Property Report

Vacancy rates in downtown Ottawa hit all-time high as public service employees continue to work from home

Want to revitalize the office? Think about it like a tourist attraction

Increase in recreation businesses at malls points to fast-evolving trend

Toronto’s largest private construction project reimagines the office tower

Bombardier takes flight: from Downsview Park to Pearson Airport zone

Commercial building codes lack strong wildfire-management provisions, indoor air quality controls, says expert

Canadian developers slow to adopt construction technology: KPMG survey

Solar power starts to shine as a differentiator for commercial property owners

Life sciences emerges as investment sweet spot in softening office market

Adaptive reuse of derelict sites, public spaces, requires cultural preservation

In the age of the hybrid workplace, flexible amenities attract employees back to office

Toronto developers apply circular economy principles to latest project

Steelport reimagines Hamilton’s historic steel-producing port

Velocity finds new digs in Kitchener’s rapidly growing Innovation District

Office conversion to housing costly, say developers

Solar power, gas capture offer ways to repurpose landfills and other brownfields

Vancouver’s new emissions bylaw creates value for buildings

To solve Canada’s housing crisis, learn how Singapore nationalized real estate

BMO Place transforms iconic retail space at Toronto Eaton Centre into offices

Vancouver high-rise Canada’s first new commercial build to achieve net-zero status

Vacuum left by Sears closing yet to be filled, retail industry insiders say

Life-sciences research facilities sprouting in Vancouver’s South Flatz

Can high-rise farms save Calgary’s office real estate sector?

Creating a 15-minute community in suburbia

Extended stay has most potential for growth in hotel sector

From a bleak concrete block to an urban promenade, Canada Square set for redevelopment

Privacy and sunlight in Michael Garron Hospital designed for the future of health care

New residences at McMaster University aim to ease student-housing crunch

Companies rethinking real estate portfolios in light of hybrid work trend

New Toronto development points to a shift in land and consumer car use

Climate change spurs innovation at ski resorts adapting to a warmer world