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'Canada’s smallest house' is priced under $25,000

'Canada’s smallest house' is priced under $25,000

The locally built, 72-square-foot Yocto comes with full appliances and doesn’t require a building permit
Coquitlam mega-build bid includes 50-storey towers

Coquitlam mega-build bid includes 50-storey towers

Proposed development would add 4,000 new homes, a hotel and convention centre, office and retail space and about $150 million for city fees and amenities
Metro Vancouver commercial sales hit $2.7 billion in Q1

Metro Vancouver commercial sales hit $2.7 billion in Q1

Multi-family sales led the pace, but the $103 million dollar sale of MEC’s former headquarters also kept Vancouver the No. 1 investment market in Canada
Manitoba land tax ‘needs reform’ : CD Howe

Manitoba land tax ‘needs reform’ : CD Howe

Land transfer tax revenues increased ninefold from 1997 to 2019, and the average land transfer tax rate has more than doubled
New designs may transform mobile home parks

New designs may transform mobile home parks

Manufactured home parks offer B.C.’s most affordable housing – and contemporary designs are tempting young buyers
Robot window washers to ascend in Vancouver

Robot window washers to ascend in Vancouver

Robotics firm Autonopia aiming to have devices on local towers by next year
New hotel plans shows proof of life

New hotel plans shows proof of life

Luxury hotels a keystone in proposed developments near Richmond's Olympic Oval and the Coquitlam Town Centre
Alberta building permits rally while B.C. stumbles

Alberta building permits rally while B.C. stumbles

April sees Alberta surge 9.8 per cent but B.C. building pace slows as residential developers pulled back from March
Recent immigrant buys Victoria’s Mayfair shopping centre

Recent immigrant buys Victoria’s Mayfair shopping centre

Since her arrival from China in 2014, investor Weihong Liu has bought two major Vancouver Island shopping centres and the Arbutus Ridge golf course
Switching vacant Calgary offices to housing is ‘viable’

Switching vacant Calgary offices to housing is ‘viable’

Consultant recommends converting six million square feet of empty office space to stop the “hollowing out” of Calgary’s core