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Canadian Property Management
Ottawa office complex jumpstarts value-add fund
Crown Realty Partners has acquired a four-building office complex and campus with potential for infill residential development, situated along Ottawa’s Queensway corridor.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
The new commercial office takes shape
Facility managers and BSCs are reassessing how they maintain safe office environments. Keeping best practices in mind is vital.
Canadian Property Management
Property tax shift pending from new subclass
About 29,000 Toronto businesses will qualify for a 15 per cent reduction in the property tax rate, necessitating a 0.99 per cent increase for the remainder of commercial ratepayers.
Canadian Property Management
Soaring industrial gains buoy investment returns
A 7.9 per cent total return across 2,367 directly held real estate assets in the Canada Property Index represents a 12 per cent improvement over 2020.
Canadian Property Management
Updated model green lease attuned to the 2020s
REALPAC’s newly updated model green lease for Canadian office buildings introduces measures aligned with the broadening demand for ESG reporting and performance outcomes.
Canadian Property Management
Next gen of energy sector tenants incubating
A successor generation of energy sector tenants could soon be incubating within Calgary’s beleaguered downtown office market.
REMI Network
EA Sports office complex in Burnaby begins ascent
Two new office buildings for EA Sports in Burnaby, B.C. will accommodate more than 500 employees.
Canadian Property Management
Office markets recover lost ground
After six consecutive quarters of declining occupancy, some of Canada’s office markets began to recover lost ground in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Canadian Property Management
Lockdown relief temporarily more generous
Federal rent and wage subsidies will be open to an expanded range of applicants who are subject to pandemic-related constraints during the eight-week period from Dec. 19, 2021 to Feb. 12, 2022.
Canadian Property Management
Nothing average in premium office rent data
The priciest office space in Toronto and Montreal is deemed "mid-level" among 127 global markets, while Vancouver is in a larger group said to offer "value" to premium tenants.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Inside the reboot of Hootsuite’s Vancouver HQ
Brightly-coloured lounge furniture, in a peachy warm palette, curves around a stone fireplace in the living room of Hootsuite’s newly transformed Vancouver headquarters that was downsized during the pandemic.
Canadian Property Management
Deal includes Ottawa’s tallest office tower
Crown Realty Partners and Crestpoint Real Estate Management have jointly acquired Place de Ville, a four-building Class A office complex in Ottawa's Parliamentary district.
Canadian Property Management
Stricken asset classes now shaking off COVID
Office and retail were diagnosed as stricken asset classes early in the pandemic, but after 20 months on the disabled list, conventional venues for labour and shopping are rallying to fight for market share.
REMI Network
Renewed master plan vision for CF Sherway Gardens
Cadillac Fairview and DiamondCorp have collaborated on a renewed master plan vision for CF Sherway Gardens that will transform the peripheral parking lands into a complete community with a mix of residential, office and retail.
REMI Network
BOMA Canada honours national award winners
The Building Owners and Managers Association of Canada (BOMA Canada) hosted its second virtual National Awards Gala on October 21, 2021.
Canadian Property Management
Landlords must certify requisite vaccinations
Commercial landlords will be expected to verify the vaccination status of building personnel, including contractors and subcontractors, who enter premises that the Canadian government leases.
Canadian Property Management
Office market turnaround delayed at least to Q4
A fourth wave of COVID-19 stalled hopes for an office market turnaround in the third quarter of 2021, while demand for industrial space continued unabated.
