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Preliminary conceptual artistic rendering of 3965 North Road, Burnaby. (Canderel)
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772 homes with reduced parking eyed to replace gas station at Lougheed SkyTrain

This includes 300+ rental homes and 170,000 sq ft of office.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 23, 2023
Amazon's office space in the South Tower of The Post in downtown Vancouver, September 2023. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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First Amazon workers move into The Post office complex in downtown Vancouver (PHOTOS)

A big milestone for the multi-phased opening of the massive complex.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 22, 2023
Construction cranes in Richmond, BC (Shutterstock)
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Housing crisis finally pushes Canada's economy into recession: report

"A hard landing is indeed coming."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 22, 2023
Red Fish Healing Centre for Mental Health and Addiction on the former Riverview Hospital lands in Coquitlam. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Labour shortage preventing the expansion of mental health and addictions services: premier

"It's not the physical bed, it's the staff member providing the support."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 22, 2023
Artistic rendering of the W42 rental housing towers at 5780 Alberta Street, Vancouver. (Rositch Hemphill Architects/Marcon Developments)
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$108 million in federal financing for new Oakridge rental housing

A 19-storey tower with over 200 rental homes will be built by 2025.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 22, 2023
The Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles, designed by Frank Gehry, is an example of a lyrical concert hall. (Shutterstock)
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City of Vancouver is sitting on a $31 million unused fund dedicated for a concert hall

This fund for a project from the 1990s is still growing in an interest-bearing reserve.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 22, 2023
Artistic rendering of the original conceptual design of the West Building of the Vancouver Convention Centre, with the Civic Arts Complex (concert hall) depicted on the far right as a standalone building. (Government of BC)
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Never built: The original design for Vancouver Convention Centre's expansion

Imagine a design that matched Canada Place's iconic sails.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 22, 2023
Artistic rendering of the Army & Navy redevelopment at 15-27 West Hastings Street and 8-36 West Cordova Street, Vancouver. (Michael Green Architecture/Bosa Properties)
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Army & Navy Vancouver redevelopment progresses to official application (RENDERINGS)

It promises to be an economic engine for the Downtown Eastside.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 22, 2023
The fountain public plaza at Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver. (David Thon/Macdonald Realty)
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Iconic sculpture fountain on Lonsdale Quay waterfront to be removed

Instead of a $300,000 repair project.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 21, 2023
VEC CEO Eleena Marley (Vancouver Economic Commission)
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City of Vancouver to dissolve Vancouver Economic Commission

Vancouver is closing its business and economic investment attraction agency.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 21, 2023
2023 revised design of 5755-5791 Oak Street and 1008 West 41st Avenue, Vancouver. (Arcadis/Wesgoup Properties)
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Rental towers up to 25 storeys proposed for former gas station at Oak Street and 41st Avenue

The proposal has seen a major height increase for more rental homes.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 21, 2023
2023 revised artistic rendering of Langara Gardens at 7051 Ash Crescent, Vancouver. (James Cheng Architects/Concert Properties/Peterson Group)
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2,600 homes, including rentals, proposed for Langara Gardens redevelopment (RENDERINGS)

Taller buildings for much-needed additional rental housing.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 21, 2023
Construction progress on SkyTrain Millennium Line Broadway Extension's South Granville Station, late summer 2023. (Government of BC)
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New aerial view of Broadway Subway's construction progress (PHOTOS/VIDEO)

Both tunnel boring machines are now approaching Oak-VGH Station.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 19, 2023
Groundbreaking ceremony for The Cascades rental housing complex in Vancouver on June 15, 2023. (Sukhwant Dhillon)
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Office conversions eligible for federal GST rebate on new rental housing

The policy could catalyze many more rental housing units nationwide.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 18, 2023
Pierre Poilievre announcing his housing plan outside SkyTrain VCC-Clark Station in Vancouver on September 14, 2023. (Conservative Party of Canada)
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Poilievre's housing plan requires cities to increase supply by 15% annually

Thousands of federal properties would be turned into affordable housing.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 18, 2023
Example of a secondary suite in a basement in South Surrey. (Bob Zhong/Luxmore Realty)
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BC government to incentivize new rental secondary suites with forgivable loans

Up to $40,000 for the creation of a secondary suite for rental.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 18, 2023
Theresa O'Donnell (City of Vancouver)
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City of Vancouver's chief urban planner makes abrupt exit

Theresa O'Donnell held the role for just over two years.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 18, 2023
Example of a laneway house in Vancouver. (Lanefab Design/Build)
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Laneway houses and secondary suites now permitted in Burnaby

Burnaby's single-family neighbourhoods could look like Vancouver.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 16, 2023
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