Polycarbonate Sheet Deters Elements, Enhances Design of Pedestrian Areas at Canada Place

Canada’s winter will have little effect on Olympic Games visitors to Vancouver’s many attractions, thanks to the city’s planners and architects. Historically they have kept the elements at bay in their approach to infrastructure design for popular pedestrian areas, and their preparations for the Winter Games are no exception. A notable example is Vancouver BC’s Canada Place, a landmark cultural and entertainment complex. Its... 

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Echelon and ROMlight Smart Lighting System Reduces Energy Use

Echelon Corporation and ROMlight International, Inc. announced the first installation in Canada of a high bay lighting system featuring LonWorks® control networking technology to provide smart, two-way communicating lights. The new solution installed at the Kelly Western Services Ltd. aircraft hangar in Winnipeg uses energy efficient, individually dimmable lights to cut energy use by over 60 percent, or over 250,000 kWh per year. Combined with rebate... 

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Brookfield Properties Renews 717,000-Square-Foot Lease with Imperial Oil in Calgary

Brookfield Properties Corporation and its Canadian-based subsidiary, BPO Properties Ltd., announced that Imperial Oil has renewed its lease and expanded its premises by 83,670 square feet at Fifth Avenue Place in Calgary. Imperial Oil currently leases 633,000 square feet at the 1.7-million-square-foot office complex, which is now 100% leased. With the expansion, the new lease is for 717,000 square feet, expiring in April 2016. “Imperial Oil’s... 

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Viewpoint V6 Software® Product Now Available for Canadian Commercial Contractors

Viewpoint Construction Software™, a leader in software for the construction industry, today introduced the release of a fully localized version of its flagship construction enterprise software solution, Viewpoint V6 Software®, developed and designed to meet the specific needs of mid- to large-volume commercial contractors in Canada. Viewpoint Construction Software announced today, at Construct Canada in Toronto, the release of Viewpoint V6 Software... 

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Intelligent Office Opens Fairfax Location

Intelligent Office of Fairfax, part of the Intelligent Office network that spans North America, announced the December 1 opening of its location here to serve the needs of Northern Virginia enterprises that require a Class A office environment with professional reception services, administrative support, leading technology/communications, and access to more than 50 locations in the United States and Canada. Intelligent Office serves the needs of the... 

BC’s multi-family investment market faces repricing as global economy downshifts

Shaken by the global credit turmoil, BC’s multi-family investment market faces a repricing of properties, according to Avison Young (Canada) Inc.’s “Fall 2008 BC Real Estate Multi-Family Investment Report”, released today. “There is now a standoff between purchasers, who in the wake of the global credit meltdown have changed their pricing expectations; and vendors, who are looking for yesterday’s pricing in a much... 

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LandAmerica Moves Forward

LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. announces that the merger agreement previously executed on November 7, 2008 with Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (“Fidelity”) has been terminated. Under the agreement, Fidelity had sole discretion to terminate on or before November 21, 2008. LandAmerica Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Theodore L. Chandler, Jr. said, “We are disappointed with Fidelity’s decision; however, our attention... 

MSB, Enservio Link Speeds Contents Claim Processing

Property insurance information provider MSB and contents valuation provider Enservio deliver good news to the property insurance industry. Today the companies announce an alliance for delivering contents valuations for property claims through electronic integration between MSB’s IntegriClaim® property claim estimating solution and Enservio’s contents claims management process. Property insurers leveraging IntegriClaim’s Administrator... 

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Runways to Open at Dulles, OHare and Sea-Tac

Airports Council International–North America (ACI-NA) applauded the opening of three new runways at major hub airports this week, and commended the airports and the Bush Administration for helping to reduce delays and increase aviation efficiency and capacity. Dulles, O’Hare and Seattle-Tacoma International Airports all celebrate new runway openings on November 20. Department of Transportation Secretary Mary Peters and Acting Federal Aviation... 

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California Luxury Home Values Decrease

California luxury home prices declined in the third quarter of 2008 from a year ago and from the second quarter of 2008, according to the First Republic Prestige Home Index(TM) by First Republic Bank, a leading provider of private banking, private business banking and wealth management services. In the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2008, the Index indicated the following: – Los Angeles area values fell 1.9% from the second quarter of 2008 and 4.2%...