Real Estate
REMI Network
BILD flags housing as municipal ballot-box issue
BILD is flagging housing as a ballot-box issue in the Greater Toronto Area’s upcoming municipal elections.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Urban pressures arise in step with proptech
Toronto conference explores commercial real estate in its urban context, focusing on factors that support or threaten economic growth, investment returns, urban liveability and sustainability.
Canadian Property Management
Balancing the risks to commercial real estate
Senior ranking valuation specialists agreed that new uncertainties around fraying trade agreements, political instability and climate volatility have broadened the scope of their worries well beyond rising interest rates.
CondoBusiness
Don’t widen municipal land transfer tax: OREA, TREB
Last week, OREA and TREB jointly called on MPP candidates vying for seats in the York Region to reject requests to expand the municipal land transfer tax.
Canadian Property Management
Real estate vulnerable to Canada-U.S. trade war
High-rise development is expected to be the hardest hit real estate activity, but fallout across a wider range of consumer goods has potential negative implications for commercial warehouse and distribution facilities.
CondoBusiness
Is condo living just a phase for GTHA millennials?
Condo living may just be a phase for millennials in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, new research out of Ryerson University suggests.
REMI Network
April sees national home sales dip: CREA
National home sales dipped 2.9 per cent month over month in April, according to statistics released last week by CREA.
Canadian Property Management
Green certified office space no rarity in Canada
On a square footage basis, more than 50 per cent of the commercial inventory in Vancouver and Toronto now boasts LEED or BOMA BEST status.
CondoBusiness
What will make T.O. condo investors less bullish?
Does it still make sense to invest in condos after a study showed many condo investors renting out new units in the GTA are cash-flow negative?
Canadian Property Management
Downtown Ottawa drawing tenant interest
Downtown class B buildings and the "fringe core" ByWard Market, Centretown and Glebe neighbourhoods are identified as a good fit for start-up enterprises looking for less than 1,000 square feet and/or co-working space.
Canadian Property Management
Robust demand drives GTA Q1 investment activity
Cominar REIT stands out among the vendors, as it offloaded two office, two retail and one industrial property for earnings of nearly $717 million.
Construction Business
LaBranche legacy entrenched in BOMA BC
Wrapping up a 25 year tenure with the Building Owners and Managers Association of British Columbia, soon-to-retire president, Paul LaBranche, characteristically looks through the lens of his organization's strategic plan to assess what he has accomplished.
CondoBusiness
Vancouver home sales fall nearly 30 per cent in March
In March 2018, the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver reported 2,517 residential home sales, down 29.7 per cent compared to March 2017's 3,579 sales.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Building better experiences as IoT advances
IoT connectivity can be used by organizations to shape how occupants move about a facility and assign precise monetary values to specific spaces.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Hard quotas unlikely in gender parity push
Hard quotas appear to be an unlikely tool in the growing push to promote gender parity in the real estate industry.
REMI Network
Schulich students win Developers’ Den competition
Real estate students in the Schulich School of Business won first place in the eighth annual Developers’ Den international competition.
Canadian Property Management
Canada’s three largest cities picked to thrive
Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal are among 30 global metropolises deemed well positioned to draw investment and sustain a robust real estate market for the long term.




