Last year, the commercial real estate industry faced a number of diverse challenges and successes that are expected to develop throughout 2017. Here, REMI’s award-winning

Let a fourth telecommunications service provider in, or risk losing all Internet access. That was the headline version of an Aug. 15 Canadian Radio-television and

A recent Ontario Human Rights Tribunal decision confirms housing provider obligations when harassment and discrimination occur in multi-res communities.

These situations are rarely straightforward for property owners/managers juggling legal obligations to protect privacy, accommodate disabilities and ensure the health and safety of all building residents.

As the rental industry grows and changes, so do residential tenancy laws. Joe Hoffer, Partner Cohen Highley LLP, highlights three specific areas of concern.

FRPO’s Mike Chopowick offers landlords important dos and don’ts for screening refugees as prospective tenants, and highlights a few goodwill initiatives.

Beyond the occupier's duty of care — a responsibility that property owners bear toward inhabitants, visitors and trespassers — landlords are also employers subject to health and safety regulations.

A proposed amendment to British Columbia’s Strata Property Act could make it easier for apartment developers to scoop up prime real estate in B.C.’s hottest neighbourhoods.

The recent news report of a B.C. family moving to escape an ongoing fee issued by its strata council due to noise complaints has implications for Ontario.

Most Canadian cities see up to ten residential high-rise balcony- and window-related accidents per year. Here is an inside look at why they happen and how to help prevent them.

Given the critical rental housing shortages in Ontario, more emphasis should be placed on helping, and not hindering landlords through oppressive legislation.

All landlords and property managers encounter tenant conflicts at some point. Here are some simple solutions to help mitigate those disputes before you end up in a courtroom.

Bill C-51, the proposed Anti-Terrorism Act, would give CSIS a broader mandate, including entry, search and installing equipment in buildings.

When buying apartment buildings of older stock, buyers should beware of latent defects and know their rights within the law.

When it comes to collecting money owed as a result of non-payment of rent, for damage to a property or even for utilities, landlords are forced to attend small claims court. Here's what else they should do.

Condominiums must walk a fine line to balance community safety with occupants' privacy rights.

When a B.C. landlord faces repairs or renovations in a rental building, the decision to evict an existing tenant to ...