Real Estate & Construction

COVID-19 has changed the business landscape. In this webinar, BDC, along with BDO, will share practical advice for your business on what business owners should do now.

With the extreme financial uncertainty created by COVID-19, residential homebuilders and buyers are seeing an uptick with incomplete purchase contracts. Buyers are adding clauses that allow them...

The COVID-19 outbreak that moved Ontario construction companies to respond so swiftly has also distracted them from twin generational changes: prompt payment and adjudication. The...

With the world shifting to a new state of risk awareness, real estate and construction companies will need a rapid recovery strategy to become more resilient in the post-COVID world. We share five...

On April 24, 2020, the federal government announced that rent relief through the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) is on the way for small businesses experiencing financial...

The coronavirus outbreak sweeping the country has made construction projects more unpredictable than ever. For construction owners and managers, the challenge is layered and specific to...

As the coronavirus (COVID-19) accelerated into a global pandemic, the first quarter of 2020 was an unprecedented time for businesses. The decisions required of stakeholders to navigate through...

Commercial landlords are generally required to account for GST/HST and QST at the time rent is payable under a lease agreement including any additional rent such as property taxes, even...

Manage procurement and supply chain risk during COVID-19 with short and long-term strategies.

Key information on contract breaches and COVID-19—covering force majeure clauses, claims for damages, and litigation.

Canada’s commercial real estate market is going strong, but the competitive landscape is changing — and property owners need to be prepared. After a record-setting year in 2017, most major...

Payment delays add as much as 3% to a construction project’s cost. What’s more, those delays have skyrocketed in the Canadian construction industry. Now, as legislators across Canada move to...

Bill 142 – Construction Lien Act Amendment Act, 2017 aims to modernize the 35-year-old Construction Act in Ontario (previously called the Construction Lien Act), and ensure that workers who...

Over the past decade, REITs listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) have offered some of the strongest returns, while the TSX REIT Index has approximately doubled the performance of the TSX...

In the construction industry, holdbacks may be inserted into contracts as a way to protect the buyer, by “holding back” a portion of the invoice until all the work is complete. This allows the...

There has been a lot of talk lately about how augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies are impacting the construction and real estate industries today. AR and VR can offer...