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Design of the new Steveston Highway interchange on Highway 99. (Government of BC)
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Construction begins on new Steveston interchange on Highway 99 in Richmond

The new five-lane interchange will replace the existing two-lane interchange.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 7, 2022
The Offices at Burrard Place in downtown Vancouver nearing completion in July 2021. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Vancouver's office space demand continues to be strong, with vacancy shrinking to 6.3%

Vancouver's office space market is still making a strong rebound.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 7, 2022
Concept for the spaceship "Government of Canada" office complex in downtown Vancouver by Arthur Erickson Architects. (Erickson Family Collection)
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Arthur Erickson's unbuilt "Spaceship" federal government office complex in Vancouver

Instead, Vancouver Public Library's Central Branch was built on the site.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 5, 2022
First Nations welcome during the Opening Ceremony of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. (International Olympic Committee)
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Support for Vancouver 2030 Olympic bid now on the upswing: survey

The momentum is building šŸ„‡

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 5, 2022
Route 1 for the Burnaby Mountain Gondola between SkyTrain's Production Way-University Station and the Simon Fraser University campus is a direct, straight-line route. (TransLink)
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TransLink's plan to double bus service, add SFU Gondola was just approved

The forthcoming Burnaby Mountain Gondola is a big priority.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 3, 2022
Amtrak Cascades/Facebook
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Amtrak Cascades train from Vancouver to the US to return in September

From Vancouver to Seattle, Portland, and more.šŸš‚

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 2, 2022
One of the earlier, more ambitious concepts for Commercial-Broadway Station Precinct under the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan. This was rejected. (City of Vancouver)
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Opinion: SkyTrain Commercial-Broadway Station deserves real density

This major transit hub should be Vancouver's equivalent to Brentwood and Lougheed.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 27, 2022
Temporary ski jump installed at Empire Stadium at Hastings Park/PNE, 1958. (City of Vancouver Archives)
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Big Air at Hastings Park for 2030 Olympics? A throwback to the PNE's ski jump (PHOTOS)

It has been done before ā›·

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 27, 2022
Artistic rendering of the preliminary concept for Confederation Park Community Centre. (Revery Architecture/City of Burnaby)
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$117 million Confederation Park Community Centre planned for North Burnaby (RENDERINGS)

Construction on the impressive major facility could begin in 2023.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 27, 2022
June 2022 revised concept of the new UBC Okanagan campus tower at 550 Doyle Avenue in downtown Kelowna. (HCMA/UBC)
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UBC supersizes its new tower for downtown Kelowna campus (RENDERINGS)

It will now be the tallest building in BC outside of the Lower Mainland šŸ‘€

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 27, 2022
A TransLink community shuttle bus (left) and a 2018 artistic rendering of Fraser Mills. (TransLink/Beedie Group)
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Developer to fund the annual operating cost of new TransLink bus route

The bus route will link a new community of 10,000 residents with SkyTrain.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 27, 2022
Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart (@kennedystewart/Twitter)
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Kennedy Stewart names first Vancouver City Council candidates under his new party

Stewart's new party will "work with councillors from other progressive parties."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 27, 2022
January 22, 2022 construction update: Oakridge Park (Oakridge Centre), Vancouver. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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BC needs 570,000 more new homes than expected by 2030 for affordability

This accounts for both improving affordability and meeting population growth.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 24, 2022
Revised 2021 design of the new building for the Vancouver Art Gallery at Larwill Park. (Vancouver Art Gallery)
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Federal funding announcement next week for new Vancouver Art Gallery

The VAG has already raised $240 million, but it still needs $160 million more to cover the full cost.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 24, 2022
No. 900 Bike Bus (TransLink)
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Bike Bus: TransLink retrofits 4 buses by removing seats for bike racks

Over 50% of the passenger seats have been removed on 4 buses just for cyclists šŸššŸš“ā€ā™‚ļø

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 24, 2022
BC Ferries
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BC Ferries' annual ridership is up, but financial performance still lagging

Ridership has reached 80% of normal for passengers and 95% for vehicles ⛓

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 24, 2022
Artistic rendering of 524-526 Granville Street, Vancouver. (Perkins & Will/Bonnis Properties)
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Eye-catching skinny office tower on Granville approved by Vancouver City Council

A pencil-like office tower with a width of just 50 ft and zero vehicle parking.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 24, 2022
Conceptual artistic rendering of Olympic Village Elementary School. Not the actual design. (Vancouver School Board)
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New Olympic Village elementary school receives preliminary BC government approval

Parents with kids living in and near downtown have been calling for a new school for many years.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 24, 2022
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