B.C.’s Morrison Lake mine stalled for 18 years despite Supreme Court ruling – and obstruction leads back to opposition by a tiny First Nation

Real estate investment trusts were responsible for 49 per cent of the $423 million in apartment building buys in Greater Victoria last year.

Real estate legends say getting residents and stakeholders on board will define the future success of Metro Vancouver real estate development

City-owned land on False Creek represents some of the most prized real estate in Canada, and current leases are winding down

Vancouver home sales as of mid-February point to a resurgence in condos demand as transactions hit the highest level in four years

Concept is that instead of monthly payments, the lender takes a percentage of the home’s appreciation– but buyers would need to have 60 per cent down payment

New Homeless Prevention Program is meant 'to help access rental housing in the private (non-subsidized) housing market'

Suburban powerhouse has the lowest vacancy rate and the highest net take-up on office space in Metro Vancouver

At least 62,000 Vancouver residents searched for rural B.C. property since June 2020 as the pandemic locked down reasons to live in the city

Northern B.C. port handled 32.4 million tonnes last year, close to the 40 million tonnes through Montreal, which is Canada’s second-largest port

Despite paying premium lease rates – and a glut of vacant real estate - vaccine makers and other biotech firms battle for dedicated life sciences space

Delta links B.C.’s largest real estate boards and its detached-house market reveals the current sales mania knows no boundaries

U.S. FBI agents have joined a task force hunting for those responsible for the death of a Saanich, B.C., real estate agent 13 years ago this month

Minimum bids start at $63 million for site in Big Bend area, and city prefers light-industrial/ office development or a film production studio

House prices now third-highest in Canada though out-of-province, foreign buyers have virtually vanished

B.C. could overtake Alberta as the Canada’s No.1 natural gas producer as environmental measures produce a premium payback

While overall rental vacancies increased to 2.6 per cent, new Vancouver buildings saw vacancy rates soar to 8.7 per cent In 2020

Island city is seeing a rush of multi-family developers from Vancouver, Alberta and Manitoba as institutional construction also increases

Federal relief package for ‘highly-affected sectors’ requires applicants show revenue decline of 50 per cent – which should not be a problem

The sale of 190 acres of residential development land is the largest MLS transaction in central Okanagan history

Despite lower sales, the value of commercial land in B.C.’s Lower Mainland doubled from a year ago, according to latest land title data

The vast bulk of soaring retail sales occur in an actual location between real people, despite rise of online shopping

Corporate tenants, long-term triple-net leases, great locations among reasons for real estate investors to consider solo sites

Greater Vancouver home sales as of January 15 were running far ahead of the same time last year, early data shows

‘Greening the grid ‘will require a small planet's worth of copper, iron, cobalt and aluminum, mining conference told

Music superstar Michael Bublé not alone in seeing dramatic appreciation of Greater Vancouver house assessment value, despite pandemic

New virus-killing fans may offer inexpensive way to control COVID-19 contamination in commercial buildings

B.C. tax on vacant homes raised $88 million in 2019 but did little to reduce home prices or improve rental affordability, housing experts say

Smaller operators “barely hanging on” as persistent pandemic upends tourism and cancels conferences

Hollyburn, five other vendors involved in 15-building transaction that gives InterRent “critical mass” in Vancouver multi-family market

Alberta moves to No. 3 among provinces and North Vancouver is No. 2 for Canadian cities as a destination for U-Haul movements

Some vaccination clinics idle “because they didn’t have any vaccine” according to Health Minister Adrian Dix

Mission detached-house sales soared 166 per cent in December to lead the entire Fraser Valley into record-setting territory

Low lending rates, healthy caps and confidence of recovery keep prices for retail property solid – and high on the radar of investors

Retail spending expected to soar as consumers “let loose after spending a year in COVID prison,” BMO analysts say

In the teeth of a pandemic, Lower Mainland housing values have soared to new high of $1.46 trillion, according to BC Assessment

Leaked proposals reveal Concord Pacific brewing bid to have former land rezoned into a high-tech campus with 300,000 square feet of office space and 3,000 homes

B.C. capital has the lowest industrial vacancy rate in North America and the highest lease rates in Canada.

Mega-projects anchor growth forecast that rivals Ontario and Quebec and tops all western provinces, BTY Group outlook says

Tourism businesses will now be eligible for up to $45,000 in grant money as province doubles down on pandemic aid to small business

Rock-bottom mortgage rates will drive B.C. home prices up over the next two years, says Central 1 Credit Union. Others aren’t so sure

A $1.6 billion industry with 6,500 jobs starts closing down within 18 months as open-net farms banned by federal government

With no leases signed, work starts in Burnaby’s Riverbend on Canada’s first large multi-level industrial project

Fraser Valley community, once a low-cost safety valve for bulging demand, now has prices rivalling major Metro markets

Expanding northwest B.C. port honoured as “one of the highest environmental performers” in North America’s marine industry

The two latest industrial builds planned for Vancouver will tilt speculative strata industrial development to near dominance in the city. Thanks to soaring industrial land costs in Metro . . .

Expert panel outlines what you need to know when buying a business: hint: it is probably worth half what the seller thinks it is

Least-expensive rentals disappearing as small landlords face rental and eviction freeze as tenant demand falters, Landlord Credit Bureau says

Vancity survey of downtown strips in Victoria, Vancouver, Surrey and Kamloops reveals rise in vandalism, break-ins bedevil retailers struggling during pandemic

Northeast B.C. has the lowest unemployment rate in Western Canada as resources, construction work keep economy humming

Up to 249,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine will be distributed at 14 urban vaccination centres this month, Trudeau confirmed December 7

Commercial real estate lenders plan to target their capital in 2021 but “all lenders are bidding on deals,” survey finds

Home sellers are taking control as sales soar 22 per cent to set the hottest November pace in five years, with outlier markets leading the curve

Polygon’s 3,400-acre Silverdale subdivision starts as District also preps for final push on a long-planned transformation of 296 acres of prime waterfront

Renovation and development would deliver 1,728 rental units in Burnaby’s Lougheed Town Centre

Wage and commercial rent relief return but business organization warns higher taxes still on the books for 2021

B.C. Supreme Court order allows iconic retailer to open its doors five days after it was shut down for non-payment of rent at Coquitlam Centre

Outdoor elevators, touchless doors, zero-recycled air and changes to open floor plans among design reactions to COVID-19

Developer will pay $2,000 per unit in civic fees and a $5.1 million bonus as city doubles density on the downtown site

Spike in virus cases stalls a return to workspaces and causes some employers to look at real estate costs

Vacancy rate the lowest in North America and lease rates the highest in Canada, but speculative development has – so far– remained muted

Applications are now being accepted for the revised Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy, with claims retroactive to September 27

Canada’s oldest retailer faces eviction from Coquitlam mall and is in conflict with eight other landlords across Canada and in the U.S.

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