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Tenant lounge reborn from vacant retail space
A former convenience store, adjacent to the lobby inside a downtown Toronto office tower, has been transformed into a private 1920s-style Art Deco lounge for tenant meetings and events.
CondoBusiness
WELL evolves into residential communities
Minto Communities is the first developer in Canada to pilot the WELL for residential program, which sets out to create healthier homes.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Canada far from meeting accessibility goals
Federally-regulated organizations will need to prioritize specific actions that advance accessibility and disability inclusion by 2040.
CondoBusiness
Pushing for a workplace culture shift
Condo managers are familiar with hostile work environments, but cases of harassment and intimidation, and even violence, have reportedly increased due to a confluence of factors.
CondoBusiness
Overhauling reserve funds in Ontario
As the landscape of aging condos continues evolving, the need for adequate reserve funds to pay for these repairs assumes greater importance.
CondoBusiness
What’s next for condominium insurance?
Timely maintenance and improvements will play an important role in securing favourable coverage terms and avoiding delays in the renewal process.
CondoBusiness
A look at the CAO’s draft anti-harassment rule
Harassment towards property managers, directors, contractors, and residents remains a significant problem within condominium corporations.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Maintaining a safe property through winter
Residential property managers need to be extra vigilant this time of year to ensure their buildings are safe and properly maintained.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Opinion: Accessibility is everybody’s business
Society benefits, and invariably prospers, when people everywhere can more easily share their experience, knowledge and culture and exercise their spending powers
CondoBusiness
The call for safer condos in Ontario
Conflicts and disputes within Ontario’s condo communities are fueling a conversation around safety reform and adding pressure to make residential buildings better places to live and work.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
New standards for sustainable material use
A new set of standards defines minimum sustainability criteria for high-volume materials used in architecture and interior projects.
Canadian Property Management
Social destabilization unsettles city fabric
Data, collaborative networks and a suite of tested best practices can be valuable resources for property managers pressed to respond to the unsettling social destabilization occurring in many Canadian cities.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Canada’s student housing pipeline
With skyrocketing rents and demand outstripping supply, the inability for many to find suitable, affordable student housing has dominated recent headlines.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
B.C. wildfires force thousands to evacuate
As wildfires spread at an alarming rate, the B.C. government is urging citizens, including multi-unit tenants and property owners, to take precaution.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Must-have amenities for young professionals
Lee Galka Director of Business Development at Accora Village, shares seven ways to ensure your rental community stands out with the right amenities Gen Z'ers want.
CondoBusiness
Condo managers breaking gender stereotypes
The underrepresentation of women is a prevailing narrative across the traditionally male-dominated building sector, but the world of condo management tells another story.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Workplace macro trends facing facility managers
The tension between employees’ desire to work fluidly and the need for predictability within a business is a key factor affecting workplaces around the world.