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Vancouver home sales fall nearly 40 per cent in January, as prices pull back
Vancouver's once red-hot housing market continued to cool last month as the number of home sales fell to the lowest level seen in January in 10 years.The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says 1,103 homes were sold in Metro…
Quadrangle partnering with global architecture firm BDP
BDP, a major international practice of architects, designers, engineers and urbanists, primarily based in the UK, has made a strategic investment in Toronto-based Quadrangle, one of Canada’s most respected architecture and interior design…
New Brunswick village inundated with calls after offering land for a loonie
The mayor of a small New Brunswick village says the community has been inundated with calls and emails after it offered to sell plots of land for less than the price of a cup of coffee.Ken Stannix said McAdam, N.B. — population 1,225 —…
Redevelopment plans raise concerns for Ontario Place supporters
Jill Martin says Ontario Place was where she used to go to make great memories.Her decades-long connection to the iconic Toronto waterfront park began when she was a teenager, a month after the public space opened with fireworks and…
Vancouver’s Revery Architecture complete Xiqu Centre in Hong Kong
The Xiqu Centre is the first performing arts centre in Hong Kong’s new West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) dedicated to performing the rich heritage of Xiqu. Conceived as a cultural sanctuary, blending theatre, art and public space for…
Bluebird and Life Storage lead Canada’s growing self storage market
Life Storage, Inc., a leading national owner and operator of self storage properties in the United States, has added four self storage facilities in the Greater Toronto Area to its third-party management portfolio. The extended Greater…
GTA new home sales drop to 20-year low in 2018: BILD
Overall in 2018, there were 25,161 new homes sold in the GTA, according to Altus Group, BILD’s official source for new home market intelligence, making 2018 the year with the lowest number of new home sales in the GTA since Altus Group…
Ontario may allow disclosure of prices in real estate bidding wars
Ontario home buyers may soon be able to find out the prices and conditions of other offers in bidding wars.The government launched a consultation Thursday looking at the Real Estate and Business Brokers Act, and that's one rule they're…
Toronto’s SickKids Hospital unveils Patient Support Centre design
The latest development to anchor Toronto’s Discovery District is set to create a new precedent for healthcare workplace design in Canada. B+H Architects’ proposed design for the new 22-storey Patient Support Centre (PSC), located on The…
Ontario Ministry of Labour announces updated safety standards
At workplaces across Ontario, employers and workers are meeting on factory floors and in construction trailers, underground mines, conference rooms and office kitchens for a common goal: ensuring everyone goes home safe and sound at day’s…