A meeting to bring major tenants and major landlords together in the city's core to discuss green initiatives will take place May 27 in
Commerce Court.
Organized by the law firm of
Stikeman Elliott, the meeting will bring together other large-scale tenants of the building to meet with landlord
GWL Realty Advisors.
The second of five such meetings planned, it is part of the Greening Our Workplaces Tenant Series, an initiative of
Greening Greater Toronto, which is itself under the auspices of the
Toronto City Summit Alliance.
"It's tenants who are driving these meetings," says Linda Weichel, managing director of Greening Greater Toronto. "It's really about understanding the obstacles for commercial buildings to reduce their energy use."
Weichel says that one of the main benefits of such meetings is the opportunity they provide for some tenants to share data relating to programs they may already have tried out themselves that may end up working for their neighbours.
"There are capital constraints where people only have so much money to spend," she says, "and they need to know the money they will be committing is actually going to make a difference, and is going to work for them."
The first meeting was held between BMO and their landlord at First Canadian Place, Brookfield Properties. The next three have not yet been announced.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Linda Weichel
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