Toronto
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Toronto school operators eager to get building
Toronto Council’s school boards advisory committee is asking why it’s taking 33 months, on average, to secure planning approvals for renovation, expansion and redevelopment projects on school sites.
Canadian Property Management
Wastewater energy transfer flush with potential
A major wastewater energy transfer project is set to come on line at Toronto Western Hospital later this year, supplying heating and cooling through thermal energy exchange technology.
Canadian Property Management
Toronto offers heads-up on emission thresholds
Toronto could join the slate of North American jurisdictions that impose thresholds for allowable greenhouse gas emissions from buildings sometime later this year.
Canadian Property Management
MPAC assistance needed to enable parking levy
Toronto would need the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation's assistance to accurately implement a new commercial parking tax, and the agency hasn't yet committed to participate.
Canadian Property Management
Toronto parking review could allay tax exposure
Recommended changes to Toronto's parking regulations could present an opening for some landlords to reduce their exposure to a potential commercial parking levy.
REMI Network
Toronto’s luxury home sales surge in Q4 2024
Luxury homebuyers are slowly re-entering the top end of the condo market.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
CAPREIT announces four acquisitions
CAPREIT recently acquired three new rental properties in Montreal and Toronto, with a fourth acquisition currently underway.
Canadian Property Management
Toronto plan advocates commercial rent control
Commercial rent control is a suggested tool to protect small business tenants in a proposed new 10-year strategy to stimulate and manage economic growth in Toronto.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Short-term rental registry stuck in manual
Toronto relies heavily on manual review processes for oversight of approximately 8,400 registrants currently approved to offer short-term rental accommodations in their principal residences.
REMI Network
Mount Sinai Hospital completes historic redevelopment project
The Ontario government invested $383 million into the largest redevelopment in Mount Sinai Hospital’s history.
Canadian Property Management
Toronto considers office replacement pullback
Proposed new policy directions could open the way for a broader range of redevelopment projects in specified downtown Toronto districts and at the midtown Yonge & Eglinton node.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Hotel-inspired co-working redefines 302 Bay
At first glance, the lobby inside 302 Bay Street, soon to be the newest co-working space from iQ Offices, looks exactly like a high-end hotel or restaurant.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Landlords tapped to act on lead water pipes
A Toronto Councillor is calling for more due diligence and disclosure around legacy lead water pipes through proposed new obligations for owners of small multifamily buildings built prior to 1950.
CondoBusiness
Chronic property tax arrears at Toronto condo
Chronic property tax arrears at a downtown Toronto condominium complex now amount to more than $10.2 million on 15 units held by five different owners.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Update on Toronto’s renovictions bylaw
Toronto's proposed renovictions bylaw is one step closer to passing after it was unanimously approved by the planning and housing committee on June 13th.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Toronto proposes measures to boost housing supply
A new report entitled “Launching the Rental Housing Supply Program” includes measures to advance the rapid creation of 65,000 rent-controlled homes.
CondoBusiness
Visitor parking scarcity draws criticism
A Toronto Councillor urges clearer rules for visitor parking provisions that account for the differing availability of public parking options in various areas of the city.
