Barbara Carss
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Cooling deemed key amenity for Ontario renters
Conceptually, the proposed rules establish air conditioning as a protected option that tenants cannot be prevented from obtaining rather than an essential that landlords would be compelled to supply.
Canadian Property Management
REITs unexpectedly tapped for new tax measure
Advocates for the Canadian commercial real estate industry are asking the federal finance department to clarify why real estate investment trusts have been included in a pending new tax measure.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Multifamily remains favoured investment asset
Industry analysts cite Canada’s demographic trends and seemingly chronic housing supply-demand imbalance as fundamentals that should drive robust returns on new purpose-built rental projects.
Canadian Property Management
Department store drain continues
Nordstrom Canada’s sudden swoosh into the department store drain will leave empty anchor space in some of the country’s top-performing and most prestigious regional malls.
Canadian Property Management
Dim future for fluorescents and metal halides
Fluorescents and metal halides will be further marginalized in the lighting market with pending amendments to Canada’s regulations governing products containing mercury.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Accessible public bathrooms show bad form
Low-cost investments and practical adjustments to the configuration of fixtures could improve safety, convenience and assurance for people with disabilities.
Canadian Property Management
New oversight regime set for Ontario elevators
A new oversight regime for Ontario’s elevators and escalators will come into force on March 1, bringing shorter timelines for rectifying an extensive list of designated high-risk deficiencies.
Canadian Property Management
CRE’s professional profile hinges on retention
An uptick in women and people of colour in the junior and mid-level ranks of commercial real estate belies the leakage of underrepresented groups higher on the career ladder.
Design Quarterly
Ukrainian urbanists incubate post-war recovery
A network of Ukrainian urban planners and designers is looking ahead to post-war recovery as the country endures an 11th month of destruction, displacement and uncertainty.
Canadian Property Management
Ottawa commercial landlords bid welcome
Mona Fortier, President of the Treasury Board of Canada, confirms that public service employees will be expected to spend 40 to 60 per cent of their working hours in a formal office setting.
Canadian Property Management
Lender confidence varies by CRE asset class
Logistics warehouses, multifamily rental buildings, data centres and life sciences labs are tapped as favoured assets in CBRE Canada’s newly released survey of lenders' sentiment.
CondoBusiness
Condo project financing confronts new math
More cautious criteria for condo project financing could upend some development pro formas and potentially constrain housing starts in the coming months.
Canadian Property Management
Market transformation beckons greenwashing
Greenwashing is tapping into a demonstrated consumer preference for products and services with low-carbon credentials and growing interest in ESG accountability.
Canadian Property Management
CRE strategizes to meet 2030 commitments
Among its many challenges, the race to meet 2030 commitments for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction could have some public relations complications.
Canadian Property Management
Push to curb inflation has CRE ramifications
Transaction volume had been surpassing pre-pandemic levels until the steepest and most rapid rise in interest rates thus far this century undermined that momentum.
Construction Business
Infrastructure investment a go-to in downturn
For public partners, P3s are a means to transfer risk. For the private sector, infrastructure’s recession-proof profile dovetails with expectations for a prolonged building spree.
Canadian Property Management
Robust yields ongoing for industrial landlords
Market analysts and asset managers express confidence that the industrial sector will be buoyant into the future despite current global economic uncertainty.
