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Green buildings must do more to fix our climate emergency
After more than three decades of talk about the potential of building green, we’ve still failed to change the way we design and construct buildings so that the built environment stops being a dominant contributor to runaway climate change.…
Canadian home sales edge higher in March
Statistics released today by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) show national home sales edged higher in March 2019 after having declined sharply the previous month.Highlights:National home sales edged up 0.9%…
Toronto needs more beauty in its waterfront designs
A healthy and happy city includes creating social capital — those benefits that come with social networks, public spaces and community, much as the Danes have in their famous city of Copenhagen. Toronto’s focus, too, should be on…
Cadillac Fairview and IMCO Welcome TD Bank Group to Their Landmark Development at 160 Front Street…
Cadillac Fairview (CF) and the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (on behalf of its client Ontario Pension Board) has announced that TD Bank Group (TD) has signed a long-term lease agreement, which will see TD occupy 840,000…
Apartment where Ernest Hemingway lived up for sale in Toronto
TORONTO – An apartment briefly occupied by Ernest Hemingway at the end of his tenure in Toronto went up for sale Tuesday, putting a spotlight on the writer's somewhat rocky relationship with Canada.The American novelist lived in the…
‘This is a wake up call:’ swift action needed on rising seas, experts say
HALIFAX – Worrying figures released this week on the rising seas in Atlantic Canada should prompt governments and citizens to move more swiftly to protect coastal buildings and vital transport links, say flooding experts.Blair…
Canadian housing starts essentially held steady in March
The trend in housing starts was 202,279 units in March 2019, compared to 202,039 units in February 2019, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). This trend measure is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally…
Federal government pledges $1.3B for affordable housing in Toronto
TORONTO – The federal government will put $1.3 billion towards renovating and upgrading affordable housing units in Toronto, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday.Trudeau said the money – which will come over the course of…
Liberals’ mortgage plan to have tiny effect on housing prices: CMHC
OTTAWA – Canada's housing agency says new spending measures aimed at helping first-time buyers afford homes won't push prices up more than a few tenths of a percentage point.A report Thursday from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.…
CMHC looks to raise extra money for housing outside of billions from government
OTTAWA – The chief executive of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says his agency wants to raise hundreds of millions more dollars to help Canadians afford places to live, adding to the billions already available in government funding.…