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BILD Ride for Humanity raises thousands for charity

Over 120 members of the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) participated in a collective cycling event on Sunday, September 25 in support of Habitat for Humanity Toronto, raising over $25,000.

BILD President dies suddenly after receiving award

Stephen E. Dupuis, C.E.O. and President of the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD), passed away suddenly on September 23. The cause of his death has not been released.

Architecture firm asks Torontonians “How tall is too tall?”

Are Toronto’s new buildings, such as condo towers, too tall for their environment? Architecture studio RAW poses the question in a new Harbourfront Centre exhibit ‘TOO TALL?’ launching Sept 30.

Retrofit project forestalls $1.6-million window replacement in Brampton building

After 25 years, the Ritz Towers in Brampton required major overhauls of several key building systems and components, including water pipes, boilers and elevators.

Second quarter breaks records for Toronto’s condo market

Urbanation reported in its Q2-2011 market overview on August 4 that the condominium market in the Toronto CMA smashed nearly every existing record.

Saskatchewan leading nation in new housing starts

Saskatchewan families who are home hunting are seeing more options in their neighbourhoods as Saskatchewan home builders are leading the nation in new starts, according to a report released today by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

Unique property slated for multi-family residential use in the desirable Edmonds neighbourhood of Burnaby

VANCOUVER, May 25, 2011 /CNW/ - Canada Safeway Limited is marketing a 42-acre property in the Vancouver area that is close to major transportation and transit hubs, shopping and schools and is designated as multi-family in the Edmonds area Official Community Plan.

MHPM one of Ottawa's fastest growing companies

OTTAWA, May 24, 2011 /CNW/ - Strong growth and a drive to innovate has earned MHPM Project Managers Inc. recognition as one of Ottawa's ten fastest growing companies.

Tridel trifecta: DelZotto brothers honoured with BILD Lifetime Achievement Award

Greater Toronto, May 2, 2011 – The DelZotto family at the helm of Tridel has devoted more than eight decades to building homes across the GTA. For that and so much more, the DelZotto brothers Angelo, Elvio and Leo were honoured with the prestigious BILD Lifetime Achievement Award at the 31st annual BILD Awards.

REALTOR.ca mobile application for Blackberry released by the Canadian Real Estate Association

OTTAWA, April 26 /CNW/ - With today's release of the REALTOR.ca app for Blackberry®, the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) now has apps for three of the most popular smartphones. REALTOR.ca is the most visited real estate website in Canada, listing on average some 350,000 properties at any time.

Rate of home price appreciation stabilizes after post-recession recovery

TORONTO, April 12, 2011 – The Royal LePage House Price Survey released today showed the average price of a home in Canada increased between 3.5 and 4.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2011, compared to the previous year, as markets continued their post-recession recovery. While the rate of year-over-year price appreciation slowed slightly in the first quarter, home values continued the upward climb, which first began late in the second quarter of 2009.

Urbanation says fourth quarter flurry drives 2010 Toronto condo market to near record sales

TORONTO, February 1, 2011 – For the second consecutive year, the Toronto CMA new-condominium market finished with a bang. A flurry of sales activity in Q4-2010 resulted in 6,280 new condominium units sold in the quarter. This represents an impressive rebound from the 3,805 new unit sales in the preceding Q3-2010.

Prospect of rising mortgage rates may prompt heightened buyer activity early in the year, according to Royal LePage forecast

TORONTO, January 6, 2011 – The average price of a home in Canada increased between 3.9 and 4.6 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2010, compared to the previous year, as markets shrugged off a lackluster third quarter and returned to a post-recession growth profile. Home values are forecast to continue a moderate and steady climb in many of the country’s key housing markets through 2011 with sales activity skewed to the first half of the year, according to the Royal LePage House Price Survey and Market Survey Forecast released today.

Program helps keep condo living affordable

Toronto - The Power of Green guide offers practical step-by-step instructions on how to plan and implement an energy retrofit that could reduce energy use by 15-30 per cent. It covers everything from boilers and chillers to upgrading lighting and adding newly approved motion sensor technology.

2011 outlook decent for Canada's real estate markets, as long as U.S. market woes don't impinge on growth track

2011 promises slowing, steady growth and decent prospects for Canadian real estate investors as long as the U.S. economy does not drag them down, according to the Emerging Trends in Real Estate® 2011 report, released today by PwC and the Urban Land Institute (ULI). The report reflects interviews with and surveys of more than 875 of the industry's leading real estate experts, including investors, developers, lenders, brokers and consultants in both Canada and the U.S.

2010 Toronto condominium market on pace for second highest new unit sales and highest resales ever

Q3-2010’s 3,805 new units sold represented a drop of over 1,000 units from the previous quarter’s 4,991 new unit sales and an 18 per cent decline from Q3-2009. Despite the third quarter drop, the Toronto CMA condominium apartment market is on pace for the second highest annual sales total on record.

Condominium survey wraps up on Halloween

Ontario is encouraging condominium owners to provide any comments or concerns they have about condominium living before their online condominium survey wraps up on October 31, 2010.

The politics of condominiums

It’s election time. And those in the condo industry would be wise to consider candidates views on various topic that impact the management of condominiums. CCI-Toronto recently hosted a mayoral debate (see their website for details). They spend a great deal of time educating the various levels of government on how their decisions will impact the lives of condo dwellers.

CCI Toronto to host mayoral forum on condominium issues

The Canadian Condominium Institute, Toronto and Area Chapter (CCI-T), will be hosting a forum among Toronto mayoral candidates on issues relevant to condominium owners on September 30th, being held at Novotel North York Hotel at 2 pm.

Toronto's allowable land uses in flux

It has been 12 years since the six local municipalities that formed Metropolitan Toronto were amalgamated into the City of Toronto. Toronto is now considering the approval of a new harmonized zoning by-law to replace the zoning by-laws of the former local municipalities.

MintoMidtown achieves LEED gold

MintoMidtown at Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue in Toronto, has achieved LEED Gold certification, making it the largest multi-residential LEED certified condominium in North America.

Toronto launches green initiatives designed to build a more sustainable city

On January 31, the City of Toronto introduced two initiatives designed to "green" Toronto's new building stock: the Toronto Green Standard and Green Roof Bylaw.

OEB decision regarding smart sub-metering in new condominium developments in Ontario

On January 27, 2010 the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) released its decision concerning Toronto Hydro’s challenge of an earlier OEB compliance ruling on Toronto Hydro’s practice of refusing to connect new condominium buildings in Toronto with a single (Bulk) meter, thereby effectively stopping new condominium developments from contracting with Licensed Smart Sub-metering companies for the provision of suite sub-metering, billing and collection services.






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