Office
REMI Network
Allied to buy three Liberty Village office buildings
Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (Allied) is set to acquire office properties in Toronto’s Liberty Village for $31 million.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
“Tech” company workplace design trends
The rise of the disruptive upstart has ushered in a second wave dotcom era, and it has implications for workplace design trends beyond the tech sector.
Canadian Property Management
Ontario’s vacant unit tax rebate under review
The 2016 Ontario budget announces legislation is coming to "facilitate potential changes" to the property tax rebate on vacant commercial and industrial units.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Breaking down silos between FM and HR
RE and FM professionals typically operate independently of HR, but both groups can benefit from breaking down silos to face challenges together.
REMI Network
Brad J. Henderson named CEO of Sotheby’s
Dundee Corporation (Dundee) has named Brad J. Henderson the president and chief executive officer of Sotheby's International Realty Canada.
REMI Network
ROXUL headquarters celebrates LEED Gold
The North American headquarters of ROXUL Inc. has just earned LEED Gold certification.
Canadian Property Management
Leadership development termed vital expense
When it comes to leadership development, bigger companies aren’t always better, states the Conference Board of Canada’s first leadership benchmarking study.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
HOK Toronto’s new Pinterest-inspired home
HOK Toronto recently earned an ARIDO award of merit for the design of its Pinterest-inspired new offices.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Share spaces, not germs, in collaborative offices
The new collaborative office seems to be the answer to improved productivity and innovation; however, it introduces new issues of office cleanliness.
REMI Network
LaSalle acquires Burlington office portfolio
LaSalle Investment Management has acquired a portfolio of four Class A office towers in Burlington, Ontario
REMI Network
Mixed-use project begins to rise in Winnipeg
Ground has broken on a mixed-use project to be located at Winnipeg’s Confusion Corner, a site that receives more daily traffic than any other in the city.
REMI Network
GTA office leasing market strong in Q4 2015
The Greater Toronto Area remained strong at the end of 2015 with downtown’s high performance, but the suburban market showed weaker results.
Canadian Property Management
2015 dishes up divergent vacancy and rent trends
Calgary experienced the steepest slide over 2015, while Toronto emerged on an upswing and 2016 growth projections favour Vancouver.
Canadian Property Management
A race against energy consumption
Over the past four years, about 69 million square feet of Toronto’s office stock participated in an ambitious challenge to lower energy usage in buildings.
Canadian Property Management
Open office format mainly a for-profit trend
Easy access to public transit tops the list of preferred attributes for office location among 50 non-profit organizations recently surveyed about workplace needs and priorities.
REMI Network
Avison Young acquires U.K.’s North Rae Sanders
Avison Young has acquired North-Rae Sanders, a U.K.-based commercial property provider.
REMI Network
Canderel & Fiera acquire Markham office asset
Canderel and Fiera Properties have acquired a 550,000 square-foot office building in Markham, located on a 40-acre site at 3500 Steeles Avenue East.
