Retail
CondoBusiness
Phase 2 of Hamilton’s Royal Connaught launched
Hamilton’s The Residences of Royal Connaught recently launched its second phase, featuring 76 luxury condominium units as well as retail space.
REMI Network
Upper Canada Mall plans for $60-mil retrofit
Oxford Properties Group plans to redevelop and expand the former Target location at Upper Canada Mall in Newmarket, Ontario.
Canadian Property Management
New B.C. liquor laws complicate retail leases
Amendments to the provincial Liquor Control and Licensing Regulation allow all types of businesses to apply for a liquor license — potentially giving physical store locations an extra perk to counter online competition, but also increasing landlords' risks under the Occupiers Liability Act.
REMI Network
SmartREIT partners with SmartStop to build self-storage facilities
SmartREIT and SmartStop have formed a joint venture to build and co-own rental self-storage facilities in Canada.
REMI Network
Oxford Properties accelerates its smart and connected building strategy
Rogers and RYCOM will implement the Cisco Smart Building platform across Oxford Properties' entire Canadian commercial and retail portfolio this year.
REMI Network
Commercial real estate outlook for 2017: report
Despite global economic and political disruption, stability is expected to define Canada’s commercial real estate sector in 2017.
REMI Network
Half of Canadians expected to shop Black Friday deals
Black Friday is coming, and about half of Canadians say they plan to do some online or cross-border shopping for U.S. retail deals.
CondoBusiness
Toronto heritage building to be repurposed into mixed-use community hub
A heritage building on an historic downtown Toronto site will be preserved and re-purposed from an industrial facility into a mixed-use community hub.
REMI Network
SmartREIT acquires mixed-use centre in Quebec
SmartREIT has purchased a mixed-use retail-office centre in Pointe Claire, Quebec
REMI Network
Canadian locales among sale of luxury resort retail portfolio
Retail assets within Whistler Creekside Village in B.C. and Blue Mountain Village in Ontario were recently sold in a $103-million luxury resort.
REMI Network
CF Masonville Place completes $77-million expansion
CF Masonville place in London, Ontario, will reveal its $77-million expansion project this week—its first major renovation since 1985.
REMI Network
Key performance indicators enhance retail facilities
PRSM has released a white paper that gives retailers and suppliers a comprehensive overview of how to create and implement key performance indicators.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
FMs quarterback retail transformation
The newly released PRSM 2017 Trends Report highlights the various roles of facility managers in reta
REMI Network
Randall Linton wins PRSM Excellence Award
Randall Linton, president of ServiceNational Canada, was presented with the PRSM Canadian Excellence Award.
CondoBusiness
GTA luxury home sales nearly double year-over-year
Third-quarter sales of luxury homes priced over $2 million in the GTA nearly doubled when they increased 92 per cent year-over-year in Q3 2016.
Canadian Property Management
Canadian retail market trends spur opportunity
Food service expectations and millennial eating habits and increasing consumer savvy are just a few factors impacting all facets of the retail market.
REMI Network
Canada’s largest built shopping centre since 2009 opens
Tsawwassen Mills shopping centre in Vancouver, the largest built in Canada since 2009, is officially open.


