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Features
A guide to saving your corporate neck
Perhaps even more than the lure of money, optimism dominates the entrepreneurial mind. Whether it’s well grounded or not, every business enterprise is fueled by it.
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Timbercreek Asset Management
If patience is really a virtue then this trait has rewarded Timbercreek Asset Management many times over.
The Toronto-based real estate company has adopted a patient approach to investing in real estate properties since its inception some 12 years ago and has enabled it to become a significant player in the Canadian multi-residential real estate market.
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Striking the right notes in rental housing
When it comes to building top-quality rental housing in some of the country’s most desirable locations, few rival Concert Properties Ltd.
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Taming the Wild, Wild West one building at a time
There’s another Dhillon in town and he’s also making a mark on the Wild, Wild West.
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DMS Property Management: Growing to the next level
DMS Property Management continually looks for opportunities to grow its business and expand into other markets.
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How condo rentals affect Toronto’s rental apartment market
Looking around Toronto, it’s hard to miss the number of construction cranes and newly completed condominium apartment buildings around the downtown core and even in the suburbs.
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Successful retrofitting strategies
At the 2011 Canadian Apartment Investment Conference, held on September 14 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, leaders from major companies in the multi-residential housing industry spoke about how they retrofitted their aging properties in order to increase profits and tenant satisfaction.
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Alberta government develops interim housing for victims of the Slave Lake wildfires
The Alberta government has developed a comprehensive housing plan to deliver up to 350 interim homes for the residents of the Slave Lake area.
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Straightforward bedbug solutions
Bedbug outbreaks are increasing at an alarming rate. And their prevalence in areas where people live, work and shop makes this a problem that property owners should take seriously.
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Electronic lease signing technology pays off
Landlords are starting to see the organizational and efficiency improvements that can be realized by collecting lease applications, lease agreements and payments online.
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Alternatives to evicting non-paying tenants in Ontario
According to the Federation of Rental Housing Providers of Ontario (FRPO), the average eviction process can take upwards of 103 days, including an average 28 days for hearing delays.
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Insurance key for student housing properties
Insuring your student apartment building is the first step in protecting your long-term investment, and for owners and property managers, it’s a rather big responsibility.
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Ontario Municipal Board upholds Charter and Human Rights Code decision on housing opportunities for low-income and disabled tenants
The Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) has issued a final ruling in its landmark decision of last year that municipalities must comply with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms when they make planning decisions.
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Greenwin, TD and Spider Jones open new basketball court at The Oaks
In the January 2011 issue of Canadian Apartment Magazine, we told you about the innovative programs that Greenwin has developed, with the help of former boxer and motivational speaker Spider Jones, in order to help youth gain valuable skills, be nourished by breakfast and after school dinner programs and enjoy recreational time, at their complex, The Oaks, near Jane Street and Wilson Avenue.
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Gaining back the rental advantage
Rental housing comes in numerous forms, from large purpose-built rental complexes to low rise rentals, such as duplexes or single family homes.
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Green retrofits provide excellent payback
Finding ways to save money through green retrofits is well worth the effort according to the management team at Briarlane Property Management.
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National market update
Canada’s rental apartment investment sector continued to register healthy market characteristics over the last year. Investors enjoyed attractive yield results and stable income performance.
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