Tag: Canada

Change is Good

ONPHA Event Recap

The Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association (ONPHA) held a three-day conference and tradeshow in Toronto earlier this month, focused on the theme “Let’s Grow Together.” More than 1,100 housing professionals, government representatives, community partners and service managers attended. Yardi presented “A Real-World Look at Technology in Social Housing,” an informative look at innovation. The room was […]

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Beyond Credit Checks

Patrick Hennessey, Yardi

Patrick Hennessey, Vice President and General Manager at Yardi, joined the team in 2010 as an expert in screening software. He found Yardi’s small company feel and large company resources appealing. “We have a great team of people, cutting edge technology, and the efficiencies that a company the size of Yardi are able to attain […]

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Bentall Kennedy

ROI on Sustainable Assets

Yardi client Bentall Kennedy recently released a report that may change the way that the industry sees sustainable building. Giselle Gagnon, Senior Vice President, Strategic Resources Group explains, “Our team at Bentall Kennedy has long been committed to implementing sustainability practices across our managed property portfolio – for us it demonstrates to our clients and […]

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Big Data Benefits

Canada Update

At this year’s Real Estate Strategy and Leasing Conference that took place on October 6th in Toronto, Peter Altobelli, vice president and general manager for Yardi Canada, joined a panel of experts for a session titled “New Technologies Across the Spectrum That Can Help Drive Your Business Forward and Provide Competition to the Landscape.” Altobelli […]

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Instant Housing Crisis

Helping Fort McMurray Fire Evacuees

On May 1, 2016, a fast-moving wildfire began near Fort McMurray in northeast Alberta, Canada. The fire forced the largest evacuation in Alberta’s history and destroyed more than 2,000 homes, while 90,000 people fled the flames. Evacuees headed south in a scene reminiscent of an apocalypse movie. They made it away safely, but waiting at […]

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Clarity in the Cloud

Wilson Blanchard Management Inc.

Moving to Yardi’s cloud-based Voyager 7S platform was a big leap for Wilson Blanchard Management Inc., a Canadian condominium overseer. With responsibility for nearly 37,000 units in the Toronto and Golden Horseshoe area and offices in Toronto, Hamilton and Cambridge, the company is one of the largest and most respected condominium management firms in Canada. […]

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Vaughan Metropolitan Centre

Transit Centered Design

Building along public transit lines has long been a popular way to ensure that traffic flows easily to a retail property. A lack of transit options does not have to deter an otherwise promising development. At Vaughan Metropolitan Centre in Canada, Yardi client Calloway REIT demonstrates how to build smart, minimize sprawl, and convince transit […]

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Toronto

North America’s Greenest City

Toronto shines as North America’s greenest city according to the Sustainable Cities Index, coming in at a respectable 12th place out of 50 cities. It is the only Canadian city to make the list. European and Asian cities continue to dominate the top rankings each year but Toronto is poised for greater gains. The Arcadis Sustainable […]

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Mackenzie Green

New Green Living in Ontario

Yardi client Housing York, Inc (HYI) is The Regional Municipality of York’s non-profit housing corporation and the seventh largest housing provider in Ontario. This year, HYI added Mackenzie Green to its portfolio of sustainable housing. Located in Richmond Hill, one of the fastest growing communities in Canada, Mackenzie Green has demonstrated a complete approach to […]

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