Halifax

Passive House

Canadian Facility Management & Design

A first Passive House retrofit in Halifax

Once complete, it will serve as an inspiration for others pursuing deep retrofits of existing buildings, an endeavour that offers the most hope for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Halifax.
Halifax boost storm damage cleanup capacity

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Halifax boosts storm damage cleanup capacity

Halifax Regional Municipality is opening eight temporary debris depots and doubling the allowable limit for yard waste disposal in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona.
Atlantic Canada markets reflect national trends

Canadian Property Management

Atlantic Canada markets reflect national trends

Atlantic Canada markets were in sync with nationwide trends during the first half of 2022 with a tightening supply of warehouse space and loosening office vacancies.
Halifax

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Halifax approves 1000-plus homes across two sites

Development agreements for two sites designated as special planning areas under the Housing in the Halifax Regional Municipality Act have been approved.
Greater Halifax office inventory sees positive absorption downtown

Canadian Property Management

Halifax records positive absorption downtown

As of December 2020, Turner, Drake and Partners Ltd. pegs the vacancy rate at 14 per cent across 12.2 million square feet of office space in eight submarkets.
HVAC energy savings

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Killam turns to AI for HVAC energy savings

Killam’s Quinpool Tower in Halifax recently went live with Ecopilot, an Artificial Intelligence solution for real-time HVAC energy savings.
Halifax office and industrial markets

Canadian Property Management

Challenger rising among Halifax office nodes

The downtown office vacancy rate surpassed 20 per cent, while Dartmouth Crossing enjoyed a 768 basis point drop in vacancy, pushing the rate below 12 per cent.
Halifax

REMI Network

Design competition opens for new Halifax art gallery

Architectural teams from around the world are invited to participate in a design competition for a brand new art gallery on Halifax’s waterfront.
Halifax

Canadian Property Management

Halifax office vacancy dips for second year in a row

This drop came despite an uptick in the vacancy rate in the downtown Central Business District (CBD), which saw a modest increase.
performing arts

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Canada invests $4.5 mil in Link Performing Arts Society

The government of Canada is investing $4.5 million in a project by the Link Performing Arts Society, granted through the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund.
new condo sales Urbanation CMHC

CondoBusiness

National housing market remains highly vulnerable: CMHC

Canada’s overall housing market remains highly vulnerable, mostly due to evidence of overvaluation and price acceleration, finds CMHC.
Halifax office and industrial markets

Canadian Property Management

Halifax office vacancy rate dips modestly

The Atlantic Canada real estate advisory firm, Turner Drake & Partners, reports a region-wide office vacancy rate of 15.25 per cent, representing a drop of more than 170 basis points since June 2017.
Sutton Place Hotels

REMI Network

Sutton Place Hotels opening first property in Atlantic Canada

The Sutton Place Hotels is opening its first property in Atlantic Canada at Halifax’s Nova Centre.
Maritime Centre

REMI Network

Halifax tech hub expands office in Maritime Centre

Slate Office REIT has completed a 60,000 square foot lease for tech hub Volta Labs in the Maritime Centre in downtown Halifax.
Halifax Convention Centre

REMI Network

Construction updates for Halifax Convention Centre

Construction on the new Halifax Convention Centre at the Nova Centre in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia is now expected to be completed by August 2017.
Dennis Building

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Nova Scotia issues RFI for Dennis Building site

Nova Scotia is looking for innovative and creative ideas to develop the Dennis Building site in downtown Halifax, while preserving its historic façade.
Pier 21

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Inside the transformation of Halifax’s Pier 21

Halifax’s Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 has reopened following a $30-million capital and thematic expansion.