Residential
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Offshore single-family rental REITs sidelined
A two-year prohibition on foreign investors acquiring single residential dwellings, duplexes or triplexes is set to begin January 1, 2023.
Canadian Property Management
Industrial assets deliver outsized Q1 returns
Canada stands out in newly released global investment performance data for outsized returns on industrial assets during the first quarter of 2022.
REMI Network
83-acre Assembly Park officially launches in Vaughan
A multi-building community is moving forward in the downtown core of Vaughan, with an official launch to mark the expected 12-year build-out.
REMI Network
Climate advocates warn of extreme heat fallout
Property owners, managers, and communities all have a role to play when it comes to the irreversible reality of extreme-heat events.
REMI Network
Dream retrofitting 19 buildings to net zero standards
The buildings range from boutique historical buildings to downtown high-rises, with the oldest dating back to 1908.
CondoBusiness
Nova Scotia quashes property tax surcharge
The Nova Scotia government has cancelled plans to impose a property tax surcharge on non-resident home and cottage owners less than two weeks after enacting legislation to do so.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Residential renters offered Manitoba tax credit
Manitoba's new Renters Tax Credit is a renamed version of its previously available education property tax credit, which has now also been extended to tenants in subsidized housing.
REMI Network
Infrastructure leaders commit to decarbonization retrofits
The Canada Infrastructure Bank and Johnson Controls have signed an agreement that commits more than $125 million to accelerate private sector decarbonization retrofit projects across Canada.
REMI Network
UXBorough breaks ground in Calgary
UXBorough will be an extensive multi-building redevelopment that revitalizes the site previously known as Stadium Shopping Centre.
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.
