For the commercial real estate industry, the key message from Canada’s recently unveiled 2016-17 federal budget could be: wait until next year.

Commercial real estate operators have a steadily accumulating inventory of lessons learned from extreme weather events, providing both motivation and insight to prepare for more climate volatility in the future.

Broccolini has opened the Broccolini Corporate Centre Saint-Laurent 2, a LEED Silver, 129,310 square foot commercial and office space over five floors.

Participants in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) survey continue to grow in number and demonstrate improved performance. Results for 2015, released Sept. 2, provide an overview of 707 organizations with 61,000 properties worldwide, collectively valued at U.S. $2.3 trillion (CAD $3 trillion).