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Interview with Mayor Hazel McCallion, City of Miss...

Interview with Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion and Property Biz Canada about the growth of the retail sector and the need for logistics planning. Property Biz Canada: The influx of retailers from the U.S. and the growth of homegrown Canadian retail and business is creating pressure on ou...

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Interview with Mayor Hazel McCallion, City of Mississauga

Property Biz Canada Fri May 17 2013

Calgary, Edmonton outperform Canadian commercial real estate market

Calgary Herald Fri May 17 2013

Tanger Outlet Centers and RioCan REIT break ground on Cookstown expansion

Yahoo! Finance Fri May 17 2013

Target a game-changer for retail, but e-commerce changing industry

Property Biz Canada Fri May 17 2013

Target a game-changer for retail, but e-commerce changing industry

Thu May 16 2013

Feds' new, easier REIT rules a welcome change, says KPMG

Thu May 16 2013

Interview with Mayor Hazel McCallion, City of Mississauga

Thu May 16 2013

CPPIB wins Best Real Estate Investor at IP Real Estate Awards

IPE Real Estate Thu May 16 2013 - Globe and Mail

Stronger interprovincial network top priority for new CREW Toronto president

Wed May 15 2013

After 20 years, real estate as part of pension funds still solid

Financial Post Wed May 15 2013
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Better Buildings Breakfast Ottawa

The occupants' experience of green buildings
- For the April 29th Better Buildings Breakfast we are honored to have Dr. Guy Newsham, Prin... Sun Mar 24 2013
To rate or not to rate? An update on BOMA BESt and LEED.
- For the March 7th Better Buildings Breakfast we are honored to have John Smiciklas, Direct... Sat Feb 09 2013
Ecodistricts: A Capital Idea
- For the January 24th, 2012 Better Buildings Breakfast we are honored to have an outstandin... Mon Dec 17 2012
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Property Biz Canada

Target a game-changer for retail, but e-commerce changing industry
- The arrival of Target is a game-changer for Canadian retail, but it is the massive growth ... Thu May 16 2013
Feds' new, easier REIT rules a welcome change, says KPMG
- Changes to federal legislation relating to real estate investment trusts, currently making... Thu May 16 2013
Interview with Mayor Hazel McCallion, City of Mississauga
- Interview with Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion, City of Mississauga. Property Biz Canada... Thu May 16 2013
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The Legal Corner

Does Size Really Matter? “Fixtures” (not removable) v. “Trade Fixtures” (removable)
- A 2013 Newfoundland Court of Appeal decision <i>Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corp. v.... Thu May 09 2013
A Landlord’s Duty of Care in a Commercial Lease and the Occupier’s Liability Act: Follow Up
- Is a commercial landlord liable for accidents that occur on its tenant’s premises? I wrot... Thu Apr 25 2013
Stepping back in time - additional rent re-adjustments and a change in the landlord
- Rent reconciliations by landlords are common and many net leases provide for them after a ... Thu Feb 28 2013
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BOMA Canada

BOMA BESt program a priority for Association President in year one
- When Benjamin Shinewald joined BOMA Canada in early 2012 as the association’s new Presiden... Thu Jan 31 2013
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Value: Weighed and Measured

Caveat emptor: The Romans had it right
- “By the imposition, removal or alteration of land use controls a public authority may dram... Thu May 02 2013
Let’s solve Canada’s infrastructure crisis by having less of it
- Major cities across Canada are choked by congestion and gridlock. Most communities are fac... Thu Apr 04 2013
The trouble with brownfields and red ink
- I’ve been working on a file where an old building must be demolished, but the cost of demo... Thu Mar 21 2013
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How High & Why

Victoria's Capital City Centre evolves into a leaner, phased-in vision
- Lean manufacturing principles are being applied to the planning and construction of a $1 b... Tue Apr 17 2012
Property Development Trumps Acquisitions as 2012 Growth Strategy
- Property companies across Canada are expanding their development departments to address bu... Mon Dec 19 2011
Ken Greenburg to Guide Strategic Planning for Ottawa's Downtown Transit Corridor
- Is it better to engage one of the world’s most renown urban planners to review a downtown ... Mon Nov 07 2011
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Property People

Rare Canuck on BOMA International Executive Committee
- There is some Canadian content at the top of BOMA International following the election of ... Mon Aug 20 2012
Karen Barry - Creating the Edge in Commercial Sales
- Karen Barry is renovating a hundred year old property minutes from downtown Calgary - the ... Mon May 07 2012
CREW Network Study Measures Status of Women in Commercial Real Estate
- Commercial real estate is unquestionably an industry that is dominated by men however wome... Tue Mar 27 2012
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RENX Blogs

Burnin` Down the House
There is a lot of divergent opinion in Canada about the state of the housin...
Tue Mar 06 2012
Editorial: Canadian Hi-Speed Rail & Foreign Pension Fund Investment
In November of 2011 the Government of Canada, along with the governments of...
Tue Jan 17 2012