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This week the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) handed out the 15th Annual CUI Brownie Awards at the Daniels Spectrum in Toronto's Regent Park neighbourhood. 2014 CUI Brownie Award Winners:REPROGRAM Legislation, Policy and Program…

It’s easy to roll your eyes and moan about the state of business communications. Everything from incomplete, inaccurate and confusing emails and memos to meeting minutes and reports that don’t make sense. Ineffective business…

As the Province of Ontario moves closer to a decision on regulations permitting taller wood-frame construction, two industry associations representing interests on either side of the debate continue the war of words, at least as it pertains…

Traditionally, building design has relied to a considerable extent on historic climate data accumulated over time to provide design criteria for everything in buildings including structural systems, cladding and windows, site drainage and…

Trez Capital Group LP, a short-term bridge lender to experienced commercial developers, has launched their new Trez Commercial Mortgage LP, which will focus on providing long-term financing on stabilized income producing commercial…

If full hotels symbolize a healthy economy, then demand to own those hotels must also be an auspicious sign. The Canadian hotel investment market logged one of its best years on record in 2013 and the outlook remains positive despite being…

Canada's long housing cycle is turning. Residential investment stalled last year, as affordability constraints tempered home sales, and builders scaled back the number of new developments, and the sector will remain on a more subdued…

We have decided to focus on major trends in this presentation, rather than merely providing a commentary on the many excellent statistics we produce. All of which you can find in our recently released 2014 Canadian Market Outlook.Last year…

Heritage Canada The National Trust (HCNT) is accepting nominations to Canada’s Top Ten Endangered Places List. The list is released annually to bring national attention to sites at risk due to neglect, lack of funding, inappropriate…

The evidence is conclusive: large dams in a vast majority of cases are not economically viable. Instead of obtaining hoped-for riches, emerging economies risk drowning their fragile economies in debt owing to ill-advised construction of…