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Want more housing affordability? Build more homes: California

Want more housing affordability? Build more homes: California

Bring it on City officials proudly broke ground for a 15-storey tower with 135 units of family-oriented affordable housing last week at Concert Properties Ltd.’s Southeast False Creek site at Quebec Street and 1st Avenue.
Bosa Properties breaks ground on $40m Victoria tower at Bayview Place

Bosa Properties breaks ground on $40m Victoria tower at Bayview Place

Adding another piece to what is expected to be a more than $1 billion jigsaw puzzle on...
Rejigging building’s rentable area raises wide range of office owner, tenant issues

Rejigging building’s rentable area raises wide range of office owner, tenant issues

Local opportunities One of the opportunities touted to potential buyers of Royal Centre at 1055 West Georgia Street was the opportunity to increase the gross rentable area by applying a different measurement standard to the structure.
B.C. real estate has hottest February ever: BCREA

B.C. real estate has hottest February ever: BCREA

The average home sale price in Vancouver alone has jumped almost 26% year-over-year
Look to real estate, tourism for B.C.’s 2010 Winter Games’ legacy

Look to real estate, tourism for B.C.’s 2010 Winter Games’ legacy

Blue skies and golden sunsets during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics became a deluge of opportunity for B.C.’s tourism and real estate industries.
Office owners eye development prospects for aging building stock

Office owners eye development prospects for aging building stock

Pass the lipstick The trough between development waves gave panellists at the recent breakfast of commercial real estate association NAIOP a chance to reflect on the state of the office market in the wake of significant additions to downtown.
White elephants weigh on Metro office market

White elephants weigh on Metro office market

Empty new office towers show energy efficiency, location don’t guarantee occupancy
Vancouver had nearly 11,000 homes sit empty in 2014: study

Vancouver had nearly 11,000 homes sit empty in 2014: study

A city-commissioned study has revealed 10,800 homes in Vancouver were left empty for more than a year in 2014.
Vancouver home price growth tops 100 global cities “by some margin”: report

Vancouver home price growth tops 100 global cities “by some margin”: report

Sydney, Shanghai and Istanbul were next among 10 cities that had double-digit percent increases
Engineering heritage restoration merges future, past

Engineering heritage restoration merges future, past

The Exchange tower is one of several restorations of historic B.C. buildings underway