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BC real estate investment deals hit $3.9 billion in 2022

BC real estate investment deals hit $3.9 billion in 2022

Rising interest rates dampened activity, but investors are returning as 2023 hits its stride
Comment: Government is sacrificing downtowns for remote work

Comment: Government is sacrificing downtowns for remote work

It is not a surprise that the City of Victoria faces an existential blight of empowered, mentally unstable criminality in its downtown core. What is a surprise is the complete failure at all levels of government to recognize and address the situation
No new taxes as Saskatchewan posts $1 billion surplus

No new taxes as Saskatchewan posts $1 billion surplus

Spending on health care and capital projects highlights of 2023-24 $19.7 billion budget delivered by Finance Minister Donna Harpauer.
Comment: City change to Broadway Plan will slow pace of rental housing

Comment: City change to Broadway Plan will slow pace of rental housing

Vancouver staff recommendation to allow only five new development proposals per year flies in the face of earlier plans – and the city’s desperate need for more rental units
Why this old apartment building is worth $19 million

Why this old apartment building is worth $19 million

In Vancouver it is often what lies beneath, not what is built above, that determines real estate value
Where’s the beef? Western Canada’s ranchers go with the grain

Where’s the beef? Western Canada’s ranchers go with the grain

Grain farms triple in size as cattle operations face greater financial challenges
Changes needed to realize Port Moody's industrial potential

Changes needed to realize Port Moody's industrial potential

Port Moody could boost local employment as a niche urban industrial destination
Alberta’s industrial heartland expands beyond petrochemicals

Alberta’s industrial heartland expands beyond petrochemicals

Value-added manufacturing, solar, biofuels diversifies heavy industrial zones that now extend from north to southern Alberta
Blinded by billions: a look at spending on social housing in B.C.

Blinded by billions: a look at spending on social housing in B.C.

This is an update on the first of a two-part Western Investor report on ballooning government housing support for the most vulnerable in British Columbia.
Alberta industrial land becomes a political battlefield

Alberta industrial land becomes a political battlefield

The planned 600-acre Lakeview Business District near Edmonton has become a key real estate issue in run-up to the May 29 provincial election