With more than 70 per cent vaccinated against COVID-19, province sets stage for step one on its re-opening road map

Short-term leases, flexible mall owners help Alberta retailers push quick expansion into B.C fashion and fast-food markets during the pandemic

Province saw 9,500 new positions added in April as the jobless rate fell to 6.6 per cent, tied as the lowest in Canada

E-commerce giant ‘s 450,000-square-foot fulfillment centre at Port of Vancouver among plans for five new distribution hubs in Metro Vancouver

While cash equal to 20 to 30 per cent of the price is common, lenders can be flexible and there are options to access any extra funding needed

Rising lease rates, Canada’s lowest vacancy rate and potential appreciation make strata industrial a hot commodity in Metro Vancouver

Saskatchewan’s iconic wooden elevators are slowing disappearing from the Prairie horizon

‘Thousands of truckloads’ of dirt being hauled and dumped from Greater Victoria building sites draws protests from rural Island communities

Realtor group says current “frenetic” sales pace can’t continue and price increases will also moderate in 2022 after a huge spike this year

Metro Vancouver sales are 342 per cent higher than a year ago when April transactions fell to a record low as the pandemic chilled the market

Developing in peat bogs and over landfills, sweetening zoning bids and paying record-setting prices for shovel-ready sites continues to pay off

Relief from the speculation and vacancy tax on homes that do not and may never exist is only in place for the 2020 tax year

Effective June 1, the federal mortgage stress test increases to 5.25 per cent, or about four times higher than what lenders are actually charging

Soaring prices for lumber and copper drive earnings, stock value higher for B.C. forestry and mining giants

Global retail giant said to be client for $50 million multi-storey build-to-suit distribution centre proposed for Victoria International Airport

If York Properties bid is successful, the $50 million industrial build-to-suit would surpass in size all the major industrial construction projects now underway across ...

BC Energy Step Code will prove costly as it ascends to new homes that, ideally, generate more energy than they use, builders warn

A new 141-unit Surrey development sold out in one hour, another in under 72 hours and 10 townhouses sold in a single day to cap a 143-home sell out in Maple Ridge

Province has added $75 million in new money and extended specific aid to hotels, motels and short-term rentals of up to $10,000 per applicant

Social media has created an era where feelings trump facts – and the loudest voice wins.

Below-appraisal transaction sparks controversy but real estate agents say it was a fair deal for land the city bought 40 years ago for $478,000

Even travel between the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island or the Okanagan subject to extraordinary measures

Moving mine shovel from one pit to another now requires consultation with government staff, First Nations, which has so far taken nearly a year

Sales ‘ froth’ coming off as higher supply begins to meet buyer demand across Greater Vancouver, early April data shows

Squatters now control a central plaza as a spike in violence, open drug dealing and break-ins force city to spend $400,000 on downtown security

Province earmarks a further total of $325 million to assist businesses and tourism sector recover from the pandemic

Small motels, private campgrounds hit as province cracks down on non-essential travel and warns Alberta tourists to stay away

Commercial property managers are in unique position to help landlords negotiate lease renewals to the owner’s advantage

Lower Mainland land values soared 28 per cent in 2020 year-over-year to more than $4 billion to lead all commercial real estate sectors

Critical rhetoric from the business community on pre-federal budget debt and deficits was noticeably muted this time around

B.C. government funds include lump-sum of $30 million to one Nation and $7.2 million to nine hereditary chiefs in a second

Purchase of wood pellet producer Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. has made U.K-based Drax the world’s largest bioenergy generation and supply company

B.C. Premier and First Nation call for protestors to stop blocking access to a Port Renfrew forestry site where activists say old-growth trees are harvested

Canada tops ratings as “ a stable and safe society in which individuals can develop and prosper, and is open, fair and equitable."

Estate sale of 81 acres – assessed at $20.1 million – means a move by 67-year-old racetrack to prepare for mixed-use development, including a potential film studio

Deal is rumoured to top $32 million and involve a QuadReal portfolio in the Boniface industrial area

Lumber prices have more than doubled in the past year and are still rising, adding another layer of cost to B.C.’s skyrocketing house prices

Michaelbrook Golf Club, covering 53 acres in the ALR with 18 holes, a clubhouse and private residence, was bought by a local family

B.C.’s biggest mass-timber office tower will be certified with the most advanced telecommunications on the planet, co-developer Hines says

At least 10 establishments in Olds and Sundre say they will remain open for dine-in service despite provincial orders to shut down

Construction on waterfront development resumes with its first major residential towers since 2008

The northwestern region and the north’s biggest city are setting a record-shattering pace in the housing market so far this year

In comparison, the average income earner in Vancouver can now afford 54 square feet of housing, up from 40 square feet in 2006. In Calgary it is now nearly 154 square feet.

About one in three professionals working from home due to the pandemic would quit their job rather than return to the office full time, Robert Half survey finds

Combining retirement and expansion demand, B.C.’s construction industry will need 59,650 more workers over the next 10 years, study finds

Only 25 of 80 applicants actually showed up and stayed for more than a day and most refused to work early mornings or on weekends, one farmer says

Trickle of people returning to the office could become a flood if vaccines prove effective, agents say

Prices are expected to rise a further 15 per cent this year as line blurs between primary residences and recreational property, new study says

B.C. Housing says towering $327,000-per-door price for Downtown East Side hotel justified by appraisal of the site as a redevelopment play

Canadians can’t afford and should fight back against soaring carbon tax, says taxpayer foundation

New Westminster bylaw that retroactively rezoned 230 condominiums as rentals and bans owner-occupiers has won a BC Supreme Court ruling

Home sales to foreign buyers have barely registered in Metro Vancouver since the pandemic began, but data shows disappearing act started with hefty provincial tax

The Land Title and Survey Authority of B.C. has issued a warning about two attempts to steal residential property — "one of which was successful"

Real estate investment trusts provide an opportunity to invest in commercial real estate sectors that are forecast to see an upturn this year

Ballooning budget for 315-stall downtown parking lot cost city taxpayers $34.16 million, nearly three times the original estimate

If face-to-face retail is really at death's door, some of B.C.’s most experienced developers and investors failed to get the memo

Joint venture with Reliance Properties is first step into Vancouver by Texas-based mega-developer Hines

Whistler-Blackcomb also closed as COVID-19 cases jump to highest level since peak of the second wave of the pandemic

Record capital transferred out of Hong Kong to Canada may only be a fraction of the actual total coming in, FINTRAC officials say

Survey claims that up to 60 per cent of hardest-hit businesses will not be open by year-end if federal CEWS and CERS program are not extended past June

New York Post reports on new Vancouver public toilet that costs about the same as a laneway house or a city condominium

San Francisco-based Speer Street Capital draws new tenants as it rebrands and upgrades “bland” office and retail complex in Calgary’s Beltline

Many people left big cities for rural life during COVID-19 but downtown office owners, condo sellers and restaurants should be prepping for their return

Starts of multi-family rentals are soaring despite B.C rental restrictions and rising vacancies for new units

Keep on top of the renewal dates on your commercial lease and keep your landlord – and your real estate agent – aware of your intention to go or stay

Jervis Ports is proposing $10 billion facility to reduce Port of Vancouver supply chain congestion

It will take a courage and effort by all three levels of government to reclaim what was once the most beautiful city in Canada, columnist says

Company stops funding of further work after failing to find a buyer for its half-share in a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in Kitimat, B.C.

One acre with industrial potential sold at full asking price after 99 phone calls, 50 texts and 50 emails from potential buyers in the first 24 hours

Early data shows this month could surpass all-time highs for listings as Greater Vancouver homeowners come off the sidelines

B.C. provincial funding to enhance regional airport infrastructure and green building projects under COVID-19 relief package

Large city developer is forging ahead with $25 million makeover of Sun Life Plaza office and retail complex downtown

Despite a mild rally in the multi-family sector, city saw 2020 commercial real estate sales volumes tumble nearly a third from a year earlier

Late-year shopping centre transactions helped pushed Metro Vancouver’s total commercial real estate sales volume to $7.9 billion in 2020

New facility shows City of Vancouver goal of weaning new buildings off conventional natural gas by 2050 is not so far fetched as some believe

‘Cheap money’ has fueled housing markets during the pandemic, but Vancouver’s price increases are modest compared to most other centres

Freezing rents and hampering renovations the final straw for some landlords, but long-horizon buyers still eager to invest big in multi-family rentals

Small Saskatchewan city claims local carbon capture and storage facilities among the best in the world

Multiple bids and even flippers emerge as Edmonton home sales soar 52 per cent and Calgary posts the highest sales since the oil-price crash back in 2014,

Unique new acquisition group raises $100 million as it throws a lifeline to hard-hit hotel owners

Most expensive home ever listed in the Okanagan, penthouse shares more than acre of amenity space in a 36-storey tower

More than $17 million in permits issued during the first two months of 2021, led by a surge in residential construction

Artis REIT’s $165 million, mixed-use, multi-family building is already the tallest in the city and it is still ascending

In this second part of real estate investing, Western Investor looks at pre-sale condos and limited partnerships in new rental projects

Metro Vancouver bid attempted to slow any conversion of scarce industrial land to commercial or residential use

Design for new $157 million medium-security facility near Nanaimo allows inmates to feel connected to the outdoors and enjoy water views.

Provincial support starts April 1 while federal rent and wage subsidies extended to June

$103 million expansion at Nanaimo's container port draws eager investors, but future industrial development is firmly in the hands of two companies