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Last year was an exceptional one for eQ Homes. Not only did the company build 300 homes, making it the sixth largest in the city, it dominated in scooping up awards, including production builder of the year and best community. All of this for a builder that is not yet 10 years old. eQ vice-president […]

Toronto, ON – March 7, 2019 Regional Group was awarded prestigious Canada’s Best Managed Companies Designation. The 2019 Best Managed program award winners are amongst the best-in-class of Canadian owned and managed companies with revenues over $15 million demonstrating strategy, capability, clear vision, and commitment to achieve sustainable growth. Designees are recognized on the basis […]

Real Estate Developers Take Over the 186,000 Square-Foot Building The Regional Group has acquired the Postmedia office building off Iris Street that houses the Ottawa Citizen and Ottawa Sun for an undisclosed amount. The purchase, which closed Tuesday, will see the Ottawa real estate developer take ownership of the 186,000 square-foot building as well as […]

A RENX article a couple of weeks back about the value of Canadian central business district office markets to high-tech companies got me thinking about the demographics of who are now flocking to live and work downtown. The aforementioned article by Steve McLean talked about how much value Canada’s urban cores provide to tech firms versus costlier […]

A reader of this column who works as a property assessment analyst posted an interesting question to me recently: As commercial cultivation of cannabis commences across Canada in repurposed facilities zoned for industrial use, what is the impact on property valuation and assessment across jurisdictions? Cultivation and production of cannabis at either a commercial or […]

I always say taxation is the price of freedom. By the same token, no single property owner should pay more than their fair share. Why am I reaffirming these points in December? We may be only half-way through the current assessment cycle in Ontario, but the Municipal Property Assessment Corp. (MPAC) has been sending out […]

November 8, 2018/by BrownieAwards Celebrating the Rehabilitation & Reuse of Brownfield Properties Across Canada November 8, 2018, TORONTO, ON – The Canadian Brownfields Network (CBN) and Actual Media Inc. are pleased to announce the finalists for the 18th annual Brownie Awards. A landmark national event for anyone involved in the renewal and revitalization of derelict properties, the Brownie Awards will take […]

Greystone Village’s River Terraces Ground Breaking Oct 3, 2017. From left to right: David Kardish, Josh Kardish, Mayor Jim Watson.   I vividly remember the Greystone Village Grand Opening, way back in September of 2015.  It was an eagerly anticipated event — a “plum” parcel of historic Ottawa was going to change shape. What exactly was […]