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transit Surrey growth

Construction Business

Surrey calls for transit plan to meet rapid growth

Surrey is urgently calling for a transit plan for the city’s projected growth to one million residents within the next 20 years.
transit homes

Construction Business

Transport 2050 outlines plan for Metro Vancouver

Transport 2050 is now final after approval from the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation and the TransLink board of directors.
highway 99

Construction Business

Construction starts on transit upgrades on Hwy 99

Construction is underway on upgrades to the Highway 99 corridor in B.C. to make transit more reliable and cycling more accessible.
public transit

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Focusing on best cleaning practices for public transit

The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) has partnered with GBAC to highlight transit best practices.

CondoBusiness

Mixed-use development Transit City set for Vaughan

SmartREIT, Mitchell Goldhar and CentreCourt Developments have proposed the development of Transit City within the 100-acre SmartCentres Place in Vaughan.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Vaughan Metropolitan Centre transit terminal breaks ground

An inter-regional transit terminal has broken ground at Vaughan Metropolitan Centre, the largest urban mixed-use development in Canada.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Saskatoon Civic Operations Centre reaches construction milestone

On Dec. 31, 2016, ITS and the City of Saskatoon announced the Saskatoon Civic Operations Centre (COC) successfully reached substantial completion.

REMI Network

Ontario suggests changes to Greenbelt plans

Ontario is proposing to require municipalities in the Greater Golden Horseshoe to integrate climate change policies into municipal official plans.

REMI Network

Subway proximity ups T.O. office building value

Office properties' close proximity to a subway station adds to higher occupancy and rental rates and higher sale prices in downtown Toronto.

Building Strategies & Sustainability

Pension funds drawn to investable cities

Despite an abundance of investment funds spending across the globe, Canadian infrastructure continues to face a crisis.

Canadian Property Management

Real estate value tied to human behaviour

While demographics are a way to predict some uncertainties that await an aging real estate industry, understanding human values is a more accurate compass.

Building Strategies & Sustainability

How ‘art became the new steel’ in Hamilton

Creative industries in Hamilton, Ontario are now forming the physicality of the city's landscape and impacting municipal public policy.

Canadian Property Management

Factors of intensification and transit imbalance

Why has development in the GTA over the last decade not happened closer to planned or current transit infrastructure? An industry panel discusses factors.

CondoBusiness

Report re-evaluates mid-rise development rules

A new report from the Pembina Institute examines how changes to development rules could improve GTA neighbourhoods and increase the region’s supply of family-friendly mid-rise homes. The report, Make Way for Mid-Rise: How to build more homes in walkable, transit-connected neighbourhoods, identifies barriers to development and offers five solutions for creating economically viable mid-rise buildings.