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TFS sounds alarm over rise in balcony fires
Toronto Fire Service (TFS) is sounding the alarm over a recent rise in the number of balcony fires caused by carelessly discarded cigarettes.
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Whiterose Janitorial Services: Pure and Simple
Now in its thirty-first year of operation, Whiterose Janitorial Services has come a long way since the company was a one-man show in Woodbridge, Ontario.
CondoBusiness
How to negotiate landscaping contracts
What should condominium corporations look for in landscaping contracts? Experience suggests the most successful relationships between condominium corporations and landscape contractors always involve two things:
CondoBusiness
Big data backs medium-density development
The development of courtyard apartments, multiplexes and town homes could be among the building blocks of better housing affordability in Ontario.
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Plans revealed for Laval’s Aquablu Phase 2
Following the successful launch of the first phase of Aquablu, the developer has decided to launch a second, larger phase to market.
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Luxury condo development slated for Oakville
The Insignia Private Residences at Sixteen Mile Creek, a nine-storey, 29-unit luxury condominium development, will soon call Oakville home.
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Can patients grow pot in their condo units?
A recent court decision may have opened the door to medical marijuana patients to grow a limited number of a marijuana plants in their condominium units.
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GTA condo lease transactions up 3.5 per cent in Q1
Greater Toronto Area realtors reported 6,680 condominium apartment lease transactions during the first quarter of 2017, up 3.5 per cent year-over-year.
CondoBusiness
First condo manager licensing reg finalized
A final version of the first set of rules under new legislation that will establish condo manager licensing is now available online.
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Average condo prices climb in Ontario and B.C.
A just-released Spring 2017 overview of 23 markets across Canada shows an upward trend in British Columbia and Ontario with modest declines in Alberta and Atlantic Canada.
CondoBusiness
Can a condo owners’ meeting be discriminatory?
The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal dismissed applications alleging discrimination in a case of a special owners' meeting that fell on a religious holiday.
CondoBusiness
A property manager’s guide to roof inspections
At least twice per year, property managers should conduct roof inspections and maintenance on their roofs.
CondoBusiness
When private interests infiltrate the condo board
Governance challenges and financial issues abound when condo board directors become motivated by self-interest.
CondoBusiness
Nobu Toronto to merge condos, hotel and restaurant
Nobu Toronto, a new multi-use development integrating condominium residences, a hotel and a restaurant, is coming to Toronto.
CondoBusiness
How climate change could affect maintenance fees
Maintenance fees are based on historic norms, stable benchmarks and logical predictions. What happens when those predictions no longer fit the weather?
CondoBusiness
GTA home sales up 5.7 per cent in February
The number of home sales in February 2017 increased 5.7 per cent year-over-year, climbing from 7,583 in February 2016 to 8,014 last month, says TREB.
CondoBusiness
Many condo insurance claims arise from liability
Experience as an insurance broker specializing in the condo segment shows that the majority of claims arise from liability.
