COVID-19
Construction Business
New Vancouver centre to produce vaccine doses
Precision NanoSystems Inc. has received $25.1 million in federal funding to create a manufacturing centre for nanomedicine.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Ontario supporting air-monitoring technology
Ontario is funding CEM Specialties Inc. (CEMSI) to help commercialize and accelerate production of its air-monitoring COVID-19 detector.
Canadian Property Management
Canadian hoteliers get needed COVID-19 relief
Relief helps to offset a year when RevPAR plummeted by 60 per cent relative to 2019 and the 12-monrh average hotel occupancy rate barely nudged above 33 per cent.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
ASHRAE tracks COVID-19 HVAC learning curve
A newly refreshed edition of the ASHRAE Epidemic Taskforce’s Building Readiness Guide provides more resources for calculating the effectiveness of building flushing and filtration.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Feds announce Temporary Rental Assistance funding
The Government of Canada announced it will be offering Temporary Rental Assistance funding to support social housing projects and families of low income.
Canadian Property Management
HASCAP low-interest loan rollout now underway
Loans of $25,000 to $1 million will be available through the Highly Affected Sectors Credit Availability Program (HASCAP), fully guaranteed by the Business Development Bank of Canada.
REMI Network
Toronto bolstering enforcement of residential mask bylaw
Since January 18, 2021, Toronto has received 1,950 complaints about improper mask usage in shared residential spaces.
REMI Network
Can condos demand COVID-19 vaccination?
Canada is slow to administer doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, but condo communities are already beginning to consider some complex issues related to immunization.
Canadian Property Management
Investment confidence awaits vaccine boost
A surging second wave of COVID-19 tempered investment confidence in commercial real estate during the fourth quarter of 2020.
REMI Network
TPH calls on facilities to ramp up IPAC measures
Extra vigilance is expected as confirmed cases of the highly contagious U.K. B.1.1.7 variant of COVID-19 spreads within Ontario-based facilities.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Vaccination priority list omits security guards
Union officials are also calling on Ontario Premier Doug Ford to affirm that security guards are essential workers.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Apartment rent trends reflect EU holidaying dip
Analysts link the upward trajectory of rents for Paris availabilities to an influx of higher-priced units previously marketed for short-term uses rather than to competition for accommodation.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Montreal to receive $56 million under Rapid Housing Initiative
The City of Montréal will receive $56.8 million in federal funding under the new Rapid Housing Initiative to support the completion of 12 projects, representing 263 housing units.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Landlords would welcome vaccination clinics
Prominent commercial landlords are offering free space to accommodate COVID-19 vaccination clinics and related support services in malls, conference centres, office buildings and other well-located sites throughout Canada.
REMI Network
Rethinking the restroom experience
According to the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health, virus transmission in a public restroom is of great concern
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Licensing exams go online for security guards
The new option aligns with the Ontario government’s objective to provide digital alternatives for paper-based administrative processes.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Toronto vacancy rate reaches 50-year high
The latest Urbanation survey of purpose-built rental apartments in Toronto show the vacancy rate rose to a 50-year high of 5.7 per cent in Q4-2020.
