Development
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Subsidy to ease industrial site approval costs
Industrial land owners in Ontario could qualify for up to $25,000 to reimburse 50 per cent of the costs of municipal and provincial planning and environmental studies.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Purpose-built rental pro formas under pressure
Developers are facing escalating material costs, supply chain disruptions and labour shortages in step with climbing vacancies and falling rental rates that were not contemplated 18 months ago.
Canadian Property Management
CPP’s Peter Ballon appointed ULI global chair
Ballon's two-year voluntary term coincides with the rollout of the Urban Land Institute's three priority missions to position the built environment for a low-carbon and inclusive future.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Australia awaits institutional-grade multifamily
Oxford Properties is targeting opportunities to pump up Australia’s institutional-grade multifamily inventory and capture renters locked out of the booming housing markets in Sydney and Melbourne.
Canadian Property Management
Deal makers might avoid needless FOI requests
A proposed digital channel for submitting property-related information requests to Ontario's Ministry of the Environment would offer an alternative to the current paper-based submission of Freedom of Information requests.
Canadian Property Management
Ontario doubles tax credit in tertiary markets
Canadian-controlled private corporations are eligible for refundable tax credits of up to $90,000 for building investments in southwest, eastern and northern Ontario.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Northwest Ontario inmates await needed space
Work will soon be underway to ease overcrowding at two Northwest Ontario correctional facilities in the interim before a planned new 325-inmate complex is built in the region.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Canadian students in design competition finals
This year, 105 teams from 61 universities in Canada, the United States and Singapore took up the challenge to forge a mixed-use, mixed-income scheme for the East Village neighbourhood in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
Canadian Property Management
Green financing framework steers Allied issuance
Proceeds from this and future green offerings will be applied to financing or refinancing four categories of assets to be known as eligible green projects.
Canadian Property Management
New CIB chair is supporter of deep retrofits
Tamara Vrooman brings leadership experience in the private and public sectors to her new role as chair of the Canada Infrastructure Bank.
Construction Business
Construction rebar imports spur dumping inquiry
Canada Border Services Agency is currently investigating evidence that up to nine countries are dumping products that undercut domestic prices and are deleterious to Canadian manufacturers.
CondoBusiness
Mississauga YMCA site tagged for redevelopment
New owners of the 4.5-acre Mississauga YMCA site are promising future redevelopment that will make a statement in the city’s skyline.
Canadian Property Management
Kirkland Centre set for transit-oriented remake
RioCan REIT and Broccolini Real Estate Group have joined forces to redevelop an open-air retail centre in suburban Montreal.
Canadian Property Management
Rezoning sought for midtown Toronto landmark
Development partners Oxford Properties Group and CT REIT envision three million square feet of mixed-use development on the Canada Square site at Yonge and Eglinton.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Mixed-use tower to build on Toronto’s heritage
Dream Office REIT and Humbold Properties have unveiled plans for a 79-storey mixed-use tower straddling Toronto’s financial and entertainment districts.
REMI Network
Ontario invests extra $761-mil into long-term care
The investment comes from the province's new funding model that helps accelerate the construction of urgently needed long-term care projects.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Niagara Welland Commons comes to light
Crafted into a mix of interconnected brick buildings circa 1970, Niagara Welland Commons brings natural light to a decades-old campus.