COVID-19
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Reopening the workplace amid COVID-19 fears
Collaborative spaces will take on new importance as flexibility remains a key factor moving forward when reinventing and reopening the workplace.
Canadian Property Management
CECRA applicants urged to prepare documentation
Potential participants can begin to prepare ahead of registration opening next week, following instructions that have been posted on Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s website.
Construction Business
BCCA’s Builders Code offers ‘cool or tool’ app
The BC Construction Association (BCCA)'s Builders Code has gone virtual. The anti-harassment, hazing and bullying training is now available online.
Canadian Property Management
Solid pre-pandemic fundamentals buttress market
Thus far, in most markets, there’s been no spurt of office sublets or rent discounts that conventionally signify an economic downturn, but there has been a flurry of conjecture about the forces COVID-19 may have unleashed.
REMI Network
Victoria hotel purchased for affordable homes
The B.C. government has purchased the Comfort Inn Hotel in Victoria for $18.5 million to provide more affordable homes for people in Victoria.
REMI Network
WELL Health-Safety Rating launches for facilities
IWBI has launched the WELL Health-Safety Rating for facility operations and management, focusing on operations, cleaning protocols and design strategies.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Average monthly rents decline in April
Average monthly rents were down in April over March in most Canadian cities, including Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Ottawa, according to the latest data from Rentals.ca and Bullpen Research & Consulting.
Construction Business
CWWA releases water guideline to reopen buildings
CWWA has released water guideline documents to help members work with building owners and operators looking to re-open buildings.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Pension fund watchdog tuned to real estate arms
Board trustees for some of Canada’s most prominent commercial real estate portfolios are underscoring the obligations owed to on-site building services personnel during the COVID-19 crisis.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
The keys to reopening multi-res operations
As Ontario prepares to reopen the economy, what will the upcoming months look like for multi-res operations? Legal expert Joe Hoffer shares important tips to help landlords manage the risks as they navigate their way into "new normal".
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Look, don’t touch at Alberta museums
Both museums will be closing interactive areas that normally invite hands-on experiences. Instead, visitors will be reminded to look, but not touch any of the available exhibits
REMI Network
North York ice rink converts to food bank
North York Harvest Food Bank is now operating out of a converted ice rink to help adhere to social distancing guidelines while managing increased visits.
CondoBusiness
Ten practical tips for virtual meetings and e-voting
CCI recently held its first national webinar addressing pandemic-related industry concerns. Once topic of discussion was virtual meetings and e-voting.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Nova Scotia scurries to expand internet coverage
COVID-19 has prompted accelerated delivery of high-speed internet to some overlooked or underserviced areas of Nova Scotia.
CondoBusiness
Plans for reopening condo amenities
As provinces gradually gear up for reopening and ease some coronavirus restrictions, there are proactive measures and legal concerns condo communities might want to think
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Chartwell announces new fund for senior living employees
Chartwell announced it has launched the CaRES Fund in partnership with other sector leaders to help support senior living workers on the front-lines.
REMI Network
Minority, women entrepreneurs hit harder by economic fallout
Findings show that 53 per cent of women entrepreneurs have experienced an additional burden of childcare as opposed to only 12 per cent of male entrepreneurs.
