Residential
Canadian Apartment Magazine
New Brunswick uncorks delayed property tax cuts
For residential landlords, the first installment of property tax relief will come with a one-year cap to hold rent increases to no more than 3.8 per cent, retroactive to January 1, 2022.
Canadian Property Management
Toronto city staff endorse backyard hen-keeping
The 102 pilot locations, hosting a total of 307 hens in residential neighbourhoods, engendered three noise complaints and two odour complaints over a nearly four-year period.
CondoBusiness
Inflationary pressure should ease as COVID wanes
Inflationary pressure is expected to subside over the coming months with the easing of COVID-related triggers, but residential rent could still be peaking.
Canadian Property Management
Solar installations spared NS tariff threat
Premier Tim Houston promises to block Nova Scotia Power's proposed system access charge that would add about 8.7 cents per kilowatt-hour to the cost of electricity that net-metered customers generate.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Electricity rate relief unaligned with lockdown
The timing of newly announced short-term relief for Ontario’s residential and small business customers is somewhat out of sync with expected power consumption patterns.
REMI Network
LiUNA breaks ground on mixed-use tower in Hamilton
The Labourers’ International Union of North America broke ground on a new mixed-use building in Hamilton, Ontario, that will feature more than 500 residential units, as well as office and heritage space.
REMI Network
ARIDO honours interior designers at 2021 awards
The Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario (ARIDO) announced the winners of its annual awards program during a virtual ceremony on Wednesday, October 6.
REMI Network
SmartCentres unveils largest digital art gallery of its kind in Canada
SmartCentres unveiled Canada's largest, permanent low-res LED art installation in SmartVMC, its flagship 100-acre master-planned city centre in Vaughan.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Purpose-built rental pro formas under pressure
Developers are facing escalating material costs, supply chain disruptions and labour shortages in step with climbing vacancies and falling rental rates that were not contemplated 18 months ago.
REMI Network
Ground breaks on largest residential project in Longueuil
The first tower of Sir Charles Condominiums broke ground this month. Devimco Immobilier's $800-million, transit-oriented development is said to be the largest real estate project in the history of Longueuil.
Construction Business
Energy training delivery agents sought
Public agencies, not-for-profit organizations and private sector energy services providers are all expected to play a role in developing the workforce that will underpin Canada’s promised home retrofit program.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Quebec to put damper on fossil fuel heating
A draft regulation posted in the Gazette du Québec signals the government's intent to prohibit installation of fossil-fuel-fired boilers, furnaces and water heaters in “certain existing residential buildings” after December 31, 2023.
CondoBusiness
Power system revenue transcends lockdown relief
It appears that seven weeks of COVID-19-related electricity rate relief for residential and small business customers did not adversely undermine Ontario power system revenue.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Manitoba tax rebate comes with rent freeze
About $248 million from the education levy will be returned to property taxpayers this year through 25 per cent rebates to residential/farm ratepayers and 10 per cent rebates to commercial/industrial ratepayers.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
No electricity rate reprieve with this lockdown
There has been no rate relief with the latest stay-at-home imperative, but the Ontario Energy Board has extended the annual prohibition on electricity shut-offs during the cold months to cover much of May.
CondoBusiness
Iconic sites convey spinoff real estate value
Niagara Falls, and Jasper are the two Canadian entrants on a largely European and American list of locales associated with celebrated global attractions.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Upfront costs hinder access to energy savings
More than 110 industry associations, building service/product providers and public advocacy and community development groups are voicing support for no-cost incentives targeted specifically to low-income households.
