Vancouver.
Canadian Property Management
Office leasing resurgence heralds staff return
Companies invoking return-to-office mandates have spurred renewed leasing activity in some cities and economic sectors, particularly seen in Toronto's downtown Class A inventory in Q3 2025.
Canadian Property Management
Soft skills firm up workplace productivity
BOMA Canada's Emerging Leaders survey draws insight from managers and specialists in the early stages of their careers, working throughout Canada and in commercial real estate’s various disciplines.
Canadian Property Management
AI literacy gaining prominence in CRE skill set
AI led the list of BOMA Canada's annual roundup of issues that gripped and galvanized the commercial real estate industry over the past year and are expected to hold sway into the future.
Canadian Property Management
Crash courses bridge financial skills gap
A selection of online courses are now available to guide career rookies and/or veterans in non-financial disciplines through commercial real estate’s key accounting and budgeting concepts.
Canadian Property Management
Non-profit organizations tapped for big reveal
Proposed new filing requirements reflect the Canadian government's intention to enumerate a segment of the tax-exempt sector that has been largely unquantified.
Canadian Property Management
Climate response investment promises paybacks
With science offering up assurance that climate response will be a long-term and intensifying societal need, analysts suggest this could be a lucrative time to get into a surging market.
Canadian Property Management
Canadian investors escape super BEAT down
International negotiations have given Canadian investors a reprieve from threatened higher costs of doing business in the United States commercial real estate market.
REMI Network
Legal setback deemed not fatal to U.S. tariffs
A legal setback for the United States government’s tariff strategy fulfills predictions from insiders versed in that country’s constitutional and law-making intricacies.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
New tax twist for affordable rental housing
A promised new optional property tax subclass would allow Ontario municipalities to reduce the tax rate on qualifying affordable rental units by up to 35 per cent.
Canadian Property Management
ENERGY STAR status a cross-border worry
Reference in U.S. statute makes the ENERGY STAR program resistant to a sudden takedown, but still vulnerable to coordinated efforts through legislative channels.
Canadian Property Management
Climate perils inspire new investment products
Climate perils are pushing insurers to explore new ways to diversify risk, likewise inspiring new investment products.
Canadian Property Management
Data centre investment rests on solid energy
Canada could be well positioned to capture more data centre investment if the United States government continues to antagonize its trade partners.
Canadian Property Management
U.S. manufacturing renaissance an iffy prospect
The U.S. government’s new tariff regime comes with a vision for a mass influx of manufacturing that would take many years to realize even if the tricky conditions to achieve it were all to fall into place.
