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Condition of the existing single-family house (left) and an artistic rendering of the new replacement single-family house (right) at 1511 Barclay Street, Vancouver. (Google Maps/RUF Project)
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A new single-family house will be built in downtown Vancouver

An exceptionally rare new low-density form of housing for the city centre.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 24, 2023
Artistic rendering of the renovated exterior of Pacific Inn Resort into DoubleTree by Hilton at 1160 King George Boulevard, Surrey. (Fountana Group)
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Surrey's Pacific Inn Resort listed for hotel renovation or redevelopment potential

The prominent hotel building in South Surrey is no longer a "Pink Palace."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 24, 2023
Vancouver International Airport (khunrarai/Shutterstock)
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Vancouver International Airport named the best airport in the Americas for its size

YVR is the winner for excelling in business operations and marketing excellence ✈️

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 24, 2023
Construction progress on SkyTrain Capstan Station, as of March 11, 2023. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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SkyTrain Capstan Station set to open in Fall 2023

Transit riders will have to wait longer to be able to use the new Capstan Station 🚝

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  • Mar 24, 2023
Downtown Vancouver skyline with construction cranes. (Shutterstock)
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Metro Vancouver's severe shortage of strata property managers could add to housing costs

Expect increased insurance costs and poorly maintained buildings...

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 24, 2023
Blood Alley complex at 23 West Cordova Street in Gastown, which is the location of Blood Alley Music Hall. Construction progress as of March 23, 2023. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Blood Alley Music Hall: New 600-person entertainment venue opening in Gastown (PHOTOS)

The major entertainment venue and overall redevelopment will help revitalize Gastown.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 24, 2023
2022 artistic rendering of a rental housing project at 1040-1080 Barclay Street, Vancouver. (Perkins & Will/Bosa Properties/Kingswood Properties)
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City of Vancouver to encourage more new rental housing for the West End

The policy enables developers to pursue rental housing projects instead of condos.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 23, 2023
2023 updated artistic rendering of the Mark V SkyTrain car. (TransLink)
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New rendering of the future SkyTrain cars, arriving starting later this year

The Expo and Millennium lines will see 41 new five-car-long trains 🚝

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 23, 2023
Vancouver City Hall (Shutterstock)
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These are the salaries of the City of Vancouver leadership as of 2022

Bureaucratic salaries totalled $628 million in 2022 👀

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 23, 2023
Broadway concept of two vehicle lanes, with bike lanes on the curbside space and added pedestrian sidewalk space retained. (City of Vancouver)
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New bike lanes on Broadway timed with subway completion extremely challenging

There would be major traffic impacts, and added costs of up to over $20 million.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 23, 2023
A disposable cup enjoying a view of Vancouver (Jamcham/Shutterstock)
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Vancouver's mandatory $0.25 single-use cup fee to end this May

After 16 months, the controversial single-use cup fee in Vancouver will be terminated.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 22, 2023
Vancouver City Hall (Becki Stone/Shutterstock)
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Vancouver City Council to eliminate southward protected view cones of City Hall

This will enable taller transit-oriented development at Broadway-City Hall Station.

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  • Mar 22, 2023
Former site of St. Vincent's Hospital at 749 West 33rd Avenue, Vancouver. (Google Earth)
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240-bed care facility to be built at Vancouver's St. Vincent's Hospital site

The largest development on the site since the major hospital closed 20 years ago.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 22, 2023
Smashed glass bus shelters on the 700 block of Granville Street in downtown Vancouver. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Over 20 bus shelter glass panels smashed on Granville in downtown Vancouver

A vandalism spree severely damaged bus shelters in the core of downtown.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 21, 2023
The space of the recently shuttered Starbucks Gastown location at the corner of Water and Cambie streets has been leased to a yet-to-be-announced tenant. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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One-in-10 storefronts on Vancouver's high streets are vacant

Some retail districts have vacancies as high as 28%.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 21, 2023
City of Vancouver's Welcome sign at the Adanac Street overpass. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Road linking Vancouver and Burnaby could see measures to reduce traffic

One of the four roads across Highway 1, separating Vancouver's Hastings-Sunrise area from Burnaby.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 21, 2023
Tunnel boring machine Phyllis broke through Mount Pleasant Station on March 18, 2023. (Government of BC)
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Broadway Subway's second tunnel-boring machine reaches Mount Pleasant Station

Another major milestone reached in the SkyTrain extension project 🚇

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 20, 2023
UBC SkyTrain extension corridor map. (TransLink)
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Detailed design and planning set to begin for UBC SkyTrain extension

Expect drilling to test soil conditions every 100 metres from Arbutus to UBC 🚇

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 20, 2023
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