Blog Posts
Submitted By: admin on Jun 28, 2016
Brookfield Training
Workplace Safety Update
Elevator Machine Room Guarding
A year ago we informed all our managers that a major property owner had been fined $50,000 plus a 25% victim fine surcharge when...Read more
Submitted By: admin on Jun 16, 2016
On April 15, 2016, Brookfield distributed a paper entitled “Responding to Mental Illness in Condominium Corporations.” The paper was written in response to an apparent increase in scenarios involving mental illness in our condominium communities. Both managers and boards found such...Read more
Submitted By: admin on Jun 16, 2016
Police arrive at your building and approach security. They have a warrant for the arrest of a resident. The guard gives them access. The police go to the resident’s suite and knock on the door. There is no answer and no evidence that the resident is home. The police do not ask to enter the...Read more
Submitted By: tgregory on Jun 16, 2016
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) For Condominiums
We’ve been working with contractors that offer Combined Heat & Power (or CHP) for about two years now– gaining experience on the various CHP offers, technologies, and approaches being offered.
All of this...Read more
Submitted By: admin on Feb 11, 2016
January 25, 2016
EV Government Grants – January 2016
In mid January 2016 the provincial government announced a $20 million investment in developing a private network of publically accessible Electric Vehicle Charging Stations. The program involves giving grants equal to up to 100...Read more
Submitted By: admin on Nov 24, 2015
Many condominium corporations have restrictions or a prohibition on pets. Boards and managers feel an obligation to enforce the provisions in their legal documents but are uncertain about the steps they can take when disabilities and human rights are raised. A recent court case clarifies the...Read more
Submitted By: admin on Oct 01, 2015
Two Ontario cases support condominium communities in their effort to enforce single family use provisions. Ballingall v CCC 111 demonstrates the extraordinary length to which a rogue director, acting in bad faith, will go to protect his interest in four rented units. NCC 4 v. Kilfoyl (2011),...Read more
Submitted By: admin on Oct 01, 2015
With the recent PanAm Games experience and the growth in services such as Airbnb, many condominiums, particularly in downtown Toronto, have had to deal with the disruptive consequences of short-term rentals of suites.
The law firm of Lash Condo Law...Read more
Submitted By: admin on Sep 08, 2015
On May 27, David Orazietti, the Minister of Government and Consumer Services, officially introduced Bill 106, Protecting Condominium Owners Act.
Many of the law firms with substantial condominium law practices have examined the proposed Act and have offered their insights. We are...Read more
Submitted By: admin on Sep 04, 2015
We are pleased to announce that Brookfield Condominium Services’ has developed the industry’s most comprehensive Emergency Preparedness Plan (EPP) for our condominium communities.
Our Plan addresses ten (10) types of emergencies which are most likely to impact a condominium community. ...Read more