Rebecca Melnyk
Building Strategies & Sustainability
How ‘art became the new steel’ in Hamilton
Creative industries in Hamilton, Ontario are now forming the physicality of the city's landscape and impacting municipal public policy.
Canadian Property Management
Mixed-use project meets old-soul community
The Metalworks development in Guelph, Ontario, will ultimately bridge a deep-rooted community to the downtown core with a 50-foot-wide river walkway.
Canadian Property Management
Sherway Gardens remakes shopping experience
Sherway Gardens unveiled its new north expansion this week that reflects the changing landscape of retail in Canada and creates more of a mall 'experience.'
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Net zero project is building industry milestone
A net zero energy home in Guelph, Ontario, the first of 25 to be completed as part of a national project, aims to position NZE in the mainstream public.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
What is sustainability to the building sector?
A look at what sustainability means to some experts in the building industry and the way climate change has impacted the conversation.
Canadian Property Management
Virtual reality emerges in commercial sector
Office marketing tools of the future will immerse users in new or non-existent environments, offering them the chance to virtually control a presale asset.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Summit emboldens climate change fight
Subnational jurisdictions from across the Western Hemisphere gathered at Toronto’s Royal York Hotel for The Climate Summit of the Americas.
Canadian Property Management
Sustainable leaders rethink the ‘chase for points’
In the race to move from one building certification level to another, some industry leaders wonder if subscribers of such programs are truly being green.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
What motivates the greening of suburban assets
While sustainable real estate means thinking outside downtown cores, experts stress the necessary models required to support these suburban assets.
Canadian Property Management
Mixed-use positions better neighbourhoods
With the rise of mixed-use developments comes the opportunity to create sustainable structures that enhance surrounding neighbourhoods.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Why Toronto needs green space networks
Green space in Toronto isn’t expanding at the same rate as new development. In response, a new study asks us to shift our focus and see parks as networks.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Climate change spurs business opportunity
Tucked into the back of the Metro Convention Centre at Toronto’s Green Living Show on March 27, 2015, a group of scientists, politicians and entrepreneurs
Building Strategies & Sustainability
How next gen FM’s will help save the planet
Climate change is no longer a debatable, foggy topic, but rather a flurry of factual evidence, synchronized with environmental and cultural discourse around the globe.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
GTA site showcases stormwater management
About fifteen years ago, Jim Ecclestone found an old, 2000-gallon stainless steel water tank lying in a farmer’s field. The president and chief executive officer
Canadian Property Management
The mechanics of meeting tenant expectations
Ryan McAskile, senior vice-president and manager at DTZ in Mississauga, spent years in the brokerage business, advising clients on rental rates and where to lease.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Markham’s energy-focused Buttonville project
A couple years from now, construction workers will put shovels to ground as they build a whole new urban community on what was once a
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Edmonton’s ‘world-class’ sustainable agenda
Once the first licensed airfield in Canada, workers at the Blatchford development site in Edmonton, Alberta are now prepping the ground for what is hoped
