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Downtown Vancouver townhomes and condominiums (Enzhe/Shutterstock)
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Metro Vancouver's home sales in March were stronger than expected

"The spring market is already on track to outpace our 2023 forecast," says the real estate board.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 4, 2023
Construction progress on Bosa Waterfront Centre at 320 Granville Street, as of September 17, 2022. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Downtown Vancouver office vacancy rate now exceeds 10%, highest in 20 years

This is downtown Vancouver's highest office vacancy rate since 2004.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 4, 2023
Burnaby's Metrotown skyline (Imagenet/Shutterstock)
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BC government announces ambitious plan to tackle housing affordability and supply

A multi-billion-dollar plan to catalyze housing supply, plus a new flipping tax.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 4, 2023
April Fools' Day 2023: Goodman Commercials' vertical expansion of BC Place Stadium (left) and TransLink's SkyLift (right). (Goodman Commercial/TransLink)
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The best 2023 April Fools' jokes on changing Vancouver's urban realities

Everything from removing Canada Place's sails to a Chip Wilson statue...

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 4, 2023
Final permanent design of the Bute-Robson Plaza. (City of Vancouver)
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New permanent plaza design coming to Robson and Bute intersection

Big pedestrian-friendly changes are coming to the Robson Street retail strip.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 3, 2023
Towers in the Brentwood area of Burnaby. (Alex533/Shutterstock)
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38% of Metro Vancouver households now rent their housing

Secured purpose-built rental housing construction is at a 20-year high.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 3, 2023
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim announcing the Mayors' Task Force on the City of Vancouver budget, on April 3, 2023. (Ken Sim/Twitter)
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Independent task force to find efficiencies in City of Vancouver budget

The City of Vancouver is facing a runaway train of escalating costs over the coming years.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 3, 2023
Preliminary conceptual artistic rendering of the extradosed bridge design for the Boundary Road Bridge over the north arm of the Fraser River between Vancouver/Burnaby and Richmond. (Government of BC)
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$3.8 billion Boundary Road Bridge to link Vancouver and Burnaby with Richmond

Four vehicle lanes, plus freight railways and high-speed passenger rail.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 1, 2023
Conceptual preliminary artistic rendering of the redevelopment of West Edmonton Mall into Universal Studios Canada theme park and Universal CityWalk Canada mall. Not the final design. (Universal Destinations & Experiences)
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$7.1 billion Universal Studios theme park coming to West Edmonton Mall

An indoor Universal Studios at West Edmonton Mall, which will be renamed as Universal CityWalk.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 1, 2023
Option 3 of redesigning Broadway with two vehicle lanes, protected bike lanes on the existing curbside bike lane space, and status quo space for pedestrian sidewalks. (City of Vancouver)
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Vancouver City Council rejects protected bike lanes for Broadway

Broadway will not be narrowed to only two vehicle lanes for bike lanes.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 30, 2023
Vancouver International Airport (Shutterstock)
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Vancouver International Airport posts strong passenger numbers in early 2023

YVR is also making moves to better secure and retain its labour force to meet demand.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 30, 2023
TransLink bus on the Lions Gate Bridge. (Shutterstock)
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TransLink to restart West Vancouver to UBC express bus route this fall

"Very good news for people commuting to UBC this fall," says West Vancouver's mayor. 🚍

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 30, 2023
Artistic rendering of the condo tower at 5019-5039 Payne Street, Vancouver. (Opulence Architectrue/Gryphon Development)
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14-storey condo tower proposed near Joyce-Collingwood SkyTrain

More transit-oriented densification for SkyTrain's Joyce-Collingwood Station.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 30, 2023
Potential form of redevelopments within the existing residential apartment areas of the Broadway Plan. (City of Vancouver)
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Vancouver City Council rejects policy of slowing pace of new housing in Broadway Plan

"We can't add more restrictions to a process that is already complicated and restrictive."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 30, 2023
Reserve 5 (Capilano) of the Squamish Nation near the north end of the Lions Gate Bridge in West Vancouver and North Vancouver District. (Squamish Nation)
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Squamish First Nation to develop 350 acres, including North Shore waterfront reserves

The First Nation has signalled Senakw is just the beginning 👀

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 29, 2023
The development site's northern TransLink parcel at 2096 West Broadway, where Fletchers Fabricare is located. (Google Maps)
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TransLink to build 30-storey rental housing tower at future Arbutus Station

TransLink is partnering with a developer to build over 200 rental homes.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 29, 2023
Granville Entertainment District: Granville Street looking north from Smithe Street. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Lack of confidence over City staff's willingness to revive Granville strip: developer

"We allow City staff to do whatever they want and not be accountable."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 29, 2023
Example of a Starbucks single-use cup. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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City of Vancouver prepares for the end of single-use cup fee starting May 1

The controversial single-use cup fee will come to an end in about a month.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 29, 2023
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