COVID-19
CondoBusiness
Ontario permits more construction activities
Landscaping and lawn care are also on a shortlist of businesses allowed to offer services if they adhere to public health protocol.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
European landlords pursue longer term leases
Short-term rental housing providers in major European cities are now pursuing local tenants and advertising more mid- and long-term availabilities as a hedge against slumping international travel.
REMI Network
Vancouver property taxes deferred until September
The City of Vancouver has pushed the deadline for both residential and commercial property taxes to September 30, 2020, moved from July 3.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
More challenges in store for rental-housing sector
Challenges due to COVID-19 continue to rock the apartment sector, with landlords fearing a rise in rent arrears as May 1 approaches.
CondoBusiness
Condo budgeting concerns afoot
Financial uncertainty prevails for condo corporations that are anxious about continuing operations and budgeting in the wake of COVID-19.
CondoBusiness
Navigating the unknown in communal living
Condo managers are the corporation’s agents for proactive thinking, but now find themselves asking entirely new questions when it comes to communal living.
Canadian Property Management
Fort McMurray flood swamps 1,230 buildings
Approximately 13,000 evacuees have been instructed to abide by COVID-19 social distancing requirements.
Construction Business
Global construction output to shrink in 2020
As a result of the severe economic shock caused by COVID-19, global construction output is expected to contract by 1.4 per cent in 2020.
REMI Network
Ontario amends emergency order for condo meetings
Last week, the Ontario government took further action to support condominium corporations, including a new emergency order for condo meetings.
REMI Network
Survey examines impacts of COVID-19 on Americans’ hand hygiene
The Bradley Corporation’s recently conducted its Healthy Hand Washing Survey to examine the impacts of the coronavirus on U.S-based consumers’ hand hygiene.
Canadian Property Management
Survival prospects upbeat for living walls
Like humans, living walls might be overdue for a trim, but few are imperilled in the now largely empty surroundings of commercial and institutional buildings.
REMI Network
Day of Mourning honours frontline workers in the building trades
Today's National Day of Mourning takes on new relevance in the wake of COVID-19, as the pandemic heightens the risk for essential workers on the front lines.
Canadian Property Management
Vague or cumbersome details flagged in OCECRA
Commercial leasing specialists suggest landlords may prefer to stick with rent deferral agreements they have already negotiated.
REMI Network
Toronto developer launches kids’ art contest for charity
Toronto developer Devron has launched an art contest, asking children across Ontario to draw or paint positive messages related to the COVID-19 crisis.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Avenue Living reports positive April rent revenue
Despite the drastic economic downturn due to COVID-19, Calgary-based Avenue Living reports that the large majority of its tenants paid their April rent.
CondoBusiness
Documenting evidence in condos amid COVID-19
Condominium property managers should be documenting evidence in the coming months due to losses and claims amid the pandemic.
Construction Business
UBC students design low-cost COVID-19 ventilator
B.C. engineering students have developed a simple, low-cost COVID-19 ventilator that is in the final 10 of the Code Life Ventilator Challenge.
