Large, long-time Vancouver landlords have shoved multi-building portfolios with hundreds of rental apartments onto the market

Purchase of Denny’s site locks in key block in capital city for B.C.’s biggest billionaire

One of Western Canada’s largest landlords prepares an aggressive acquisition campaign targeting small town B.C.

Tour shows that independent retailers, interior mall locations bear brunt of pandemic

When an investigator flagged bags of cash dumped at B.C. casino cages, he was told it was due to “cultural reasons”

North Vancouver company that diverts demolition building products from landfills wins backing from Dragon Den investors

An $856,000 grant kickstarts ambitious project to transform the waterfront into a tourism and business destination

SkyTrain extension, lower real estate prices and super job creation lure homebuyers, investors, workers and developers to the Fraser Valley

Gastown has seen a score of new retailers open this year, despite the pandemic’s honing of the neighbourhood’s gritty edge

Insiders expect rental freeze to continue through all of 2021, but note that the increase had already been capped at just 1.4 per cent

Independent study “provides evidence that a vaccine may effectively prevent COVID-19” says Ugur Sahin, CEO of BioNTech

Jobless rate drops to 8 per cent, but biggest employment gains seen in the public sector and part-time work

Big hikes appear inevitable in Metro Vancouver as land costs soar and new lease space nearly vanishes beneath a surge in strata projects

Real estate data shows coronavirus has delivered a shot in the arm to the Metro Vancouver housing market

Business tenants can apply directly for federal subsidy that includes covering up to 90 per cent of losses due to pandemic lockdowns until June 2021

Metro housing sales set another record level in October, despite dire predictions from big banks, analysts and government

Vancouver traffic tolls would hollow out city’s core that has already seen 1,356 businesses leave in the past eight years, board of trade warns

Glut of strata, lack of immigrants, falling rental rates expose Metro condo investors to ‘economic shock’, banker warns

Northwest Alberta county is resource-rich, economically diversified with high incomes, a growing population, low real estate prices and a pro-business climate

Cancellation of nearly 3,000 major business events across Canada led to a loss of more than $1 billion as hotels head into normally busy season

Vancouver downtown business group says idea “needs to be parked” until economic impact addressed

Osisko Gold dual-site play near Barkerville could be worth US$11 billion – more than the total annual gross income of all mining in British Columbia

New purpose-built rentals, retail projects breathe fresh life into the historic heart of British Columbia’s capital city

Biggest western cities lead most of Canada in shifting the tax burden from commercial property owners to the residential sector

The NDP tracks to majority government and historic re-election of premier as Liberals support collapses to 35 per cent share

Throw-back hotel merges retro with technology in $20 million Island revival

B.C. led the west in September job creation, but construction employment fell and is down 17 per cent from pre-pandemic levels

Owners of Glen Meadows Golf and Country Club in Saanich take mulligan after buyers fail to close on 2017 sale

Plan must deal with wide Canadian price variations: Vancouver downtown site is valued north of $670M; Winnipeg’s flagship store appraised as worthless

While vacancy rates spike in the core, Metro Vancouver’s suburban office sector has seen a mild decrease, and absorption levels remain positive

Small Ship Tour Operators of B.C., anchored by COVID-19, collected tonnes of marine debris along 1,000 km. of B.C.’s central coast.

B.C.’s mining industry could shrink over the next 20 years and it is Vancouver’s core that would bear the brunt of job losses, according to an industry warning

Immigration to B.C. falls 111 per cent and some see link to drop in rental rates, yet multi-family sales stay strong

In what real estate agents say is partly a pandemic-driven exodus from the Lower Mainland, smaller centres on the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island are shattering records for home sales and price. . .

Pinnacle International project will be the fourth-highest building in the city and include 152 social-housing units and 303 condominiums

Colwood is picked among the top five towns for investors in 2021 by Western Investor and current multimillion-dollar action shows why

Canada-wide demand for storage space delivers low risk and steady income that is attracting both large and small investors

Housing sales in northern B.C. hit the second-highest level on record in the third quarter, but data also reveals reasons for concern

Proposed Vancouver bylaw would force mixed-use commercial real estate values down by up to 30 per cent, according to city documents

Major industrial developer snaps up 13 acres in Langford that is zoned for a wide variety of light industrial and commercial options

September sales soared 56 per cent in Vancouver, 60 per cent in Victoria from year earlier to shatter records

Bricks-and-mortar stores, smaller towns lead broad-based increase as spending tops $7.5 billion a month

Seattle tech giant leases 34 floors in new two-tower downtown Vancouver office complex for 6,000 workers

Sales of luxury resort properties show portion of population have been largely unaffected by pandemic-caused recession

Burnaby, B.C.-based casino chain is the first to receive funds under a federal emergency loan program aimed at large employers

Court ruled that 202 owners are on the hook for shared building costs that had been unpaid since the Burnaby tower opened five years ago

Metro Vancouver industrial selling way above assessed value as deals top $100 million a month, but rising subleases may give spec developers pause

British Columbians will be going to the polls despite – and perhaps because of – a global pandemic

Developers of a flagship heavy-timber condo tower in Vancouver have protection extended as creditors seek $46.7 million

Funding is a combination of federal and provincial money and is aimed, in part, at helping speed new real estate development

With prices starting in mid-$200’s and new UBC campus being built nearby, new 34-storey Mission Group tower should draw rental investors

Province’s $1.5 billion pitch falls short on the immediate needs of many small businesses, says Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Vancouver development will blend 200 rental apartments with a mix of industrial and office strata space on a one-acre site at Main Street and East First Avenue

Insurance premiums for B.C. multi-family rental buildings have soared as much as 100 per cent this year while allowable rental increases are frozen

Vancouver’s population of more than 2,000 homeless is rising rapidly and council is eying radical measures as crime complaints skyrocket

August sales were up 56 per cent in the Fraser Valley and 63 per cent in Chilliwack as price increases hit double-digits

The 81,500-square-foot space would allow Seaspan Victoria Shipyards to amalgamate its supply-chain operations on one site at Colwood

It is not just B.C.: housing sales and personal savings have surged across Canada during ‘asymmetric’ recession

A Vancouver citizens group claims an estimated $360 million spent each year to address homelessness, drug addiction and mental health has had little success

B.C.Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced that, effective immediately, all liquor sales in bars must end by 10 p.m., and all nightclubs must close

The federal government is extending the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance program for small businesses by one month.

Residential rental rate freeze ends in December but landlords will have to keep rental increases at low level into next year, province says

Pandemic-hammered hotel occupancy has plunged to 35 per cent and revenue per available room has dropped nearly 70 per cent from the same period in 2019

DIY-concept cuts the price on new Vancouver condos where young buyers are expected to finish the rest of the space

Leading indicator of commercial real estate fell for the fourth quarter in a row for the second-worst performance in more than two decades

Malaysia-linked TA Hotel Management declares assets of $1.1 million against $4.7 million in liabilities as Vancouver’s Trump hotel shuts down

Trump International Hotel & Tower has permanently closed the Trump hotel, which has been shuttered since April due to COVID-19

As big shopping centres tentatively open from COVID-19 restrictions, owners are redefining redevelopment to capture and extend the value of the real estate beyond retail

Vancouver began here on a foundation of vision and hard work and now a new wave of real estate investors and philanthropists hope to reclaim its mean streets

If a vaccine is discovered and if there is no virus second-wave lockdown, B.C. projected to match the nation and lead the West into a post-pandemic recovery

Victoria has a fraction of the office space as Edmonton, but B.C.’s capital is outperforming Alberta’s in vacancy rates, lease rates, construction and even sales volume this year.

Natural ventilation, wellness studio, on-site dining, advanced tech and short-term leases reflect concerns about coming back to the office

Despite leasing slowdown in teeth of virus crisis, industry confident that 15 new office towers will proceed in Vancouver’s core and complete by 2024

A $190 million industrial build in the Fraser Valley a concrete symbol of China's intention to make Canada a "belt and road" country – but it is also a target of local and national concern

Thousands of tenants who applied for provincial rent relief will have to pony up the full rent on September 1, but rent increases remain frozen until year-end

Powell River’s paper mill has been shut down since April but the coastal town posted B.C.'s highest home price increase in July with a 30 per cent hike from a year earlier.

Five-year mortgages at 1.89 per cent as Bank of Canada cuts rates for mortgage stress test for second time this year

Mixed-use housing and commercial development planned for the aging hospital property on Burrard Street, with sales proceed helping to fund replacement

A dramatic Whistler lakefront chateau; a 2,300-acre ranch within the city of Vernon; and 90 acres on Texada Island among rare listings for those seeking an ultimate retreat or investment

Restaurants Canada estimates the industry could lose as much as $44.8 billion in annual sales compared to 2019, and says more than half of its membership is operating at a loss.

Province got a good deal according to vendor, who claims he sold below a higher bid on the waterfront parcels.

Home prices on Bowen Island and the Sunshine Coast have increased more than three times faster than in Greater Vancouver since COVID-19 detected in February

Finding an island waterfront retreat – or investment – need not break the bank as these active listings show

Permanent store closures pockmark Canada’s retail sector despite reports of a promising sales recovery in May and June

Innovative condo concept in Port Moody would see some units sold as rent-to-own and others divided into lock-offs for income-producing rentals

The B.C. government accounted for one-third of the sales and more than half the dollar volume in Canada hotel transactions during the second quarter

More than 5,400 employed on three energy projects but 13,000 more workers needed by 2021 – and a labour shortage could loom within two years

With near-zero evictions allowed and rent increases frozen, some B.C. landlords are being forced to the wall