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Buyer’s market emerges in Vancouver luxury real estate, says top brokerage

Buyer’s market emerges in Vancouver luxury real estate, says top brokerage

Sales over $4 million fell 13% this past summer, according to Sotheby’s.
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Vancouver office market at ‘turning point’ as investment recovers

Vancouver office market at ‘turning point’ as investment recovers

Leasing activity also expected to pick up following anticipated rate cuts
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Central 1 to stop providing digital-banking services

Central 1 to stop providing digital-banking services

Organization that serves other credit unions finds that providing digital-banking services is unsustainable
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B.C. small businesses struggle with rising costs, public safety concerns

B.C. small businesses struggle with rising costs, public safety concerns

Owners looking at staff reductions, major cuts as they grapple with high costs, says BIABC.
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B.C. cleantech Moment Energy eyes Texas for new plant

B.C. cleantech Moment Energy eyes Texas for new plant

Moment Energy gets $28 million to build a new battery assembly plant in Texas
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Vancouver industrial vacancy rate surpasses 3% for first time since 2015

Vancouver industrial vacancy rate surpasses 3% for first time since 2015

Metro Vancouver industrial vacancy rate still among lowest in Canada, says Avison Young
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B.C. pharmacists report harm from alleged corporate performance targets

B.C. pharmacists report harm from alleged corporate performance targets

Some 31 per cent of 2,199 respondents reported that company pressures resulted in 'compromised public safety.'
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Asian-visitor growth fuels bounce-back in B.C. tourism

Asian-visitor growth fuels bounce-back in B.C. tourism

Year-over-year growth in visitors to Canada through B.C. entry points from Asia towers over increases from other regions
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Ballard pivots from China to U.S. as hydrogen bubble pops

Ballard pivots from China to U.S. as hydrogen bubble pops

B.C. fuel cell maker reconsiders China strategy as U.S. dangles US$94M in incentives
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Metro Vancouver developers propose shifting construction fees directly to homebuyers

Metro Vancouver developers propose shifting construction fees directly to homebuyers

Metro Vancouver developers say they should not be on the hook for development cost charges levied on new home construction projects to pay for growth-related infrastructure; however, one developer has pitched a proposal that such fees first be financed by government then paid by homebuyers, upon purchase.
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