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OPINION: Leveraging land into income-producing real estate

OPINION: Leveraging land into income-producing real estate

Investing in specific land can be a great way of protecting oneself against inflation and devaluing of cash
New low-barrier REIT already owns Metro Vancouver land

New low-barrier REIT already owns Metro Vancouver land

For as little as $5,000, investors can share in projects backed by a veteran local developer holding 560 acres at 19 separate sites
Local landlords swallowed as market demands deeper pockets

Local landlords swallowed as market demands deeper pockets

Six out of 10 rental apartment buildings in B.C. now bought by national REITs or other institutional investors as soaring prices, government restrictions convince local landlords to sell
More than half of Canadians rate economy as “bad” or “very bad”

More than half of Canadians rate economy as “bad” or “very bad”

Perceptions of economic outlook are gloomier now among Canadians than they were on eve of global financial crisis of 2008, poll finds.
Commercial real estate sales click over $1 billon a month in Lower Mainland

Commercial real estate sales click over $1 billon a month in Lower Mainland

Third-quarter 2021 transactions were up 64 per cent from a year earlier with land sales leading the curve
Reliance Properties joins in billion-dollar Colwood build

Reliance Properties joins in billion-dollar Colwood build

Vancouver developer joint ventures with Seacliff Properties on 130-acre waterfront community with 2,850 homes and a commercial core
Only 11 per cent of employees expect to return to the office

Only 11 per cent of employees expect to return to the office

In a shocking new survey, 62 per cent of Metro Vancouver office workers say they would quit their job if their employer required them to stop working from home
OPINION: Vacant office towers could become vertical farms

OPINION: Vacant office towers could become vertical farms

Could acres of empty office space in Canada, particularly in Alberta, be reinvented as vertical farms? Edmonton-based associate commercial broker Bronwyn Scrivens explores the concept.
East Vancouver city block sells “very close to” $32 million

East Vancouver city block sells “very close to” $32 million

Rare block-big sale of development land provides insight into the future price of condominiums in the neighbourhood
Quebec giant buys eight Okanagan retirement resorts

Quebec giant buys eight Okanagan retirement resorts

Cogir Real Estate has purchased seven high-end properties from Regency and another from a local owner