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• The Apartment Building Expert »
  • How not to tax your children and other strategies for selling your building
    Derek Lobo | The Apartment Building Expert | 2013-21-11 | (0) Reply
    Two things you can’t avoid in life are death and taxes, but these are things that many building owners rarely...
  • Preparing an apartment building for sale
    Derek Lobo | The Apartment Building Expert | 2013-15-11 | (0) Reply
    In today’s hot apartment market, the temptation exists for some sellers to simply place their building on the market and...
  • New student housing a growing niche in the rental market
    Derek Lobo | The Apartment Building Expert | 2013-06-11 | (0) Reply
    As exciting as the purpose-built rental apartment market is, a growing niche within this sector is surprising everyone with its...

• The Legal Corner »
  • A Breach of the “Quiet Enjoyment” Covenant – “Scents” and Sensibility”
    Darrell Gold | The Legal Corner | 2013-14-11 | (0) Reply
    Some of you may recall that I wrote about the law of “quiet enjoyment” just over a year ago.[1] ...
  • Land transfer tax on an asset sale – ‘fixtures’ v. ‘Chattels’
    Darrell Gold | The Legal Corner | 2013-27-10 | (0) Reply
    In a 2013 B.C. decision, (Zellstoff Celgar Ltd. v. British Columbia), at issue was whether or not equipment and machinery...
  • Help! I can’t use my premises! – The “Leasehold Title Insurance Endorsement (“LTE”)”
    Darrell Gold | The Legal Corner | 2013-16-10 | (0) Reply
    Title insurance for owners and lenders is common on many commercial deals and affords some protection from title and zoning...

• Value: Weighed and Measured »
  • Don’t duck and cover … stand up and take a good look around
    John Clark | Value: Weighed and Measured | 2013-21-11 | (0) Reply
    Another year is nearing its end and the sky hasn’t fallen. It would be naïve to suggest there are not...
  • Who pays for suburban growth? You
    John Clark | Value: Weighed and Measured | 2013-05-11 | (0) Reply
    It’s a familiar scene for any suburbanite in Canada: construction crews laying road beds and bringing in the water, sewer...
  • What to do with those not-so-deluxe apartments in the sky
    John Clark | Value: Weighed and Measured | 2013-16-10 | (0) Reply
    I came across a staggering figure in the Globe and Mail a few weeks back. There were, as of 2010,...

• The Better Buildings Breakfast »
  • Bright Green Buildings: The Convergence of Green and Intelligent Buildings
    Ann White | The Better Buildings Breakfast | 2013-16-09 | (0) Reply
    RENX hosts the Better Buildings Breakfast in Ottawa in partnership with James McNeil of J.J. McNeil Commercial.   The Breakfasts are...
  • The occupants' experience of green buildings
    Ann White | The Better Buildings Breakfast | 2013-24-03
    For the April 29th Better Buildings Breakfast we are honored to have Dr. Guy Newsham, Principal Research Officer, National Research...
  • To rate or not to rate? An update on BOMA BESt and LEED.
    Ann White | The Better Buildings Breakfast | 2013-09-02
    For the March 7th Better Buildings Breakfast we are honored to have John Smiciklas, Director, Energy and Environment for BOMA...

• RENX Editorial »
  • Will low interest rates and rising U.S. housing prices impact the Canadian market?
    Ann White | RENX Editorial | 2013-19-09 | (0) Reply
    Earlier this week Julien Jacques, of Vancouver-based condo marketing company The Key, took to Twitter to rebut SunLife executive Sadiq...
  • Second weekly edition of Property Biz Canada coming soon!
    Ann White | RENX Editorial | 2013-05-09 | (0) Reply
    This fall Property Biz Canada is taking steps toward becoming a daily business news service in 2014. While the commercial...
  • Welcome to our new website
    Ann White | RENX Editorial | 2013-03-09 | (0) Reply
    RENX is delighted to announce the official unveiling of its brand-new website. The new site is a waypoint on a...