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Construction progress as of December 2, 2024 on PCI Developments' 39-storey mixed-use rental housing, office, and retail tower at the northwest corner of the intersection of Granville Street and West Broadway, which also includes the entrance for SkyTrain South Granville Station. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Opinion: Even taller towers belong in the Broadway Plan

We can do better for Vancouver's second city centre.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 10, 2024
TransLink
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TransLink Store pops up at Waterfront Station with holiday must-haves

Bringing holiday cheer to commuters and transit enthusiasts.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 10, 2024
5858 140th Street (left) and 16653 31B Avenue (right) in Surrey. (Google Maps)
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Two houses in Surrey illegally built, prompting City action

"Construction that jeopardizes the safety of our community."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 10, 2024
Eye of the Wind, a wind turbine and observation tower, atop Grouse Mountain. (EB Adventure Photography/Shutterstock)
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First Nations to own about $3 billion worth of new BC wind power projects

Nine new wind farms will have the same capacity as the Site C dam.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 9, 2024
November 2024 revised design for Bakerview-166 Street Station on the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain extension. (Government of BC)
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How to tame the spiralling costs of Canada's public transit projects

High costs are not inevitable.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 9, 2024
New 85x25 outdoor advertising video board at BC Place Stadium, fronting the Georgia Viaduct. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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New $10 million 5G Rogers upgrade for BC Place Stadium clearly works

Swifties put the new cellular equipment to the ultimate stress test.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 9, 2024
The three-storey retail building at 798 Granville Street (on Robson Street), home to Best Buy and the future Marshalls store. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Marshalls to open at Robson and Granville corner in downtown Vancouver

Similar to the off-price concept of Winners.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 9, 2024
Small Business BC
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Small Business BC shuts down amid bankruptcy, lays off workers

It received $2.7 million in federal funding in November 2024.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 8, 2024
November 2024 preliminary draft concept of the Capilano Mall redevelopment. (Quadreal Property Group)
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11 towers up to 40 storeys proposed for Capilano Mall redevelopment

Over 3,000 homes, with new retail/restaurant uses.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 6, 2024
New 85x25 outdoor advertising video board at BC Place Stadium, fronting the Georgia Viaduct. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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New massive video board installed outside BC Place Stadium

One of the largest screens of its kind in BC.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 6, 2024
Single-family houses in Vancouver. (karamysh/Shutterstock)
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Metro Vancouver home sales expected to really pick up in 2025

"Sidelined buyers are reentering the market."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 6, 2024
Headquarters office of Metro Vancouver Regional District at Metropolis at Metrotown mall. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Metro Vancouver Regional District to look for cost efficiencies

The regional government's 2025 operating budget is nearly $1.5 billion.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 5, 2024
Fall 2024 testing of the new Blue Grouse Gondola at Grouse Mountain Resort. (Grouse Mountain Resort)
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New gondola at Grouse Mountain from base parking lot opens next week

Long lines, waits, and closures will be a thing of the past.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 5, 2024
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Air Canada to launch new Vancouver to Manila flight route

A new major Trans-Pacific link to the Philippines.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 5, 2024
Artistic renderings of Killarney Park and Memorial South Park as the training sites for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. (City of Vancouver)
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$37 million budget for 2026 FIFA World Cup training sites in Vancouver

Construction on the temporary facilities begins in early 2025.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 5, 2024
The East Van Cross sign from SkyTrain VCC-Clark Station, and the ICBC office building construction site, as of February 2023. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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East Van Cross relocation to be pondered by Vancouver City Council

In need of a "more accessible and visible location."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 5, 2024
December 2024 refined concept of the master plan for redeveloping the Vancouver City Hall campus into "Civic District." (City of Vancouver)
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This is the proposed mixed-use transformation of the Vancouver City Hall campus

"To reimagine the civic heart of Vancouver."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 5, 2024
December 2024 amendments to the Broadway Plan removing existing rules limiting the number of high-rise towers per city block in select areas. (City of Vancouver)
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Broadway Plan policy changes could add space for 64,000 more residents

Extra building height and density allowances over the 2022-approved plan.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 4, 2024
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