Industry News

Well, it seems like we are over the pandemic. It may not be completely over and done with us, but I think everyone is pretty much feeling “done” with it. I don’t know about you, but there are [...]

It’s pretty amazing how Ontario construction has been booming despite the pandemic! The pace is truly frantic, and the work seems plentiful. Yet, somehow, instead of the plenty translating into [...]

In the expert hands of EllisDon and their team of consultants, including Peto MacCallum and Morrison Hershfield and others, construction of the new 120,000+ square foot, $150 million dollar [...]

It’s Spring, and we’re all finally heading into a very well-deserved summer! There’s an undeniable sense of hope in the air and all around us, and it seems that this year, in particular, that the [...]

After doing my last Mark’s Message, The Black Swan in the Room, I promised that I’d do my best not to reference Covid in the following edition too much (oops I did it again!).  Seriously though, [...]

Costco opened its new Costco location in Niagara Falls at Pin Oak Drive just last week, on the former location of the Niagara Square Shopping Centre.  This 155,343+-square-foot store is [...]

Ottawa, Ontario, is the second-fastest-growing city in Canada and has seen a significant population boom in recent years, according to Stats Canada. With its year-over-year increase in [...]

I’m almost literally speechless at how much the landscape of pretty much everything has changed since I did my last Mark’s Message! How quickly this singular extraordinary event has [...]

Ok, so let me preface that I am not a scientist, a meteorologist or a doomsday prepper. I’m not a climate change denier, and I’m also not a (what’s the opposite of a climate change [...]

There is a significant movement afoot to try to ensure there is affordable housing for people who cannot afford home ownership. With burgeoning housing and condo prices throughout the GTHA, and [...]