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TORONTO — RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust executives say the business can weather economic headwinds even after reporting its second-quarter net income was almost halved since last year.While a near 40-year high inflation level is…

Urban Planning

If we love our cities, we’ll make better decisions about their future after the COVID-19 pandemic

Meg Holden, Simon Fraser University Aug 8, 2022

Meg Holden, Simon Fraser UniversityIt’s the most famous city slogan in the world: I Love New York. And yet, surprisingly, love doesn’t seem to play a part in how urban planners build cities.Because of the COVID-19 pandemic,…

Urban Planning

To build sustainable cities, involve those who live in them

Sylvie Albert and Manish Pandey, University of Winnipeg Aug 8, 2022

Sylvie Albert, University of Winnipeg and Manish Pandey, University of WinnipegCities have an important role in making progress on sustainability and climate change issues. And for them to achieve this, urban residents need to be…

Real Estate

Ivanhoé Cambridge introduces a new mixed-use development

Building Jul 14, 2022

Ivanhoé Cambridge, the City of Montreal, Cogir Real Estate, and Pomerleau announced Haleco, a unique mixed-use development project (residential, commercial, and office) between Old Montreal and Griffintown.Designed by the teams…

Real Estate

Suburban office vacancy rate lower than those seen in downtowns: CBRE

The Canadian Press Jul 6, 2022

TORONTO – Commercial real estate firm CBRE says for the second quarter in a row, the country's suburban office vacancy level was lower than the rate seen for downtown regions.The firm says the national suburban office vacancy rate…

Urban Planning

Call to Teams for Design Competition for Ontario Line East Joint Corridor

Building Jun 29, 2022

Metrolinx has launched a design competition to encourage teams to submit innovative urban design and landscape architecture solutions for the Ontario Line infrastructure that will be built around the existing rail corridor extending…

Urban Planning

As gas prices spike, Montreal’s bike culture seen as model for rest of the country

Jacob Serebrin – THE CANADIAN PRESS Jun 6, 2022

Montrealer Olivia Collette sold her car in 2016 and hasn't looked back.Collette, a communications consultant living in central Montreal, said getting around using a bicycle, a car-sharing service or a transit pass has not only saved…

Urban Planning

How the metaverse could change the purpose and feel of cities

Mischa Young, Sarah Choukah, Université de l'Ontario français May 20, 2022

A future marked by the Metaverse may fundamentally change how we operate on a daily basis. (Marc Lee/Wikimedia Commons), CC BY-SA Mischa Young, Université de l'Ontario français and Sarah Choukah, Université de l'Ontario français…

Real Estate

RioCan REIT sees demand for retail space soar as it reports first quarter profit

Tara Deschamps – THE CANADIAN PRESS May 11, 2022

TORONTO – RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust is seeing strong demand for retail space, even as companies work to recover from the effects of COVID-19 and cope with rising inflation.Jonathan Gitlin, the real estate company's chief…

Real Estate

RioCan REIT will re examine tenant mix, but says physical retail remains strong

Tara Deschamps – THE CANADIAN PRESS Feb 10, 2022

TORONTO – RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust is ``pruning'' its tenant mix to ensure malls and other retail spaces it owns are filled with resilient businesses that are best positioned to weather any further COVID-19 upheaval.Chief…

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