purpose-built rental
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Vancouver to rev up short-term rental reg goals
Vancouver plans to expand its partnership with strata corporations to crackdown on operators who don’t comply with short-term rental regulations.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Small market, big gains
The severe housing shortage in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, may continue to make life difficult for residents for a little while yet, but relief is in the pipeline according to the latest report on housing starts from CMHC.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
GTA rental completions reach 25-year high
With 1,849 new rental units coming to market since January 2019, GTA rental completions have reached a 25-year high according to the latest data from Urbanation.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Helio sets new standard for energy performance
Coming soon from Sifton Properties, Helio is slated to become the most energy-efficient high-rise apartment tower in Canada, designed and constructed to be 77 per cent more efficient than a similar building built under the current Ontario Building Code.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Zahlco announces plans for new Brantford rental development
Zahlco Developments announced it has purchased two Brantford properties for the development of a nine-storey, 205-unit rental apartment with retail and adjacent townhomes.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
New rental tower breaks ground in Vancouver’s West End
GWL Realty Advisors formally broke ground on a 21-storey market rental tower at 1500 Robson Street in Vancouver's West End. When complete, the tower will add 128 purpose-built rental units to the neighbourhood lacking in vacant apartments.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Ford announces rent control pull-back
As part of its newly announced “Housing Supply Action Plan,” the Ontario Government is proposing a strategy to increase the province’s rental housing supply through new measures affecting rent control.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Tailor-made for tenants
Located in the trendy downtown west neighbourhood of Toronto, 39 Niagara is a high-end, mixed-use rental development set to open its doors in July, 2019. Here, Minto Apartments shares its persona-driven approach to everything from suite design to amenities.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Minto announces new Oakville rental property
Minto Capital Management Inc. announced plans for a new purpose-built rental building located at 1235 Marlborough in Oakville.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
44-unit boutique rental property coming to Victoria
A new housing project in Victoria, B.C., which was previously proposed as a condominium building, will now be a 44-unit boutique rental property.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Behind the scenes at Two St. Thomas
Rising in Toronto’s opulent Yorkville neighbourhood is Two St. Thomas, a joint venture between Bentall Kennedy and KingSett Capital. The $130-million 26-storey tower made of glass, stone, wood and copper is the picture of modern sophistication, as imagined by Hariri Pontarini Architects.
REMI Network
Mixed-use plans for iconic newspaper building
The Times Colonist Building in Victoria, B.C. will be restored and renovated into an urban campus-style mixed-use environment.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Canada’s brand new apartment buildings
Today’s generation of new apartment buildings looks nothing like its dated predecessors. Built to emulate high-end condominiums but with the services and amenities of upscale
REMI Network
Vancouver quadruples purpose-built rental target
Purpose-built rental housing will quadruple – up to 20,000 additional homes over the next ten years.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Starlight purchases new Hamilton luxury rental
Starlight Investments announced it has completed the forward purchase of a Hamilton luxury rental property located at 140 Main Street West.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
New luxury rental coming to Yorkville
On March 31, 2017, representatives from Bentall Kennedy and KingSett Capital gathered to celebrate the completion of the concrete structure of Two St. Thomas, Yorkville’s newest purpose-built luxury rental development.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
More purpose-built rental needed in GTA: CIBC
Preventing a full-blown housing-affordability crisis in the Greater Toronto Area will require GTA-specific policies aimed at increasing the supply of purpose-built rental units, finds a