Legal
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Fighting money laundering, terrorist financing
What should multi-residential property owners know about the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act? Leo St. Germain, a vice-president in MCAP’s commercial mortgage group, provides his legal expertise.
CondoBusiness
The imposition of mandatory mediation
Why does the Condominium Act say disputes must be mediated? Jeanette Bicknell, a mediator with the Sadowski Resolutions Group, weighs in.
CondoBusiness
Condo renos pose hurdles
Does a unit owner need to get permission from the condominium board to renovate his/her unit? Armand Conant, a partner in the law firm of Shibley Righton LLP, provides his legal expertise.
Canadian Property Management
Managing mixed-use developments
This Real Estate Executive Video Series video report addresses the benefits and challenges of managing mixed-used developments. Commentators: BOMA Toronto's Chris Conway and Borden Ladner Gervais' Stephanie Campanaro.
Canadian Property Management
B.C. developers on shaky ground
A number of court decisions over the past four years have emphasized the risks faced by developers under REDMA ...
CondoBusiness
Pot poses a condo conundrum
Does a condominium corporation have the right to prohibit pot smoking and grow-ops? And are there any accommodation obligations?
Construction Business
Pay when paid
Although there has been no contractual or statutory recognition of the inequity of "pay when paid" clauses up to this point of time, change is on the horizon.
Canadian Property Management
Evicting tenants for repairs or renovations
When a B.C. landlord faces repairs or renovations in a rental building, the decision to evict an existing tenant to ...
Construction Business
Alliance contracting
Alliance contracts are incentive-based relationship contracts in which the parties agree to work together as one integrated team.
Construction Business
Streamlining project delivery
Touted as a time and cost-saving measure, design-build project delivery has taken the North American construction industry by storm.
Construction Business
Design-build projects
The popularity of design-build is found in its advantages. One of those is the potential for design innovation. Owners can benefit from creativity generated ...
Construction Business
Ten years and counting
The last 10 years has seen some significant changes and events in the construction industry in B.C., not only in the way the industry operates but in the law that governs those operations.
CondoBusiness
The legalities of emergency management
Emergency management includes four interdependent risk-based functions, according to Public Safety Canada. These are: prevention, preparedness, ...
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Managing within the law
An employer may mean to provide its employees with fair employment contracts but when disputes arise, parties often disagree on the rights they ...
Construction Business
Completion issues
The British Columbia Builders Lien Act treats completion – whether it be substantial completion of a contract or subcontract or ...
Canadian Property Management
Faulty elevator breaks bring lawsuit
A new round of legal proceedings is underway in Ontario, where building owners are seeking compensation for costs related to an elevator mechanism that the province’s Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) ordered ...
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Social media guidelines for employers
It is the responsibility of employers to ensure the rules governing the use of social media are clear and widely understood. This means educating staff on a ‘responsible use of technology’ policy or code of conduct and ...
