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Students representing Canadian Universities win 2021 ULI Hines Student Competition
A redevelopment plan for a Kansas City, Missouri, site presented by a team, called Fusion, comprised of students from Ryerson University, York University, and University of Toronto has taken top honors in the 2021 Urban Land Institute (ULI)…
Scotiabank targets $10 Billion commitment in support of affordable housing
In support of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) 2030 housing affordability goal, Scotiabank announced its plans to mobilize $10 billion over the next ten years in support of CMHC's aspiration."We are facing a clear…
Increased office vacancies offer chance for growing companies to expand
TORONTO — When COVID-19 began spreading across Canada, the newly formed Broken Heart Love Affair creative agency had set up in a Toronto lightbulb plant-turned office building originally built in 1908.Now celebrating its first…
Choice Properties and the Daniels Corporation partner on Golden Mile Shopping Centre redevelopment
Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust announced a new partnership with The Daniels Corporation to revitalize and redevelop Phase One of its 19-acre Golden Mile Shopping Centre at 1880 Eglinton Ave. E, Toronto, adjacent to the new…
Policy makers should tackle housing supply with more density, transit: CIBC CEO
TORONTO — The head of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce says policy-makers should dramatically increase the country's housing supply, as sales and prices soar to record levels in cities including Toronto and Vancouver.CIBC chief…
Canada has new ways to pressure Washington over softwood lumber duties: ambassador
VANCOUVER – Canadian officials have new leverage as they urge Washington to negotiate a solution to the long-standing dispute over U.S. duties on softwood lumber, Canada's ambassador to the United States said Thursday.Kirsten…
Federal bank regulator proposes tightening test for uninsured mortgages
OTTAWA – The federal banking regulator is proposing increased requirements to the stress test facing homebuyers with uninsured mortgages as it looks ahead to a return to pre-pandemic financial conditions with higher interest rates.…
RCCAO calls for a fund to help improve critical water infrastructure
The Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO) is calling on the federal government to establish a fund to help municipalities fix their leaky pipes and crumbling sewers.A video released by the labour-management…
Angus Reid polls Canadian’s housing market sentiment
A new study from the Angus Reid Institute (ARI) reports that 40 per cent of Canadians hopeful that housing prices continue to escalate, while 39 per cent are banking on a fall. According to ARI, one-in-five (22%) would like to see the…
Perkins&Will unveils new projects on two B.C. university campuses
Two British Columbia universities are raising the bar for the health and well being of its students and faculty members. Designed by Perkins&Will, the University of Victoria’s new mixed-use complex set passive house precedent, and a new…