Development

Rising interest rates alter slant on CRE values

Canadian Property Management

Rising interest rates alter slant on CRE values

Rising interest rates have Canadian commercial real estate players adjusting their expectations about cap rates and internal rates of return.
Almadev brings dual meaning to Elad rebrand

Canadian Property Management

Almadev brings dual meaning to Elad rebrand

Elad Canada is now known as Almadev, a name chosen to signify the company's development and asset management pursuits.
Ottawa sees revived proposal for downtown arena

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Ottawa sees revived proposal for downtown arena

In keeping with the team’s rebuild, the Ottawa Senators are bringing a new roster of development players to this revived proposal for a major downtown sports facility.
Special assessments foreseen as CPI rises

CondoBusiness

Special assessments foreseen as CPI rises

Coming out of an extended period of low inflation, many condo boards will confront reserve fund shortfalls as the consumer price index now pushes up toward 7 per cent.
Frank Gehry

REMI Network

New designs for Frank Gehry’s 73-storey Forma

New renderings were revealed for Frank Gehry’s first residential tower in Canada and what will become his tallest building in the world.
Development opens up near Edmonton airport

Canadian Property Management

Development land opens near Edmonton airport

The Alberta government has filed a regulation to trim the buffer zone around the airport by 30 per cent, citing aircraft technology advancements that make previous assumptions about noise exposures outdated.
Industrial condos promised for tight GTA market

Canadian Property Management

Industrial condos promised for tight GTA market

Nicola Wealth Real Estate and First Gulf have jointly acquired a 13.4-acre site near Highway 403 in Oakville with plans for a series of small bay industrial condo buildings..
hovercraft

Construction Business

Rize Properties launches Hovercraft Builders

Rize Properties has launched Hovercraft Builders, a standalone, full-service construction division to bring it expertise to market.
Ontario mulls its site redevelopment potential

Canadian Property Management

Ontario mulls its site redevelopment potential

A centralized agency will be tasked with identifying provincially owned sites with redevelopment potential, placing a priority on new uses that align with infrastructure initiatives.
Ontario to subsidize industrial site approval costs

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Subsidy to ease industrial site approval costs

Industrial land owners in Ontario could qualify for up to $25,000 to reimburse 50 per cent of the costs of municipal and provincial planning and environmental studies.
Purpose-built rental pro formas under pressure

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Purpose-built rental pro formas under pressure

Developers are facing escalating material costs, supply chain disruptions and labour shortages in step with climbing vacancies and falling rental rates that were not contemplated 18 months ago.
Peter Ballon appointed ULI global chair

Canadian Property Management

CPP’s Peter Ballon appointed ULI global chair

Ballon's two-year voluntary term coincides with the rollout of the Urban Land Institute's three priority missions to position the built environment for a low-carbon and inclusive future.
Oxford looks to pump up Australia's institutional-grade multifamily inventory

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Australia awaits institutional-grade multifamily

Oxford Properties is targeting opportunities to pump up Australia’s institutional-grade multifamily inventory and capture renters locked out of the booming housing markets in Sydney and Melbourne.
Deal makers offered digital option to submitting FOI requests to the Ministry of Environment

Canadian Property Management

Deal makers might avoid needless FOI requests

A proposed digital channel for submitting property-related information requests to Ontario's Ministry of the Environment would offer an alternative to the current paper-based submission of Freedom of Information requests.
tax credit

Canadian Property Management

Ontario doubles tax credit in tertiary markets

Canadian-controlled private corporations are eligible for refundable tax credits of up to $90,000 for building investments in southwest, eastern and northern Ontario.
Expansions at two existing correctional facilities meant to ease overcrowding for Northwest Ontario inmates

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Northwest Ontario inmates await needed space

Work will soon be underway to ease overcrowding at two Northwest Ontario correctional facilities in the interim before a planned new 325-inmate complex is built in the region.
Diamond Schmitt design

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Canadian students in design competition finals

This year, 105 teams from 61 universities in Canada, the United States and Singapore took up the challenge to forge a mixed-use, mixed-income scheme for the East Village neighbourhood in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.