How can commercial property owners and managers “plug in” to the smart city revolution?

A scurry of people is criss-crossing paths in the newly renovated Yonge Sheppard Centre in North Toronto.

Panellists expressed a sense of pride and responsibility about making an imprint on a building that is both a civic landmark and embedded in Canada's cultural psyche.

The upfront cost has been projected at $13.8 million. The environmental repercussions of dismantling and discarding a 474,000-square-foot concrete and steel structure are more difficult to peg.

A spokesperson for the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing says the underlying principle of improving accessibility will be maintained, and connects the revisions to the government's commitment to cut red tape that is slowing down the production of new housing.

Newly adopted amendments to Alberta's Municipal Government Act extend provisions that were initially devised to support the rejuvenation of derelict brownfields to all non-residential properties.

Energy firms drove Calgary office leasing deals in the first quarter of 2019, but in a way that had few landlords celebrating. The largest transactions involved companies relocating and downsizing into smaller spaces.

The 2019 Ontario budget lists the Building Code Conservation Advisory Council among 10 provincial agencies deemed to be unnecessary or imprudent expenditures.

The new policy would give developers a basis to challenge any local government's veto of non-employment land uses in suburban office parks.

Demand for rental housing across Canada continues to rise according to CHMC’s 2018 Rental Market Report, published annually in November.

After one year of operation, the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC)’s Zero Carbon Building (ZCB) Program has marked several milestones.

Punditry emanating from the United States characterizes Toronto as an outlier on the short list or overlooks it entirely.

Collectively, the 400+ C-suite and senior executives see more opportunity than threat in technological advancements, social change and a less economically stratified society.

Construction site security is under renewed scrutiny after a member of the public gained access to a downtown property and scaled a crane.

An invisible second skin was a core component of the energy-saving, heritage-sensitive intervention at the Bank of Canada complex.

Rules for the program are set to change, making the timing less than ideal for development proponents still awaiting a decision based on the original criteria in place when they submitted their applications.

How might Ontario’s development landscape shift as the PCs take over the provincial policy levers from a 15-year-old Liberal government?