Real Estate

JKK merger with Dialog the latest example of architects and engineers working as integrated team and building market share

Home sales in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley continued to stabilize in February while prices rose slightly, according to statistics that real estate boards released March 4.

Victoria and Ottawa will commit to investing an additional $300 million over five years as part of an extension to the Investment in Affordable Housing (IAH) agreement.

Many of the ubiquitous glass canopies and atriums used in British Columbia commercial buildings represent a public safety hazard, a leading structural engineer told a February 26 industry meeting in Surrey.

While many high-rise developers are rediscovering roof space for amenities, gardens and even fountains, Century Group may be the first to consider a commercial business operating from atop a tower.

Implementation of the City of Vancouver Building Bylaw – which will ban doorknobs and usher in some of the toughest energy requirements in Canada – has been postponed from March 2014 until July 1 2014, according to Mark Hartman, Vancouver’s green building manager.

The affordability of housing in the Vancouver area increased slightly in 2013’s fourth quarter but remains the worst of all of Canada’s major cities.

Program’s cancellation will have no major impact on local housing market: analysts

Investment in new housing construction fell in December, Statistics Canada announced February 20.

Ice rink, ferris wheel, water fountains and more listed in potential plan