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Metro Vancouver’s ‘ghost restaurants’ reducing lease-rates fright factor

Metro Vancouver’s ‘ghost restaurants’ reducing lease-rates fright factor

Successful restaurant chains are optimizing use of pricey commercial space and creating virtual brands to service meal deliveries
B.C. forestry cuts will go on for years: researchers

B.C. forestry cuts will go on for years: researchers

Mill closures and production curtailments have affected more than 5,900 workers at 25 mills in 22 communities
Long-anticipated East Vancouver London Drugs development still in limbo

Long-anticipated East Vancouver London Drugs development still in limbo

Company says it remains ‘committed to the neighbourhood and development’
First Nations call the shots in real estate negotiations

First Nations call the shots in real estate negotiations

Being paid millions of dollars a year for a vacant site and locking up prime development land with no money down reveal a savvy side to Indigenous land transactions in Metro Vancouver
Office landlords, tenants learn how to attract new generation of workers

Office landlords, tenants learn how to attract new generation of workers

Millennial employees demand different (and more) amenities than previous generations, and landlords and employers are starting to offer them
Massive redevelopment of former transit centre in Vancouver moves forward

Massive redevelopment of former transit centre in Vancouver moves forward

Rezoning application for 17-building, mixed-use development goes to open house this November
Home sales uptick seen across B.C. in September: BCREA

Home sales uptick seen across B.C. in September: BCREA

Residential resale activity “built on momentum from the summer” with transactions up 24 per cent year over year and average prices on the rise
Burnaby charging landlords $570 a year for licence, replacing 'stove tax'

Burnaby charging landlords $570 a year for licence, replacing 'stove tax'

Cost to landlords with tenants will remain the same, but homeowners with unrented suites will save money
Victoria’s industrial sector hits 10-year low in vacancies

Victoria’s industrial sector hits 10-year low in vacancies

Tight market sign of a strong economy, with demand surge catching developers and landowners off guard, says Colliers
New First Nations partnership wants in on LNG

New First Nations partnership wants in on LNG

Four First Nations in northwest B.C. sign an MOU on future LNG projects, framing it as a climate change initiative