LEED Platinum awarded to DiscoveryGreen (January 25, 2010)
Morguard Investments Limited, Bunting Coady Architects and Discovery Parks have been awarded a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) CS Platinum Designation for the DiscoveryGreen building in Burnaby, B.C. Constructed in…
Cannon Design establishes new position of Director of Research and names Hourihan in role
Cannon Design has announced that it has established the new position of Director of Research for the firm and has named Peter Hourihan to that role. The New Director of Research will oversee primary and secondary research, prototyping and…
Perkins+Will merge with Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners to deepen firm’s Canadian footprint,…
Toronto-based Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners has joined forces with global integrated design firm Perkins+Will, making it their 19th office in North America and second in Canada. “The Shore Tilbe Irwin merger supports our…
Toronto’s office market still waiting for economic recovery
Although the Canadian economy is on the path to recovery, the impact of the recession still lingers on Toronto’s office market according to Colliers International’s Winter 2010 Semi-annual Office & Industrial Market Reports…
Calgary rental building goes smoke-free
The Calgary apartment building Lakeview Mews at 2524 - 66th Avenue SW, recently re-opened as the first-ever 100 per cent non-smoking rental property in the area. It is also the first 100 per cent non-smoking rental building for its asset…
Enermodal opens Edmonton office (January 15, 2010)
Enermodal Engineering recently opened an office in Edmonton to further serve the expanding Alberta green building market. With existing offices in Kitchener, Calgary, Denver, and Toronto, Enermodal is responsible for 45 per cent of all LEED…
Strong residential market expected for early 2010 (January 15, 2010)
Canada's housing sector is expected to remain "unusually strong" in the first half of the year, then trend towards a more balanced market, according to real estate broker Royal LePage. Improving economic conditions and steady low interest…
Colliers enters the residential market, joins forces with FirstService (January 14, 2010)
Colliers International has entered into a new real estate market segment by establishing a Residential Project Marketing group, which will provide developers with real estate marketing and sales services for large-scale multi-unit…