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Interior artistic rendering of the micro lofts within the Burns Block in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Unit  sizes are as small as 226 sq. ft. (Reliance Properties)
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Metro Vancouver's condos are getting smaller and smaller: StatsCan

Condo units are rapidly shrinking in size.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 18, 2019
Demolition progress on May 17, 2019 of the Empire Landmark Hotel in Vancouver. (Kenneth Chan / Daily Hive)
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Empire Landmark Hotel now merely a stub in downtown Vancouver

Demolition is nearly complete on what was once a 42-storey tower.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 18, 2019
Artistic rendering of the May 2019 redesign concept of Blood Alley Square in Gastown. (City of Vancouver)
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Major redesign proposed to turn Blood Alley Square into an event-friendly space

One of Vancouver's oldest public spaces could see a transformation.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 18, 2019
Artistic rendering of the May 2019 design for 3701-3743 West Broadway, Vancouver. (Daily Hive photo)
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Landmark 14-storey rental tower proposed for corner of Alma and West Broadway

It would be one of the tallest buildings in the Point Grey neighbourhood.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 17, 2019
Map of the proposed full blueway route between False Creek in Vancouver and the Fraser River in New Westminster. (Michael Wiebe)
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Vancouver approves support for a waterway from False Creek to Fraser River

"It is a big bold move."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 17, 2019
Fraser Highway through Green Timbers forest. (Google Maps)
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New SkyTrain along Fraser Highway could mean some logging of Green Timbers

Tree logging is likely required to make space for the SkyTrain tracks.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 17, 2019
Artistic rendering of MacKimmie Complex and Professional Faculties Building Redevelopment. (DIALOG / University of Calgary)
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Heart of University of Calgary campus undergoing placemaking transformation

From a Stalinist concrete prison to an architectural jewel.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 17, 2019
Biking along the Alouette River on the dyke surrounding Pitt Polder in Maple Ridge. (Shutterstock)
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Popular greenway park in Maple Ridge expanded by regional district

Metro Vancouver acquired adjacent lands for the expansion.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 17, 2019
Confederation Park Golf Course in Calgary. (City of Calgary)
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City of Calgary to consider redeveloping its under-utilized golf courses

Falling use has required the city to subsidize maintenance costs.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 16, 2019
Artistic rendering of a new station on the Copenhagen Metro. (Cenario og Metroselskabet / Copenhagen Metro)
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41 fresh ideas shared by the public on expanding public transit in Metro Vancouver

Everything you ever wanted.šŸššŸš‡šŸšŠšŸš 

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 16, 2019
Vancouver home. (Shutterstock)
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Metro Vancouver's luxury housing market is now a buyer's market: report

But the condo market in emerging areas remains strong.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 16, 2019
Artistic rendering of The Grey -- 3601 West 16th Avenue, Vancouver. (IBI Group / Westland)
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Luxury condos and retail to replace former Dunbar Lumber Supply location

A significant amount of retail space will also be built.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 16, 2019
Bloedel Conservatory and the plaza atop Queen Elizabeth Park. (Shutterstock)
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Queen Elizabeth Park plaza renamed after former park board commissioner

Grace McCarthy was instrumental to the creation of Stanley Park Christmas train and VanDusen Gardens.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 16, 2019
Artistic rendering of 205 West 5th Avenue, Vancouver. (Mallen Gowing Berzins Architecture)
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4-storey office and manufacturing building proposed for Mount Pleasant

Another mixed-use commercial building for the area.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 16, 2019
UBC Campus Energy Centre. (Ema Peter)
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UBC's new campus energy centre wins green building award (PHOTOS)

This facility supplies hot water to 130 campus buildings.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 16, 2019
Updated 2018 design of the Empire Granville 7 theatres redevelopment at 855 Granville Street in downtown Vancouver. (Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership / CBRE)
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Cineplex Rec Room entertainment centre in downtown Vancouver to open in 2021

Cineplex has revealed the details of its massive entertainment centre.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 15, 2019
Driverless shuttle in Vancouver's Olympic Village. (Kenneth Chan / Daily Hive)
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Vancouver and Surrey both lose bid for $50M funding to build new driverless shuttle routes

Both cities lost the funding bid to Montreal.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 15, 2019
The platform level of SkyTrain's Joyce-Collingwood Station. (Gerry Kichok / Flickr)
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Vancouver council approves review of city's links with SNC-Lavalin and Bombardier

But councillors rejected delaying any further decisions on the SkyTrain projects.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 15, 2019
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