Most commercial interior work in Toronto needs a building permit, and the exceptions are narrower than people assume. What triggers one, what does not, and the assumptions that get projects stopped.

Ontario office lease accessibility rules can complicate a tenant's fit-out permit over a landlord's deficiency. Which buildings are at risk, what a tenant pays for, and why the AODA is not the same thing.

How long building permits really take in Ontario, why site plan approval is usually the long pole, and what actually shortens the approvals calendar.