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Jumbo named resort municipality

The Jumbo Glacier Resort has been approved as a resort municipality by the provincial government though there is no resort and no residents yet at the controversial East Kootenay site.

Micro-sized condos on Vancouver's horizon

Reliance Properties of Vancouver has unveiled an ambitious plan to build “about 500” micro condos in East Vancouver, mostly in the East Village area of East Hastings Street.

Vancouver flippers have left the building

A signal for greater stability in the Metro Vancouver market is the vanishing speculators, those fearless flippers who once turned big profits buying and selling homes. Real Estate Weekly and Landcor Data Corp.

Target store usurps Blue Bombers

Winnipeggers have said their final goodbyes to Canad Inns Stadium. The home of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers for the last 60 years played host to its final event last month.

First six-storey condo building completed

After fire levelled the first attempt at constructing a six-storey wood-frame condominium building a year ago, Quattro Development has completed the first such building in the Lower Mainland, called Quattro3.

Squamish waterfront starts selling

A six-year hiatus in the re-invention of the Squamish waterfront will soon be over, as Cushman & Wakefield Ltd. began marketing more than 100 acres of former industrial properties for development last month.

Vancouver earns enviable rep

Vancouver has been named the world's most reputable city, according to an international poll conducted by the Copenhagen-based Reputation Institute.

Economy runs on real estate

Commercial real estate is driving Metro Vancouver's economy, according to a new report by the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP).

Red Mountain expands

Red Mountain ski resort in the Kootenays has added an entire new mountain, 1,000 acres, to its ski area.

“The money is here”

Today, the Morgan Crossing mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly complex is a destination where brand-name retailers clamour for storefronts, more than 1,000 residents have moved into condominiums and businesses are buying office space at $350 per square fo