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AKELIUS PROPERTY MANAGER FORGETS TO PICK UP RENT CHECKS AND ISSUES N4 EVICTION NOTICES TO TENANTS

On December 31, 2019, and January 1, 2020, several tenants deposited their rent checks for the month of January 2020. The current property manager from Akelius Canada Ltd. - Mr. Tristan Quamina-Pinnock - neglected to pick up the checks from the metal rental box located off the lobby on the main floor. Two weeks later tenants received N 4 eviction notices from the company issued by - Mr. Tristan Quamina-Pinnock - giving them until the end of January to pay the rent or move out. After receiving complaints from tenants concerning the wrongful issuance of these N4s, the property manager finally came over to the premises to retrieve the rent checks. As usual, there has been no formal apology to these tenants by Akelius Canada Ltd. Here is a suggestion Akelius Canada Ltd . could send out a driver on the second of each month to all their properties and pick up the rent checks instead? Finally, the company should have more control over their employees on what they ...

AKELIUS CANADA LTD SELL 12 TORONTO PROPERTIES TO STARLIGHT INVESTMENTS LTD.

ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 AKELIUS CANADA SOLD THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES TO STARLIGHT INVESTMENTS LTD. FOR $176.8 MILLION DOLLARS. PROPERTIES AKELIUS CANADA SOLD TO STARLIGHT INVESTMENTS SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 *  580 The East Mall:  122 units with an average size of 1,001 square feet. Thirty-seven percent of the suites have been renovated and the building has received capital expenditures of $3.8 million; *   2701 Eglinton Avenue West:  49 units averaging 610 square feet. Sixty-one percent of the suites have been renovated and the building has received capital expenditures of $927,000; *   2040 Eglinton Avenue West:  37 units averaging 690 square feet. Forty-nine percent of the suites have been renovated and the building has received capital expenditures of $600,000; *   310-312 Lonsdale Avenue:  35 units averaging 665 square feet. Eighty-six percent of the suites have been renovated and the building has received capital expenditures o...

AKELIUS SELLING 13 BUILDING PORTFOLIO OF GTA APARTMENTS

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Akelius selling 13-building portfolio of GTA apartments Steve McLean Residential  Apr. 29, 2019 This apartment building at 74 Curlew Dr., in Toronto is among 13 assets being sold by Akelius. (Courtesy JLL) Akelius Canada has put 13 apartment buildings, with a combined 664 units, up for sale in the Greater Toronto Area. “Many of these assets are peripheral to their core portfolio and were acquired in conjunction with other properties,” said  JLL Capital Markets  multi-family investment executive vice-president and national team lead Michael Betsalel, who’s responsible for the sale. “They’re selling some of the stuff in their portfolio that doesn’t necessarily fit their long-term strategy.”  Betsalel stressed Akelius is still committed to owning, managing and acquiring rental properties in Toronto. Akelius declined to comment on the properties until after any transactions occur. The apartment buildings range in size from 20 to 122 uni...

RENT INCREASE FOR 2020

Rent increase guideline for 2020 The rent increase guideline is 2.2% for increases between January 1 and December 31, 2020.