COVID-19
Canadian Apartment Magazine
BC announces rent repayment framework
With the ban on evictions poised to lift September 1, B.C. has announced a rent repayment framework for those owing past money due to COVID-related income loss.
CondoBusiness
Condos see ‘significant shift’ in operations
There is a significant shift in the way condo corporations are managing common elements, noisy neighbours and condo meetings.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Update on status of LTB hearings
In his latest bulletin, Joe Hoffer of Cohen Highley LLP, says landlords should expect LTB hearings to resume in September, once the backlog of pending eviction orders has cleared.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Community centres redefined for a new era
How to socially distance in spaces charged for social interactions? This is just one challenge facing community centres as they prepare for reopening—bit by bit—across
Canadian Apartment Magazine
GTA vacancy rate rises to 1.8 per cent
Urbanation is reporting a rise in the GTA vacancy rate from 1.1 per cent in Q1 to 1.8 per cent in Q2-2020, up considerably from the 0.9 per cent recorded a year ago.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Meat processing facilities face unique disinfection challenges
A new guide helps meat processing operators improve facility hygiene and prevent potential fines, shutdowns, and labour shortages.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
COVID-19’s impact on housing choices
New data shows more Canadians are making conservative housing choices due to sustained income loss and fear of a second wave.
Design Quarterly
DIRTT promotes pre-fabricated construction
DIRTT Environmental Solutions has launched Make Space for Possibilities. The advocacy campaign demonstrates the benefits of pre-fabricated construction.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Facility hygiene and preventing the spread of germs
Reinforcing proper hygiene practices and managing the perceptions of visitors and employees can help minimize the spread of germs within a facility.
Canadian Property Management
Manitoba stretches property assessment cycle
An extra year of tax apportionment based on pre-pandemic values could be a harsh postponement for some property owners. The scheduling adjustment is expected to hurt the most in the retail and hospitality sectors.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Handling daily challenges in facility management
Staying on top of daily tasks in facility management becomes even more complicated when FMs have to plan for external circumstances beyond their control.
Design Quarterly
WELL Health Safety Rating enrollment opens
The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) has opened enrollment for the WELL Health-Safety Rating for Facility Operations and Management.
REMI Network
New infrastructure funding for Lower Mainland
The governments of Canada and British Columbia have announced new infrastructure investments for Lower Mainland communities.
Canadian Property Management
Feds suggest CECRA sets Canada apart from peers
About $221 million in Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance had been disbursed as of July 3, Finance Minister Bill Morneau reported in the 2020 Economic and Fiscal Snapshot he released today.
Design Quarterly
Rethinking restroom design
The global pandemic of COVID-19 is fast tracking infection control technologies. Design strategies in public restrooms will reduce coronavirus transmission.
REMI Network
What does Toronto’s mask bylaw mean for condos?
A new bylaw exempting condos from mandatory mask-wearing inside the building means corporations might want to impose a mask policy for common elements.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
The pros and cons of Bill 184
Ontario’s Bill 184 has raised the ire of tenant advocacy groups over concerns it will drive renters further into debt while making evictions easier for landlords.
