Condominium
CondoBusiness
Post-occupancy hitches prompt office hours
The frustrations of going through post-occupancy growing pains prompted one condo board to start hosting office hours for owners.
CondoBusiness
GTA condo starts set Q2 record as sales slow
Condominium construction starts in the GTA reached a record 7,981 units in Q2-2018, according to Urbanation Inc.’s recent quarterly condo market results.
CondoBusiness
What technology can’t replace in communities
What is being left behind as technology becomes more a part of day-to-day living in a community? Should some things be done the “old-fashioned” way?
CondoBusiness
Navigating a new process for requesting records
As of Nov. 1, 2017, there is a new process under the Condominium Act, as amended, for making and responding to records requests in condo corporations.
CondoBusiness
First decisions issued in condo records disputes
The Ontario Condominium Authority Tribunal's first five decisions in records-related condo disputes include a case dismissal and a penalty.
REMI Network
Todd Smith picks up condo file in cabinet posting
Todd Smith, MPP for Prince Edward-Hastings, has been named Minister of Government and Consumer Services in Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s cabinet.
CondoBusiness
Maximizing common element warranty coverage
An engineer offers tips for maximizing common element warranty coverage to get construction deficiencies resolved in new condo complexes.
CondoBusiness
Recreational cannabis use to become legal this fall
Is it time for condo boards and property managers to brace for reefer madness? It may depend on which condo lawyer they ask.
CondoBusiness
Build large condo units and families will come?
A real estate analyst takes aim at a 'fallacy' reflected in Toronto's downtown planning framework, which calls for large condo units.
CondoBusiness
Lounge furniture targeted as multi-res fire risk
Some condo lobbies may be looking spare lately because the lounge furniture that usually occupies these spaces is being targeted as a fire risk.
REMI Network
Electronic voting for condos comes to Canada
A U.S.-based company has introduced electronic voting for condos to Canada, paving the way for corporations to completely digitize the ballot box.
CondoBusiness
Communicating in an era of information overload
Even the best communication technology may not be much help if the message condo corporations use it to deliver is weak or non-existent.
REMI Network
Revised condo forms incorporate feedback, new regs
The Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services says it has incorporated public feedback into recent changes to new mandatory condo forms.
CondoBusiness
What will make T.O. condo investors less bullish?
Does it still make sense to invest in condos after a study showed many condo investors renting out new units in the GTA are cash-flow negative?
REMI Network
New fines for turning away canvassers take effect
Apartment landlords and condo corporations that turn away canvassers from multi-residential buildings during the election will risk fines under new rules.
CondoBusiness
Status certificates revisited in recent court ruling
A recent court decision sheds some more light on the effect of failing to disclose certain declaration violations in a status certificate.
CondoBusiness
Average price for a GTA condo climbs nine per cent: TREB
The average selling price for condominium apartments sold in Q1-2018 was up by nine per cent year-over-year to $533,447, according to the TREB.
