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Tunnel boring machine Elsie breaking through at South Granville Station on February 8, 2024. (Government of BC)
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Second tunnel boring machine for Broadway Subway reaches South Granville Station

Just one more station to go!

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 10, 2024
Komagata Maru Place signs at Canada Place Way. (City of Vancouver)
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Permanent Komagata Maru Place street signs installed at Canada Place Way

Numerous signs honouring the Komagata Maru incident have been installed.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 10, 2024
2024 artistic rendering of 1739 Venables Street, Vancouver. (RLA Architects/Maurice Pez Architect/Boffo Properties)
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Boffo Properties to build rental housing on its failed Commercial Drive project site

Instead of the previous 12-storey building proposal.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 10, 2024
Existing condition of 3215 Macdonald Street (Google Maps) and an artistic rendering of the rental housing project (Proscenium Architecture & Interiors).
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RE/MAX Vancouver Westside office to be redeveloped into rental housing

The existing building was constructed in 1951.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 10, 2024
2024 revised concept for the Centre Block's north parcels redevelopment. (Hariri Pontarini Architects/Adamson Architects/SCDC)
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Massive Surrey City Centre office project now even bigger for SFU medical school

Over 250,000 sq ft of expanded SFU space for the new medical school.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 9, 2024
Tri-Branch Co-op at 2860 Packard Avenue, Coquitlam. (Google Maps)
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Nearly 300 co-op homes in Coquitlam acquired through Rental Protection Fund

Both co-operatives were at risk.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 9, 2024
The former Club Monaco store at 1034 Robson Street in downtown Vancouver (Marcus & Millichap) and an example of a JD Sports storefront. (JD Sports Canada).
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JD Sports to replace former Club Monaco store on Robson Street in downtown Vancouver

The British retailer is opening a major downtown Vancouver store.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 9, 2024
2023 artistic rendering of the rental housing tower for 1055 Harwood Street, Vancouver. (GBL Architects/GWL Realty Advisors)
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32-storey West End rental housing tower approved by Vancouver City Council

Previously a condominium project.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 9, 2024
Highly conceptual artistic renderings only for illustrative purposes of Jericho Lands (MST Development Corporation/Canada Lands Company) and UBC Station of the UBC SkyTrain extension (UBC).
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Jericho Lands project passes major hurdle, but when will UBC SkyTrain arrive?

A symbiotic relationship.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 9, 2024
CATSA Plus equipment. (Canadian Air Transport Security Authority)
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New equipment to increase YVR Airport domestic security screening capacity by 40%

Good news for the domestic departures experience.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 8, 2024
Proposed condition of Davie Street in the Davie Village at a mid-block location near The Junction and Shoppers Drug Mart. (City of Vancouver)
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Widened sidewalks for pedestrians proposed for Davie Village transformation

Less road space for wider sidewalks for pedestrians and patios.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 8, 2024
"Canopy" catenary lights at Robson Square Plaza. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Robson Square's colourful canopy lights could stay on for a little while longer

It has proven to be a popular public art installation.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 8, 2024
The Post's Homer Street retail atrium (left) and Amazon's latest office space in the upper levels of the South Tower (right). (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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The Post finds its footing as downtown Vancouver's newest anchor

A major economic engine for the Central Business District.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 8, 2024
Water Street closure to vehicles for Meet Me In Gastown. (City of Vancouver)
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Car-free street in Gastown this summer approved by Vancouver City Council

The Mayor says tourists are currently told not to walk past the Steam Clock.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 8, 2024
Street cleaning in the Downtown Eastside.(Mission Possible Compassionate Ministries Society)
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City of Vancouver to spend $8 million on street-cleaning jobs for the homeless

Last year, the program collected 100,000 needles and funded nearly 20,000 feces removals.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 7, 2024
CUPE 4500 strike outside TransLink's Burnaby Transit Centre bus depot on January 22, 2024. (Daniel Chai/Daily Hive)
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180 transit supervisors ratify mediated deal with TransLink subsidiary

The transit strike has officially come to an end.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 7, 2024
Hullo Ferries
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Hullo Ferries announces more frequent sailings and expanded bag policies

“We’re continually enhancing our services."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 7, 2024
Artistic rendering of Oakridge Park's new indoor mall (Revery Architecture) and the SkyTrain Oakridge-41st Avenue Station upgrade at the mall's entrance (Henriquez Partners Architects).
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New Oakridge Park mall and its first 100 retailers to open in Spring 2025

Over 100 retailers will open in just over a year from now.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 7, 2024
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