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Commercial HVAC on demand response radar

Canadian Property Management

Commercial HVAC on demand response radar

Commercial HVAC controls are expected to return a sizable reduction in Ontario’s peak electricity loads for a relatively small injection of incentive funding.
facilities

REMI Network

Ontario devotes $228 million to modernize postsecondary facilities

Publicly assisted colleges and universities will be able to upgrade buildings and learning tools with the new funding.
Ontario recharges energy efficiency budget

Canadian Property Management

Ontario recharges energy efficiency budget

Ontario’s energy efficiency budget has been recharged with a pledged 12-year, $10.9-billion spending strategy that significantly boosts funding for commercial, industrial, institutional and residential electricity customers.
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CondoBusiness

Ontario introduces crane inspection schedule

All tower crane components must now be inspected and verified to be operationally sound at 10-year intervals from either its manufacture date or its previous inspection.
RioCan's Jennifer Suess joins Order of Ontario

Canadian Property Management

RioCan’s Jennifer Suess joins Order of Ontario

Jennifer Suess, senior vice president and general counsel with RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust, has been named to the Order of Ontario.
Fort St. James

REMI Network

Modern hospital facility coming to Collingwood

The Ontario government is investing up to $95.5 million to build a new Collingwood General and Marine Hospital.
Ontario re-evaluates steps for land use change

Canadian Property Management

Ontario re-evaluates steps for land use change

Proposed new provincial legislation would strip municipalities of their ability to request a record of site condition (RSC) in specified circumstances where the risk of site contamination is deemed to be low.
New look proposed for Ontario security guards

Canadian Property Management

New look proposed for Ontario security guards

Ontario's Solicitor General is considering new stipulations for private security uniforms and vehicles to create greater visual distinction from police forces.
Ontario looks to unravel conservation easements

Canadian Property Management

Ontario looks to unravel conservation easements

A proposed amendment to the Ontario Heritage Act could make it easier to extract developable parcels from properties that have a conservation easement registered on the title.
More Ontario agencies to drop realty functions

Canadian Facility Management & Design

More Ontario agencies to drop realty functions

The Ontario government is continuing to centralize realty functions within the Ministry of Infrastructure, with 12 additional provincial agencies now tapped to hand over their autonomy.
Sky Towers

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Construction kicks off on ‘Sky Towers’ in Barrie

SkyDev has begun construction on a multi-phase, master-planned apartment community in Barrie, Ontario, called "Sky Towers".
Ontario explores building official mobility

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Ontario explores building official mobility

Ontario is considering opening up building official functions to professionals who have been trained and certified in other jurisdictions.
Clinically fit space on the leasing agenda

Canadian Property Management

Clinically fit space on the leasing agenda

A small but noteworthy cohort of tenants will be leasing specialized space as the Ontario government moves toward granting licences for new independently operated surgical and diagnostic clinics.
Property reassessment still on hold in Ontario

REMI Network

Property reassessment still on hold in Ontario

Ontario’s fall economic statement confirms that property reassessment is still on hold, but a small tweak is in the works to alleviate the tax burden on some student housing projects.
Ontario's sprinkler deadline up for discussion

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Ontario’s sprinkler deadline up for discussion

Some of Ontario’s long-term care home operators could be getting an 18-month extension on a looming deadline to install automatic sprinklers for fire suppression
Committee of adjustment workload could shrink

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Committee of adjustment workload could shrink

Proposed new rules could sideline the committee of adjustment when Ontario property owners add one or two additional residential units on lots zoned for single-family homes in urban areas.
Ad hoc venues trigger risk management headaches

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Ad hoc venues trigger risk management headaches

Public gatherings in informal, unlicensed venues are creating risk management headaches for local officials in large and small Ontario communities.