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‘Soft’ skyscraper coming to Coal Harbour: “No building will look like this anywhere”

‘Soft’ skyscraper coming to Coal Harbour: “No building will look like this anywhere”

Alberni by Kengo Kuma is considered a new approach to urban architecture that emphasizes overlapping, intimate designs
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Building permit values drop 23.5 per cent in B.C.

Building permit values drop 23.5 per cent in B.C.

Vancouver posts the largest decline in value in Canada
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Assignment sales surge as buyers hope to cash in on rising value

Assignment sales surge as buyers hope to cash in on rising value

Sold-out condo developments exempt from the B.C. assignment and foreign buyer tax offer hope to speculators as per-square-foot values increase
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Royal Golf Club closes, signals rough times for Vancouver Island golf industry

Royal Golf Club closes, signals rough times for Vancouver Island golf industry

The closure of the Royal Oak Golf Club is the latest as the Vancouver Island golf industry faces rough times. Eighty-two-year-old Ray Shillington is shopping around for a new place to play after receiving notice that the Royal Oak has closed.
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Victoria real estate boom shifts from residential to commercial

Victoria real estate boom shifts from residential to commercial

New home construction in Victoria has helped rev up the office and retail and bring dormant developments back to life
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Lenders consider Toronto a safer bet than Vancouver

Lenders consider Toronto a safer bet than Vancouver

A new survey has found commercial real estate lenders are shying away from Vancouver due to less potential on return
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Retirement residences test out communal living model

Retirement residences test out communal living model

Mingling generations, communal cooking and a village environment are among the transformative changes being tested in British Columbia senior homes
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New survey: one-third of homeowners willing to cash out on the market

New survey: one-third of homeowners willing to cash out on the market

34 per cent of Vancouverites say they'd leave the city in search of more affordable housing
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Tsawwassen First Nation never consulted on foreign-buyer tax break

Tsawwassen First Nation never consulted on foreign-buyer tax break

TFN are the only Metro Vancouver developer exempt from B.C.’s controversial 15 per cent foreign-buyer tax on residential transactions
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Metro Vancouver industrial grapples with rising cost and demand

Metro Vancouver industrial grapples with rising cost and demand

Canada’s No. 1 market balances a tight vacancy rate, rising land prices and low inventory with a growing appetite from a more diverse line up of buyers and tenants, into 2017
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