The renovation work should aim to improve the property and make it more accessible for residents and visitors.

The flat license rate will penalize mid-rise and high-rise owners with extra costs if an elevator passes the periodic inspection and does not require a follow-up. It will be a bargain if just one follow-up inspection is required.

A new report from Local Logic identifies distinct shift in renter preferences due to imposed lifestyle changes since the onset of COVID-19.

A sustainability plan and budget should be made with the mindset of plan and prevent, instead of react and pivot.

Impacts of the hard insurance market are trickling into condominium corporations across Canada, challenging boards and managers in their wake.

Low-slope roofing systems, on top of most residential towers, will typically require replacement following a service life of 20 to 30 years.

While building codes and standards help regulate efficiency in new buildings, existing buildings have been operating with little oversight and, in fact, no insight at all into how energy and water was being used in our cities.

Many reserve fund projects have not been able to proceed this year. Even now as construction has “opened up,” contractors have backlogs that will allow them to complete only some of the previously planned projects.

With always evolving guidelines and pandemic uncertainty, building resilience in condo communities is more important than ever.

While many condos haven’t yet experienced the major effects of climate change, statistics and case studies foreshadow the impacts that could come.

The timing might have been opportune for uptake of the measure — provided it was adopted into provincial and territorial building codes — because it would have applied broadly in what is currently Canada’s most buoyant commercial real estate sector.

When most people run for the condo board of directors, the last thing they imagine is a situation where they’re actually running the condominium.

As provinces gradually gear up for reopening and ease some coronavirus restrictions, there are proactive measures and legal concerns condo communities might want to think

ICC Property Management is using technology to digitally track its response to COVID-19 and enhance safety for residents and staff.

While climate change may have slipped somewhat from people’s consciousness and priorities right now, it’s noteworthy that the pandemic and climate crises are both problems of exponential growth against a limited capacity to cope.

Boards and property managers of condos play a significant role in protecting residents during emergencies like the recent COVID-19 outbreak.

Perched on the edge of the waterfront, south of the Distillery District near Sugar Beach, Toronto’s first LEED Platinum high-rise condo stands in the Bayside