COVID-19
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Swabbing floors to detect COVID-19 could be useful indicator of spread
Floors can be tested to predict the level of COVID-19 in an environment.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Strategies to reduce the risk of COVID in schools
Schools should implement these layered prevention strategies to mitigate the risks of COVID infection or transmission to the school community and beyond.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Lower-income renters still lack housing options
According to CMHC’s 2022 Rental Market Report, lower-income renters are still lacking housing options in most Canadian cities.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Psychological health of workers at lowest point
New findings revealed that general psychological health is currently at its lowest point in the last 22 months among Canadian workers.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Average rent in Canada up 4.4%
After the typical decline in December, average rent in Canada is trending up once again. Fears around the Omicron variant have diminished, and prospective tenants are back on the hunt for rental housing.
REMI Network
Urban planners seek return to ‘old normal’ in downtowns
A new study from the University of Waterloo surveyed planners and found they are not preparing for any fundamental changes to past practices, even in the face of changing reality due to the pandemic.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
COVID-19 cleaning lessons: In with the new, stick with the old
Old and proven lessons must be adhered to more strictly than before.
Canadian Property Management
IAQ combos arresting airborne spread of COVID
Commercial building operators could use a combination of air exchange, filtration and purification to comply with the industry-leading guidance for arresting airborne spread of pathogens and contaminants.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Air purification supplier ramps up production
Ontario-based manufacturer, Abatement Technologies, has a $20-million expansion project underway to increase production capacity at its facility in Fort Erie.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
GTA rental construction surged in 2021
Despite the unprecedented challenges of 2021, the GTA rental market faired well by Q4 with rental construction increasing to a 30-year high.
REMI Network
Condo amenity closures during Omicron
As Ontario’s modified Step Two measures have shuttered most indoor sports and recreational facilities, members of the industry are weighing in on condo amenity closures amidst the highly contagious Omicron variant.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Average rental rates for December 2021
Average rental rates for all Canadian properties in December 2021 reached $1,789 per month — up 3.8 per cent from a year ago, according to the latest National Rent Report.
Canadian Property Management
Office markets recover lost ground
After six consecutive quarters of declining occupancy, some of Canada’s office markets began to recover lost ground in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Canadian Property Management
Industrial rental rates continue upward climb
Colliers Canada's Q4 2021 snapshot of 12 metropolitan areas finds industrial vacancy rates below 1 per cent in five markets, and between 1 and 5.4 per cent in the seven others.
REMI Network
Vaccine guidance updated for home-building industry
The Residential Construction Council of Ontario has refreshed a guidance sheet on its website that provides builders and workers with information on where they can register and get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Electricity rate relief unaligned with lockdown
The timing of newly announced short-term relief for Ontario’s residential and small business customers is somewhat out of sync with expected power consumption patterns.
Canadian Property Management
Lockdown relief temporarily more generous
Federal rent and wage subsidies will be open to an expanded range of applicants who are subject to pandemic-related constraints during the eight-week period from Dec. 19, 2021 to Feb. 12, 2022.
