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Industrial developers circle as Metro votes on 617 acres

Industrial developers circle as Metro votes on 617 acres

Metro Vancouver directors prepare to vote on rezoning of rural land in Surrey for warehouses and other business use
INVESTIGATE: tracking a global dirty-money trail into Vancouver real estate

INVESTIGATE: tracking a global dirty-money trail into Vancouver real estate

Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in B.C examined how a low-income man and his family bought $32 million worth of luxury housing in Vancouver after transferring millions of dollars from offshore accounts
What it would really cost to stop old-growth logging

What it would really cost to stop old-growth logging

Forestry experts tally cost of buying back timber rights and shutting down saw mills to save giant trees - but note the big timber may actually be worth more standing for decades than harvested now
St. Paul’s Hospital 6.6-acre site sold for $850 million

St. Paul’s Hospital 6.6-acre site sold for $850 million

Work continues on construction of new $2 billion St. Paul’s hospital and heath campus at False Creek Flats, East Vancouver
Winnipeg’s core facing an exodus

Winnipeg’s core facing an exodus

Failure to launch big downtown redevelopment projects underlines the migration of new offices and retail real estate into the suburbs
Oakridge Centre: 5 years in planning; $5 billion in costs, and counting

Oakridge Centre: 5 years in planning; $5 billion in costs, and counting

Metro Vancouver’s biggest retail redevelopment accelerated due to COVID-19 and is still very much a work in progress
Prepare for surprises when buying or selling a business

Prepare for surprises when buying or selling a business

Panel of experts say suddenly cold-foot sellers, valuation variations – and spouses – among potential obstacles on route to a deal
Mortgage defaults remain very low, lenders say

Mortgage defaults remain very low, lenders say

Canadian Bankers Association says only 0.18 per cent of Canadian homeowners are underwater, despite record-high home high prices and mortgage debt
Anti-pipeline groups received $1.3B in foreign backing

Anti-pipeline groups received $1.3B in foreign backing

The stated goal of the Canadian anti-fossil fuel and anti-pipeline activists was to halt or slow the expansion of the Alberta oil sands
Three scenarios floated in IEA World Energy Outlook

Three scenarios floated in IEA World Energy Outlook

“Oil demand, for the first time, shows an eventual decline in all scenarios in this Outlook, although the timing and sharpness of the drop vary widely,” the report reads.