British Columbia

Housing advocates face arrest after protesting Metrotown demoviction

Burnaby group Alliance against Displacement aimed to halt demolition of affordable apartments

Sep 16, 2016 11:46 AM Read more >

Sleepless in the gas patch

Northern B.C. gas field contractors sidelined as federal bureaucrats mull environmental politics

Sep 9, 2016 4:25 PM Read more >

Money men become trailer park boys

Real estate investment trusts, young buyers drawn to manufactured home parks

Sep 9, 2016 3:56 PM Read more >

Japanese giant swallows Coast Hotels

Deal worth $210 million continues year-long string of Western Canadian hotel acquisitions

Sep 8, 2016 10:28 AM Read more >

Commercial real estate index hits record high

Increase linked to “strong growth” in B.C. economy, high demand for industrial space, white-collar hiring and rising retail sales

Sep 1, 2016 11:54 AM Read more >

Foreign buyer agents swoop into Victoria

Realtors fly in to view multimillion-dollar properties exempt from foreign buyer tax

Sep 1, 2016 11:36 AM Read more >

Film industry dominates industrial leasing

Nearly a third of Metro Vancouver industrial space snagged by space-starved film crews

Aug 30, 2016 1:47 PM Read more >

Canada’s first marijuana mall opens in Victoria

Canna Mall retailers stock everything from hash oil to potent edibles and pipes

Aug 24, 2016 12:34 PM Read more >

“Knock-knock” Victoria buyers bid prices up

No foreign buyer tax, higher cap rates encourage unsolicited buyers to bid apartment building prices to record highs

Aug 10, 2016 7:32 AM Read more >

Crombie bags 68 Safeways

$990 million buy-leaseback of western stores completes Sobeys takeover of Canada Safeway

Aug 9, 2016 10:46 AM Read more >