MONTREAL – The Pointe-St-Charles neighbourhood is isolated from the rest of Montreal by the Lachine Canal and the railroad, meaning that for years it was the kind of place that many people, even other Montrealers, never visited.But…

The devices that we use have unique identifiers. With cross-browser fingerprinting, the data we generate as users isn’t as anonymized as we believe it is. The tracking of our online activity is extensive, comprehensive and persistent, and…

Is Trez Capital a fintech firm or a more traditional approach to raising capital for development?Trez Capital is a more traditional firm while we were attempting to do the crowdfunding model of getting capital for projects. Trez…

As rapid urban development continues to reshape the province, Ontario’s lack of an excess soil policy creates environmental hazards and economic inefficiencies.

Three residential construction projects in three distinct Canadian climate zones used wood-fibre insulation panels to insulate exterior walls to demonstrate the suitability of the panels in Canadian climates.

Ontario is currently seeing $2.5 billion in municipal construction contracts not subject to fair and open bidding.

Rhys Phillips chats with Amar Nijjar, co-founder and CEO of R2 Capital and Investments, about the birth, growth and evolution of both his firm and Fintech. What do you define as “Fintech for commercial real estate” and what are the…

Are CRE Fintech portals disruptive and transformative or just a wobbly niche?

Canada’s built environment is a significant contributor to GHG emissions, with 17 per cent of GHGs coming from residential, commercial and institutional buildings. The standard approach for decreasing GHG emissions associated with Canada’s…

The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) has issued a new action plan designed to close the low-carbon building skills gap in Ontario’s construction industry.Entitled “Trading Up: Equipping Ontario Trades with the Skills of the…