Mixed-Use
BOMA Canada awards industry’s best for 2024
The Building Owners and Managers Association of Canada presented its national awards on September 25, 2024.
Ontario retailers ponder alcohol sales viability
Leases and logistics will be major factors in whether Ontario retailers can act on pending flexibility to sell beer, wine, cider and ready-to-drink alcohol-infused beverages in grocery and convenience stores.
Taxing debate awaits Toronto commercial parking
Debate about a proposed surcharge on commercial parking spaces in Toronto has been deferred until City Council begins to consider 2025 budget measures.
How to optimize building technology management
Leveraging appropriate service technology and integrated service tools can ensure buildings are safe and properly maintained.
Public transit wariness makes the core edgy
Commuters’ willingness to jump on the bus, light-rail car or subway is expected to be a driving factor in repopulating office space in some major North American markets, including Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
Data centres gain traffic missing from highways
At least 84 Canadian commercial buildings have been abuzz during protracted COVID-19-related business shutdowns. They house the data centres that have literally underpinned the continued functioning of the economy.
Details of CECRA program rollout still emerging
The CECRA program is voluntary. Not all eligible landlords will necessarily take advantage of this program for various reasons.
COVID-19 ripples through to commercial leasing
Landlords and tenants are continuing to move lease transactions forward in anticipation of a return to business as usual in the near future.
Industrial-retail seesaw in play for investors
A 6.65 per cent average total return on the Canada Property Index's 2,723 directly held standing assets, scattered across eight major markets, cloaks significant variances between property sectors and from market to market.
Turnaround tales of value-add assets
Prominent Canadian asset managers recently recounted their experiences in repositioning underperforming properties, offering insight on turnaround logistics and the role value-add assets play in investment strategies.
LRT development momentum on track in Toronto
The recently completed $102-million deal for Toronto Don Valley Hotel & Suites heralds the development momentum attached to the Eglinton Crosstown light rail transit line, now under construction across a 19-kilometre east-west stretch of the city.
Long-awaited revival of Yonge Sheppard Centre
A scurry of people is criss-crossing paths in the newly renovated Yonge Sheppard Centre in North Toronto.
Mixed uses to ease into suburban office parks
The new policy would give developers a basis to challenge any local government's veto of non-employment land uses in suburban office parks.
Ontario revises property assessment schedule
The launch of a new four-year cycle in 2017 spurred a wave of assessment appeals as property owners reacted to often dramatic increases in value over the previous assessment.
More landlords use child care to bolster amenities
Corporate tenants are increasingly demanding child care in their buildings to help female employees go back to work after maternity leave.
Spring pests return for flood season
Flood season is arriving to regions across Canada, posing a significant risk to infrastructure, potential loss of life and pest-related health risks.
Mixed-use developments may stifle diversity
Mixed-use developments in Toronto are creating neighbourhoods that are unaffordable for many people, according to a new study.