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REMI Network
Property reassessment still on hold in Ontario
Ontario’s fall economic statement confirms that property reassessment is still on hold, but a small tweak is in the works to alleviate the tax burden on some student housing projects.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Ontario’s sprinkler deadline up for discussion
Some of Ontario’s long-term care home operators could be getting an 18-month extension on a looming deadline to install automatic sprinklers for fire suppression
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Nitrous gas squandered in health care facilities
Canadian health care providers will be urged to “nix the nitrous” in a new campaign to curb greenhouse gas emissions from leaky centralized delivery systems for the anesthetic gas.
REMI Network
Campus Energy Centre evolving at Fanshawe College
A new chilled water facility at Fanshawe College marks the first phase of a multi-year sustainability initiative.
REMI Network
Accessibility advances in Nova Scotia workplaces
Nova Scotia's Accessibility Advisory Board released a set of recommendations to guide the province's accessibility employment standard.
REMI Network
Canada announces cuts to immigration targets
The federal government is significantly reducing the number of immigrants coming into Canada next year in an effort to ease pressure on housing, infrastructure and social services.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
New PBSA coming to Toronto’s Cabbagetown
Forum Asset Management recently celebrated the ground-breaking of the ALMA @ Cabbagetown, a new student housing building located at 307 Sherbourne Street.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Skyline celebrates ground-breaking of Simcoe, ON property
Construction is underway at Spencer Place, a new multi-unit rental development in the community of Simcoe, Ontario.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Rental policies a priority issue for Saskatchewan voters
According to a new poll, housing affordability and rental policies will play a pivotal role in shaping the Saskatchewan election outcome.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Investigators seek input on property controls
The Competition Bureau is continuing to examine the use of exclusivity clauses and land covenants in Canadian grocery retailing via a newly issued call-out for input from the real estate sector.
Canadian Property Management
Canadian LEED Fellow contingent grows to 13
Alexandre Bouchard, a partner and principal of the Saguenay office with Martin Roy et Associés, has been named to the 2024 cohort of LEED Fellows.
Canadian Property Management
Toronto plan advocates commercial rent control
Commercial rent control is a suggested tool to protect small business tenants in a proposed new 10-year strategy to stimulate and manage economic growth in Toronto.
REMI Network
District energy brings sustainable promise to Lakeview Village
A sustainable district energy system will soon transform the site of a former coal-burning power generating station into a green community.
REMI Network
GTHA new condo sales drop to near 30-year low
The Greater Toronto Hamilton Area new condo market reported 567 sales in Q3-2024, the lowest quarterly total since 1995.
Canadian Property Management
Canadian GRESB participation up again in 2024
Canadian participation in the GRESB global assessment and benchmark for the ESG performance of commercial real estate portfolios grew in step with worldwide trends in 2024.
REMI Network
New drone-based diagnostics tool in development
A game-changing new technology is in development that leverages drones and AI-based analytics to detect and diagnose building envelope defects.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
GWLRA set to bring more housing to Central Lonsdale
Following the successful completion of “The Bowline”, GWL Realty Advisors (GWLRA) has begun construction on a new property in the Central Lonsdale area of North Vancouver.