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The Michael Lee-Chin Crystal presents a striking image of interlocking prismatic forms. For the building and design team, completing the Crystal was a taxing job.The erection of the structural steel was one of the first major challenges for…
Artis aquires TransAlta Headquarters (August 01, 2007)
WINNIPEG - Artis Real Estate Investment Trust of Winnipeg has acquired $213.1 million worth of properties in Alberta and British Columbia. The 824,000-sq.-ft. of leasable area includes two Class B industrial buildings in Edmonton, a Class A…
The Heat is On
Never short of breathProduct: WPL 10 IKDesign: Stiebel Eltron GmbH & Co./Manufacturer: Stiebel Eltron GmbH & Co.The air/water heat pump WPL 10 IK is striking due to its compact construction and the high level of integration. Simple…
$33 billion infrastructure plan (August 01, 2007)
OTTAWA - The federal government is implementing Building Canada, a $33 billion infrastructure plan that will provide funding for provincial, territorial and municipal infrastructure from 2007 to 2014."Our next step is to move the plan…
That damn napkin…
If you've been living in Toronto for the past six years, then you probably felt like June 2, 2007 was a long time coming. On that day, the $270 million Michael Lee-Chin Crystal expansion of the Royal Ontario Museum finally opened to the…
Ontario government goes green (August 01, 2007)
TORONTO - The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) has chosen Toronto as the home of the WorldGBC secretariat, Ontario Environment Minister Laurel Broten announced in a statement. The secretariat will operate from the Kortright Centre at…
New LEED system announced (August 01, 2007)
VANCOUVER - Ian Jarvis, Chair of the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC), announced a restructuring of the LEED program at the Toronto Regional Sustainable Building Conference in June. The new program, called LEED Complete, is expected to…
B+H acquires Six Degrees (August 01, 2007)
TORONTO - Bregman + Hamann Architects (B+H) of Toronto have announced the acquisition of Six Degrees Architecture and Design, also from Toronto."Six Degrees is a perfect fit with B+H" Bill Nankivell, CEO of B+H, said of the merger. "Over…
New ethanol plant in Ontario (August 01, 2007)
AYLMER, Ontario - Integrated Grain Processors Co-operative of Alymer, Ontario, and its subsidiary IGPC Ethanol, are building a new ethanol plant in Aylmer. The $100-million plant will take 16 months to complete and is being constructed by…
An Opportunity Squandered
As if building and development costs in Canada were not high enough, the City of Toronto has now proposed implementing its own 0.5 per cent land transfer tax (on top of the approximately 1.5 per cent land transfer tax already imposed by the…