Archive for April, 2009

Toronto real estate. No Bank Failures in Canada

April 20, 2009

One place where none of the banking drama is taking place is Canada.
Banks in Canada didn’t do the things that blew other banks up.  In the last quarter of 2008, all of Canada’s major banks were profitable, collectively making $2.5 billion during a period when U.S. banks lost more than $26 billion.
In fact, since the [...]

Toronto real estate. TORONTO GOES GREEN

April 15, 2009

Toronto real estate.  Toronto city committee wants to make green roofs mandatory on most new buildings.
 Roofs on new buildings with an area of 5,000 square metres or greater to be 30% to 60% covered by vegetation. The bigger the building, the more planted space it would have to have – otherwise fines of up to $100,000 [...]