Real Estate

U.S. state governors send a message to Vancouver's corporate head offices

Lululemon Athletica Inc.

Low vacancy rates, high land costs, new mortgage restrictions, a lack of federal incentives for new purpose-built rental housing and steady income have made rental buildings in the Greater Vancouver area a solid investment vehicle, which explains why

Increasing investment in office towers is likely to fuel non-residential construction investment in the next couple years, Vancouver Regional Construction Association president Keith Sashaw told Business in Vancouver July 17.

FedEx Freight announced July 17 that it would spend more than $20 million to build a 40,000-square-foot warehouse in Surrey. That’s the largest investment that the FedEx Corp.

A series of land swaps is the likely solution to the dispute between the Musqueam First Nation and private developer Century Group (CG) over CG’s plans to develop a five-storey, 108-unit condominium project above an ancient burial site, CG pres

According to Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) statistics released yesterday, national resale housing activity edged lower on a month-over-month basis in June 2012, exacerbated by continued slowing in Greater Vancouver.

Despite the continued momentum of top-tier home sales across Canada, Vancouver's luxury housing market faltered in the first half of 2012, according to a report released today by Sotheby's International Realty Canada .

Vancouver housing prices will decline 6.5% in 2012 as inventory rises and sales fall, according to Royal LePage 's market forecast released this morning.

Costs mount as work stoppage on land claimed to be ancient burial site drags on