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November 8, 2018/by BrownieAwards Celebrating the rehabilitation and 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 […]

It was a fun mix of surprises and the expected at this year’s Housing Design Awards gala Saturday night. Sure, perennial heavyweights such as RND Construction and architects Christopher Simmonds and Barry Hobin walked off with armloads of trophies, but there was no one company that dominated and the accolades were generously spread among some […]

TAYLOR BLEWETT Ottawa Citizen, Updated: August 14, 2018 In late 2017, local realtor Steve Peippo started noticing something exceptional was going on in Ottawa’s residential rental market. Prospective tenants competing for rental properties were offering more than the listed price, or offering longer rental terms — anything to gain an advantage. Only a few months […]

The residential real estate markets in Toronto and Vancouver can only be described as surreal. The homebuyers just keep coming, regardless of price. We’ve had the debate in recent years about whether inflationary pressures have been sparked by foreign buyers looking to park or launder money, or take advantage of provincial immigration programs. But the […]

Now that we have had time to detox from the NAFTA 2.0 political spin over Thanksgiving, it’s time to consider what it really means for real estate. (Disclosure: I just can’t bring myself to call this new deal by its acronym without suffering the terrifying image of POTUS in costume dancing to the Village People’s […]

It was refreshing to see politicians at all levels and of all leanings park the partisanship and come together after a series of tornadoes struck the Ottawa-Gatineau region. If only it didn’t take the immediacy of a natural disaster to get them on the same page without the bombast and nonsense. Because another storm is […]

November 8, 2018/by BrownieAwards Celebrating the rehabilitation and 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 on 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 […]