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This Construction Robot is Building Supertall Elevators
This Construction Robot is Building Supertall Elevators

This Construction Robot is Building Supertall Elevators

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Industry NewsScott KaplanisNovember 25, 2024
The Property Brothers on the state of housing, impact of high costs
The Property Brothers on the state of housing, impact of high costs

The Property Brothers on the state of housing, impact of high costs

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Company AnnouncementsScott KaplanisNovember 18, 2024
Virtuo Debuts HomieAI™: the first GenAI app trained on individual homes
Virtuo Debuts HomieAI™: the first GenAI app trained on individual homes

Virtuo Debuts HomieAI™: the first GenAI app trained on individual homes

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Company AnnouncementsScott KaplanisNovember 11, 2024
Ontario government shuts down bill to convert empty offices into homes
Ontario government shuts down bill to convert empty offices into homes

Ontario government shuts down bill to convert empty offices into homes

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Industry NewsScott KaplanisNovember 4, 2024
No MegaTowers at Safeway!
No MegaTowers at Safeway!

The problem with luxury housing

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Industry NewsScott KaplanisSeptember 24, 2024
Housing emerges as top priority for leaders in provincial election campaign
Housing emerges as top priority for leaders in provincial election campaign

BC Conservatives and NDP kicked off campaign with competing plans for offering relief from cost of housing

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Industry NewsScott KaplanisSeptember 17, 2024
Support flows for Evercloak’s HVAC membrane technology
Support flows for Evercloak’s HVAC membrane technology

Waterloo-based HVAC technology startup Evercloak is garnering attention and, more importantly, attracting significant investment dollars as it continues to develop its refrigerant-free dehumidification systems.

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Company AnnouncementsScott KaplanisSeptember 10, 2024
Property Brothers Make Surprise Appearance at St. Catherines
Property Brothers Make Surprise Appearance at St. Catherines

Property Brothers Make Surprise Appearance before St. Catherines City Council to praise ADU Grant Program

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Company AnnouncementsScott KaplanisSeptember 3, 2024
How Tech Can Super-Charge Multifamily Feasibility Studies
How Tech Can Super-Charge Multifamily Feasibility Studies

The multifamily sector has cooled significantly after the early pandemic’s highs.

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Industry NewsScott KaplanisJuly 2, 2024
Social housing is America's "missing tool" to solve housing crisis
Social housing is America's "missing tool" to solve housing crisis

Public housing is an essential part of the solution to the housing crisis in the US, California politician Alex Lee tells Dezeen

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Industry NewsScott KaplanisJune 24, 2024
Chexy raises a $4.1M CAD seed round
Chexy raises a $4.1M CAD seed round

Chexy raises a $4.1M CAD seed round to scale its rewards and payments platform for renters

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Company AnnouncementsScott KaplanisJune 17, 2024
Canada’s Harsh Housing Market: How Did We Get Here?
Canada’s Harsh Housing Market: How Did We Get Here?

Forty years of economic, demographic and real estate data reveal how the market became so challenging and what prospective buyers can do to improve their chances of success.

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Industry NewsScott KaplanisJune 10, 2024
The Property Brothers Built a Multibillion-Dollar Empire
The Property Brothers Built a Multibillion-Dollar Empire

With a decade-plus of stardom behind them, Drew and Jonathan Scott are continuing to build--and elevating other business owners along the way.

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Industry NewsScott KaplanisJune 3, 2024
Skipping Meals and Working Overtime
Skipping Meals and Working Overtime

Half of U.S. homeowners and renters (49.9%) sometimes, regularly or greatly struggle to afford their housing payments—and many are making big sacrifices to cover their costs. 

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Industry NewsScott KaplanisMay 13, 2024
Feds to Invest $1.1B in Office Conversions
Feds to Invest $1.1B in Office Conversions

The federal government has pledged to invest $1.1 billion in the conversion of its underused office buildings into housing.

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Industry NewsScott KaplanisMay 9, 2024
New Regulations and Incentives Make Green Roofs a Staple in Class A Development Playbook
New Regulations and Incentives Make Green Roofs a Staple in Class A Development Playbook

Green is the new black. For years, the movement toward sustainability and energy efficiency in buildings has been a fast-growing trend, one that has become impossible to ignore for the industry.

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Industry NewsScott KaplanisMay 7, 2024
Envoy is Acquired by Blink Charging
Envoy is Acquired by Blink Charging

Blink Charging’s Wholly Owned Subsidiary Blink Mobility Announces Acquisition of Envoy, Expanding its Position in the Growing EV Car-Sharing Industry

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Company AnnouncementsScott KaplanisApril 30, 2024
The Compounding Value of Technology, Part I: Productivity
The Compounding Value of Technology, Part I: Productivity

In commercial real estate, every minute wasted on administrative tasks and inefficient data management translates into lost opportunities for serving tenants and maximizing NOI.

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Industry NewsScott KaplanisApril 16, 2024
Why New York is Building on TOP of its Skyscrapers
Why New York is Building on TOP of its Skyscrapers

NEW YORK is full. So full that it's now building on top of its existing high-rises to create more space.

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Industry NewsScott KaplanisApril 16, 2024
The dirty secret of the housing crisis? Homeowners like high prices
The dirty secret of the housing crisis? Homeowners like high prices

If you listen to Canadian politicians, the solution to our housing crisis seems to be some combination of immigration reform and a herculean countrywide building effort.

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Industry NewsScott KaplanisApril 16, 2024
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