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855 Jervis Street, Vancouver. (Google Maps)
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Ontario investment firms buy 15 rental buildings in Vancouver for $293 million

They have just acquired 614 rental homes across the city.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 12, 2021
Artistic rendering of 1728 Alberni Street and 735 Bidwell Street, Vancouver. (Heatherwick Studio/IBI Group/Bosa Properties/Kingswood Properties)
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UK firm designs tree-inspired towers for Vancouver proposal (RENDERINGS)

Condos and a unique atrium with retail and restaurants.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 12, 2021
December 2020 artistic rendering of the revised proposal for 4575 Granville Street, Vancouver. (Stuart Howard Architects)
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Revised rental housing proposal for controversial Shaughnessy site next to hospice

City council rejected a townhouse proposal for the site in 2019.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 11, 2021
3019 Point Grey Road, Vancouver. (Daniel Tan/Angell & Hasman Associates)
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Kitsilano home has second highest sold price in Metro Vancouver history (PHOTOS)

The waterfront property was sold for $27 million šŸ‘€

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 9, 2021
Artistic rendering of 1375-1379 Kingsway, Vancouver. (Yamamoto Architecture/Peterson Group)
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49 rental homes proposed for Kingsway and Knight Street corner

Next to the House of Dosas restaurant.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 9, 2021
"Slogans for the 21st Century" public art by Douglas Coupland along the Arbutus Greenway. (Luis Valdizon)
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Billboards along Arbutus Greenway take on public art by Douglas Coupland (PHOTOS)

These are the "Slogans for the 21st Century."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 9, 2021
Artistic rendering of a station for the Green Line LRT in Calgary. (City of Calgary)
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City of Richmond ponders densification to support rail rapid transit to Steveston

Adding 77,000 residents along Granville Avenue and Railway Avenue.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 8, 2021
Artistic rendering of 800 Granville Street, Vancouver. (Perkins & Will/Bonnis Properties)
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Iconic entertainment, office, and retail complex proposed for Granville Entertainment District (RENDERINGS)

A huge game changer for Granville Entertainment District that preserves Commodore Ballroom.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 8, 2021
Michaels at 1022 Alberni Street, Vancouver. (Google Maps)
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Michaels arts and crafts store closing on Alberni Street in downtown Vancouver

The major two-storey retail location is permanently closing.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 7, 2021
Artistic rendering of 2406-2484 Renfrew Street, Vancouver. (Studio One Architecture/Epta Development Corporation)
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175 rental homes in 12-storey tower proposed near SkyTrain's Renfrew Station

If built, it would be the first tower in the area of Renfrew Station.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 6, 2021
High-speed rail in the Alps of Austria. (Shutterstock)
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Potential routes for Chilliwack-Vancouver-Whistler high-speed rail: UBC study

It could create more affordable housing options.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 6, 2021
U-Haul. (Shutterstock)
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Growing number of Canadians migrating to BC by U-Haul during COVID-19

The spike in the Lower Mainland is as high as 32%.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 6, 2021
Homes in Vancouver. (Shutterstock)
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Metro Vancouver home sales set new record in December with 53% spike

And more homes were sold in 2020 than in each of the last two years.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 6, 2021
White Rock homes next to the Semiahmoo Bay waterfront. (Shutterstock)
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Surrey and South of Fraser home sales break December records with 81% surge

The last six months of 2020 saw heated activity.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 6, 2021
TransLink Chief Legal Officer Gigi Chen-Kuo. (TransLink)
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Interim CEO named for TransLink ahead of Kevin Desmond's departure

Desmond is returning to the US for new opportunities.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 5, 2021
Luxury homes in West Vancouver. (Shutterstock)
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Assessed home values in Metro Vancouver see spike in latest BC Assessment

Almost every area of Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley saw increases.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 4, 2021
BC Transit's original 10 double-decker buses will enter retirement in early 2021. (BC Transit)
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BC Transit retiring North America's first double-decker transit buses after 20 years

They will be replaced by new double-decker buses in 2021.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 31, 2020
Amateur cyclists. (Shutterstock)
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BC government spending $6.5 million on new Lower Mainland bike lanes

This includes improvements leading to the Lions Gate Bridge and in UBC.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 31, 2020
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