Savvy Funding Strategies For Brownfield Redevelopment in Canada
Alternative approaches to financing the redevelopment of old commercial properties and brownfield sites
Savvy Funding Strategies For Brownfield Redevelopment in Canada
Alternative approaches to financing the redevelopment of old commercial properties and brownfield sites
Watch the webinar recording of Adaptive Reuse Trends in the Commercial Real Estate Market from November 18, 2021.
Aurora College plans remediation and monitoring programs
Aurora College hopes to develop two courses specializing in mine remediation as the Northwest Territories increasingly looks to cleanup work as a source of revenue and an area of expertise.
Understanding the role of adaptive reuse in real estate investing
In recent years, adaptive reuse strategies — which transform an existing structure to allow it to serve a new purpose...
Remediation and Reclamation: Going green at Gunnar Mine and Mill
Remediation efforts at the former Gunnar Mine and Mill Site has reached a new milestone —with the first stage of revegetation coming to fruition.
Creating a Prosperous Waterfront
Villiers Island is planned to be Toronto’s first climate-positive neighbourhood, meaning it will produce more clean energy than it uses. It will also create thousands of housing units, new parks and employment opportunities on the waterfront.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
The redevelopment of brownfield sites often offers benefits for the community, the creation of jobs, and utilizing existing infrastructure for increased density.
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.
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?
Robert Sroka (2016) shares important insights on Tax Increment Financing (TIF) tools used to facilitate urban brownfield neighbourhood remediation and redevelopment in North America...
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...
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.
Guides to processes, regulations and funding for brownfield redevelopment projects
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.
$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...