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Residential rents skyrocket as economy reopens, vacancies drop

Residential rents skyrocket as economy reopens, vacancies drop

Rent controls prompt developers to hike rents on new builds
Update: No arrests made months after pipeline crew attacked

Update: No arrests made months after pipeline crew attacked

More than three months after 20 armed protestors destroyed a Coastal GasLink site in a coordinated attack, RCMP have made no arrests
First Nations are now elite Vancouver developers

First Nations are now elite Vancouver developers

Three Nations own six prime real estate properties in Metro Vancouver totalling 160 acres where they plan thousands of new high-rise homes on leased land
New Alberta town of Diamond Valley formed after amalgamation

New Alberta town of Diamond Valley formed after amalgamation

Province has formally approved the merger between the towns of Black Diamond and Turner Valley to form the new municipality on Jan. 1, 2023
Surrey investors home in on local real estate

Surrey investors home in on local real estate

Pricing decouples from Burnaby, New Westminster as local buyers take hold
One in 10 farmers make $1 million a year or more

One in 10 farmers make $1 million a year or more

Profits for Canadian farmers jumped 46.4 per cent in 2021 from a year earlier after rising 79.7 per cent in 2020 as the pandemic began
B.C. investors scout Alberta single-tenant deals

B.C. investors scout Alberta single-tenant deals

Long-term triple-net lease commercial property in a surging oil-fired economy deliver higher cap rates at lower price points than in Metro Vancouver, agents say
B.C. funds giant bio-diesel project at Burnaby refinery

B.C. funds giant bio-diesel project at Burnaby refinery

Two-plant refinery could generate 720 million litres of low-carbon gasoline and diesel fuel each year by 2026
Squamish Nation signs MOU service deal with Vancouver for 11-tower Senakw development

Squamish Nation signs MOU service deal with Vancouver for 11-tower Senakw development

The service agreement, designed to provide utilities from the city to the First Nation development, will sit in escrow until details are finalized.
War scrambles Saskatchewan potash mine for quick launch

War scrambles Saskatchewan potash mine for quick launch

War in Ukraine causing BHP to accelerate production at Jansen mine – and send 1,200 railcars rolling to the Port of Vancouver at full capacity