Sometimes technology news in commercial real estate is important not so much for the particular story, but the bigger issues it represents.

That seems the case with a recent announcement from Lafarge Canada that it was donating more than $50,000 CAD toward the construction of a recreational sports park in First Nation reservation. The in-kind donation is of ECOPact low-carbon concrete destined for the Pic Mobert First Nation park in Ontario.

Lafarge, a major supplier of building materials, is one of a number of companies donating toward the $750,000 project.

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