Sep 11, 2020
Savvy Funding Strategies For Brownfield Redevelopment in Canada
Alternative approaches to financing the redevelopment of old commercial properties and brownfield sites
ERIS Originals
Webinars
Oct 06, 2021
Watch the webinar recording of Adaptive Reuse Trends in the Commercial Real Estate Market from November 18, 2021.
Industry News
Jan 03, 2023
Brownfield redevelopment is a better alternative than urban sprawl
Most of Canada’s 30,000 vacant, contaminated sites could be redeveloped. What’s needed is a national strategy with incentives and awareness-raising.
Dec 16, 2022
City of Ottawa pauses grants to developers who de-contaminate sites
Ottawa city council has pressed pause on a 15-year-old program that gives grants to developers who clean up and rebuild on sites that are contaminated or have derelict buildings, such as former factories or gas stations.
Nov 15, 2022
Brownie Awards 2022 Winners: Celebrating brownfield champions and evolving environmental policies
Industry leaders involved in the redevelopment and revitalization of brownfield properties were honoured as part of the 23rd Annual Brownie Awards...
Feb 03, 2022
First Nations are buying land to create urban reserves. But is it ‘land back’?
Indigenous people are fastest-growing population in Canada, and more are moving to urban areas.
Dec 06, 2021
Brownie Awards celebrate brownfield and remediation projects across Canada
A number of significant brownfield remediation projects took the spotlight at the recent Brownie Awards, where award winners ranged from Whitehorse’s thermal conduction work at Marwell Tar Pit, to the successful financing partnerships surrounding the Randle Reef project in Ontario.
Jul 22, 2021
Waterfront Toronto Announces Shortlist of Partners for the Quayside Development
We’re moving a little closer to seeing the Quayside Development Opportunity become a reality. The Quayside Development Opportunity is a 12-acre area located at the foot of Parliament Street and Lake Shore Boulevard East in Toronto.
Jul 19, 2021
Investments into Science-Based Solutions for Smart, Healthy Cities
Over 80 per cent of Canadians lives in cities. Our health depends on environmental factors such as air quality, transportation options, and access to healthy food, green space, safe and affordable housing, and social services.
Apr 30, 2021
The redevelopment of brownfield sites often offers benefits for the community, the creation of jobs, and utilizing existing infrastructure for increased density.
Apr 30, 2021
Climate Resilience and Coastal Brownfield Redevelopment
Brownfield regeneration poses unique challenges to cities around the world; climate change and sea-level rise (SLR) make the regeneration of waterfront sites increasingly complex.
Apr 30, 2021
Social sustainability in brownfield redevelopments
Brownfield redevelopment projects can have a lot of economic and environmental benefits, but can these projects be a tool for achieving social sustainability too?
Apr 30, 2021
Robert Sroka (2016) shares important insights on Tax Increment Financing (TIF) tools used to facilitate urban brownfield neighbourhood remediation and redevelopment in North America...
Apr 30, 2021
Affordable Housing on Brownfield Sites
Brownfield sites are already perceived to be financially risky for development due to the costs of environmental assessment and remediation. As a result, the possibility of including affordable housing...
Feb 02, 2021
FCM Launches Brownfields Roadmaps Tool
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities has launched the 2021 Brownfield Roadmaps to provide an overview of the processes, regulations, and funding for brownfield redevelopment projects.
Feb 01, 2021
Guides to processes, regulations and funding for brownfield redevelopment projects
Dec 21, 2020
Ontario has finalized amendments to the On-Site and Excess Soil Management Reg, the Record of Site Condition Reg, and the General Waste Management Reg.
Aug 28, 2019
$2-billion Brightwater project to rise from Mississauga brownfield site
The 72-acre, $2-billion mixed-use Brightwater development on Mississauga’s waterfront has taken two significant permitting steps this summer...
May 03, 2019
New excess soil rules take a big step forward in Ontario
By Mark Sabourin: Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks has released a plan to make it less costly for builders to reuse excess soil, more costly for builders and haulers who break soil management rules, and easier for developers to redevelop some brownfield sites.