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Artist homes at 187 East Hastings Street, Vancouver. (221A Artist Housing Society)
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30 affordable rental homes for artists open in Mount Pleasant in Vancouver

Rental homes starting at $646, with artist residents chosen by lottery.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 4, 2022
Aerial view of the recently built Walmart Distribution Centre in Campbell Heights North, Surrey. (Stuart Olson/RiteTech Construction)
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Metro Vancouver's industrial space vacancy is still North America's lowest

A super-low vacancy of 0.5% is also contributing to the cost inflation of goods and services.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 4, 2022
Metrotown skyline in Burnaby. (Shutterstock)
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Housing downturn definitely underway in Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley

Home sales volumes, prices, and building permits are all on a downward trend.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 3, 2022
Browsing home properties for sale in British Columbia. (Shutterstock)
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Number of terminated home listings spikes amidst Metro Vancouver downturn

Over 5,000 listings were terminated in May, significantly more than earlier in 2022.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 3, 2022
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You can now see the property sale commissions of Metro Vancouver realtors (MAP)

This enables better information transparency for prospective home buyers.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 3, 2022
Heather Lands redevelopment, Vancouver. (Dialog/Canada Lands Company/MST Development Corporation)
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Vancouver City Council approves Indigenous-owned Heather Lands development with 2,600 homes

Heather Lands is the largest First Nations-led development approved by the City yet.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 3, 2022
Artistic rendering of the new Vancouver Alpen Club at 4875 Victoria Drive. (NSDA Architects/Townline Homes/Vancouver Alpen Club)
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New building for Alpen Club and Deutsches Haus restaurant includes rental housing

Vancouver's German cultural organization is redeveloping its aging club and restaurant property.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 2, 2022
Aerial of Vancouver (Shutterstock)
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With higher interest rates, Metro Vancouver records slower home sales in May

"Upward pressure on home prices has begun to ease."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 2, 2022
Burrard Inlet Rapid Transit concepts of two North Shore SkyTrain lines via the Second Narrows: Gold Line from Park Royal to downtown Vancouver via Hastings, and Purple Line from Park Royal to Brentwood Town Centre Station and Metrotown Station via Willingdon Avenue. (North Shore Connects)
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Buses first, SkyTrain maybe later: TransLink planning bus rapid transit from Park Royal to Metrotown

SkyTrain from Park Royal to Metrotown will have to wait, as it will be studied over the long term instead.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 2, 2022
Parking violation ticket (Shutterstock)
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Residents in this Canadian city can now spend at businesses for parking ticket forgiveness

An innovative way to support struggling businesses.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 2, 2022
The temporary traffic road deck on Broadway, just west of Main Street, for the construction of Mount Pleasant Station for SkyTrain's Millennium Line Broadway Extension, as of April 2022. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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City Council to discuss offering relief to businesses impacted by subway construction

"The loss of business has had a profound impact."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 2, 2022
A row of townhouses in Vancouver. (Shutterstock)
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Canada expected to see three more interest rate hikes before end of 2022

It's a measure to curb home prices and rampant inflation, which reached 6.8% in April.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 2, 2022
Artistic rendering of the B6 office tower at 1090 West Pender Street, Vancouver. (Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership/BentallGreenOak)
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Microsoft to open new 20-storey office hub in downtown Vancouver

Thousands of additional Microsoft jobs in a new Vancouver office tower under construction 👾

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 1, 2022
Bus 2 on the Aquabus fleet. (Aquabus)
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Aquabus makes its first battery-electric conversion on an existing boat

Aquabus plans to convert more diesel boats to battery-electric over time.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 1, 2022
The Woodward's Building in downtown Vancouver in the foreground; the ever expanding Metrotown skyline in Burnaby in the background; Mount Baker (Washington State) in the distance. (globetrekimages/Flickr)
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Average home prices in Metro Vancouver will grow by under 1% in 2023

The housing market in Metro Vancouver is about to see a huge shift towards stabilization.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 1, 2022
Bohdan Lee @bohd.an (@downtownvan/Instagram)
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Free admission for everyone 18 years old and under at Vancouver Art Gallery

All youth can enjoy the Vancouver Art Gallery for free starting this Canada Day! 🖼

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 1, 2022
SkyTrain's Skybridge and the Pattullo Bridge. (Shutterstock)
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Regular SkyTrain service between Surrey and New Westminster restored

24 hours after the derailment, a fix has been completed allowing regular service to resume.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 1, 2022
BC Transit buses in Whistler Village. (BC Transit)
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Mediator appointed as transit strike in Whistler and Squamish exceeds 4 months

The strike affecting BC Transit services in the Sea-to-Sky corridor began in January.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 1, 2022
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