Toronto
Canadian Apartment Magazine
RentSafeTO eyed to aid criminal prosecutions
Toronto’s Planning and Housing Committee calls for more criminal investigation and prosecution of rental housing landlords engaging in fraudulent evictions or chronic property neglect.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Historic $1.5B deal cuts Toronto’s development charges
The newly announced Toronto Development Charge Reduction Program is expected to spur significant rental construction and create new jobs.
Canadian Property Management
Toronto rail corridor eyed for mixed-use infill
An elevated deck reclaiming unused air space is envisioned to introduce 6.3 acres of new development land above an active rail corridor and maintenance depot in downtown Toronto.
Canadian Property Management
Soccer fan influx afoot in Toronto
An influx of soccer fans is expected to shake up the routine for downtown Toronto businesses and residents when the FIFA World Cup tournament gets underway.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Air conditioner giveaway prizes cool relief
The City of Toronto is expanding its air conditioner giveaway, following last year’s pilot program to provide cool relief to low-income residents of multifamily buildings.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Blue bins defunct in Ontario’s outdoor spaces
Recyclable materials from receptacles in Ontario’s parks, playgrounds, transit stations and sidewalk locations are now mixed into the solid waste stream that is sent to landfill.
CondoBusiness
Committees of adjustment thrust into new status
Municipal committees of adjustment are coming under closer scrutiny with the advent of as-of-right permissiveness for designated categories of housing in Toronto and throughout Ontario.
REMI Network
Pinnacle SkyTower reaches 106-storey milestone
Pinnacle SkyTower has topped off at 106 storeys, officially making it the tallest tower in Canada.
REMI Network
Three-storey amenities space coming to 1 Adelaide East
The facility is designed to promote a healthier work-life balance for tenants of the existing 30-storey office tower.
Canadian Property Management
CRE feeling climate action pressure from cities
Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal are among 75 world cities seen to be exerting some degree of climate action pressure on the commercial real estate sector.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Toronto funds gird against malevolent drivers
One-time funding is now available to reinforce eligible Toronto-based facilities against malevolent drivers deliberately intent on causing harm.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Toronto Council to ponder heightened safeguards
Toronto Council will consider a call to make automated external defibrillators (AEDs) more widely available in private high-rise residential buildings during its upcoming December meeting.
REMI Network
Pinnacle SkyTower becomes Canada’s first 100-storey building
The highest floor will align with the CN Tower’s main observation level.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Toronto readies for international soccer stage
Preparations for Toronto Stadium’s turn on the international soccer stage are progressing, with phase one of $146 million worth of planned upgrades now complete.
Canadian Property Management
Waste heat stretches district energy capacity
Waste heat from some of the largest district energy customers in downtown Toronto can now be recaptured to further stretch the system’s capacity and reduce peak electricity demand.
Canadian Property Management
Toronto set to adjust business licensing regime
An unfolding effort to simplify Toronto’s business licensing regime promises reduced paperwork and a more technologically proficient process, but comes with at least one new user fee.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Updates could colour Toronto apartment ratings
Toronto's licensing and standards division has been instructed to develop a colour-coded sign system to signal how rental housing buildings rate in complying with the City’s apartment standards.
