Toronto
Canadian Facility Management & Design
U of T’s Robarts Common breaks ground
The University of Toronto’s Robarts Library is receiving a major expansion, called Robarts Common, that will add 1,200 work and study spaces to the facility.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Teknion showroom earns WELL certification
Teknion Corporation is the first manufacturer in the world to receive WELL certification at the silver level under WELL v1 for its downtown Toronto showroom.
Canadian Property Management
Toronto and Vancouver outperform market pack
Second quarter stats reveal a widening gap between Canada's prospering and struggling office markets, while investors continue to focus on downtown Class A properties.
CondoBusiness
Shibley Righton LLP’s condo law group expands
Prominent local condo lawyers Audrey Loeb and Armand Conant have teamed up under the Shibley Righton LLP banner.
CondoBusiness
Governments invest in Port Lands transformation
The governments of Canada, Ontario and Toronto are investing in projects like the Toronto Port Lands Flood Protection to help protect against climate change
Canadian Property Management
Canada sees industrial availability rates drop
Statistics for the second quarter of 2017 show generally healthy demand for industrial space in most major Canadian markets.
CondoBusiness
Old condo board out, new condo board in at L Tower
Owners of Toronto’s L Tower voted on June 29 to remove its now-former board of directors and elect replacements.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
York Recreation Centre revitalizes brownfield
With the development of the York Recreation Centre, the City of Toronto is serving a previously underserved community by using a previously underused site.
CondoBusiness
Proposed short-term rental regs see early support
Proposed regulations for short-term rentals in Toronto saw early signs of support, with a few exceptions, when a staff report went before executive committee.
CondoBusiness
Feds scrutinize real estate deals for tax compliance
The federal government is stepping up its scrutiny of real estate deals in a crackdown on tax cheating, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) reported last Friday
CondoBusiness
Regs proposed for short-term rentals in Toronto
City of Toronto staff are proposing that short-term rentals be restricted to the home-sharing variety versus the commercial kind.
CondoBusiness
Toronto looks to boost kid-friendly condos
Draft guidelines designed to promote kid-friendly condos are poised for a two-year trial run after getting green-lit last week.
CondoBusiness
TFS sounds alarm over rise in balcony fires
Toronto Fire Service (TFS) is sounding the alarm over a recent rise in the number of balcony fires caused by carelessly discarded cigarettes.
CondoBusiness
Big data backs medium-density development
The development of courtyard apartments, multiplexes and town homes could be among the building blocks of better housing affordability in Ontario.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Ontario’s investment in affordable rental housing
At a press conference at Casa-Emery Village in Toronto, the provincial and federal government announced plans to invest $58.8 million in new affordable rental housing in Toronto.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Shared-use facility slated for Dufferin and Lawrence
Villa Charities and the TCDSB have unveiled updated designs for the new shared-use facility for the Columbus Centre/Villa Charities and Dante Alighieri Academy Redevelopment.
Canadian Property Management
CVA-related tax increases still levied unevenly
Last year, 4,955 of Toronto's commercial properties were still under a property tax cap, which 7,107 other commercial properties funded via clawbacks.
