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Property

Mongohouse sues Canada’s largest real estate board, claims it has lost $50K

By Linda Nguyen - THE CANADIAN PRESS Oct 31, 2018

TORONTO – Property listings website Mongohouse is striking back at the Toronto Real Estate Board, claiming that it has suffered losses in excess of $50,000 after it was forced to abruptly shut down its website earlier this month.In a…

Building

Facilities Management Software – A Key to Opening Property Communications

Tim Schmitt Apr 12, 2018

How advancements in facilities management technology have improved organizational communication and can help businesses reduce maintenance costs while improving occupant satisfaction, building efficiency, and productivity.

Real Estate

Brookfield Property Partners makes offer to buy GGP, banking on future of malls

By Armina Ligaya - THE CANADIAN PRESS Nov 13, 2017

TORONTO – Brookfield Property Partners LP offered $18.8-billion in stock and cash to fully acquire U.S. shopping mall owner GGP Inc. in a deal announced Monday, doubling down on the future of bricks-and-mortar retail even as many merchants…

Building

Dream Industrial REIT enters $132M U.S. property deal as part of expansion plans

Steve Wilson Nov 10, 2017

TORONTO – Dream Industrial REIT (TSX:DIR.UN) says it has entered into an agreement to acquire four industrial distribution properties in the United States for $131.5 million.The Toronto-based real estate investment trust company says the…

Building

Alberta to roll out new rules to better protect condo owners, buyers in 2018

THE CANADIAN PRESS Oct 13, 2017

EDMONTON – Alberta plans to roll out new rules next year that aim to better protect the owners and buyers of condominiums.The changes will require developers to provide realistic estimates of condo fees, firm move-in dates and hold buyer…

Energy & the Environment

OP-ED: Preparing the Housing Industry for Climate Change

Gary Martin and Ruth McKay Aug 31, 2017

An Ottawa condo developer recently claimed that he’s not concerned about the impact of climate change on his business. This was in a private conversation and he said he didn’t care about something that is “10 years in the future,” and “When…

Building

The Curious Effect of Airbnb

Andrew Sobchak & Laura LeBlanc Aug 2, 2017

Vancouver bets on ‘thoughtful’ regulation of home-sharing but will continue to lose to Airbnb’s mounting urban consequences without modern enforcement.

Construction

CCA applauds the release of the 2016 Canadian Infrastructure Report Card

Peter Sobchak Jan 22, 2016

The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) believes the release of Informing the Future: The 2016 Canadian Infrastructure Report Card demonstrates the urgent need for sustained strategic infrastructure investment across Canadian…

Real Estate

Fears of widespread fallout in commercial real estate from oil price plumet prove largely…

Peter Sobchak Sep 30, 2015

New CBRE report finds retail and hotel sectors have prospered in energy-dependent markets, while adverse impacts in the office sector have been limited to a handful of key submarkets

Architecture

Performing and Fine Arts school opens at Brock University

Peter Sobchak Sep 24, 2015

State-of-the art restoration, renewal of 19th-century factory

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