Vancouver City Council to create policies that encourage new tech hub spaces
Mayor Ken Sim wants to develop land use strategies that grow the tech industry.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jan 26, 2023
Mayor Ken Sim aiming to restore civic pride, fun and events in Vancouver
Vancouver is "open for business again."
- Kenneth Chan
- Jan 24, 2023
Vancouver City Council to review the impact of view cones on new housing
Vancouver has a housing crisis, not a view cone or shadowing crisis.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jan 24, 2023
UBC student housing rents set to increase by up to 8%
Expect "higher level than usual" increases for the next 3 years.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jan 24, 2023
Coquitlam aiming to launch its own e-scooter share service this summer
Personal e-scooters can already be used in Coquitlam š“
- Kenneth Chan
- Jan 21, 2023
New London Drugs building with rental housing on Hastings Street moves forward
Vancouver's Hastings-Sunrise area will finally get its new London Drugs, plus 157 rental homes.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jan 21, 2023
Vancouver's General Fusion hits milestone in plan for major UK test plant
Construction on the $400 million proof-of-concept test plant begins this year ā”ļø
- Kenneth Chan
- Jan 20, 2023
Over 500 applications to live at new Vancouver rental building with 52 suites
The provincial government provided the project with $22 million in construction financing.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jan 20, 2023
Granville Street should be Vancouver's version of NYC's Times Square: City staff
There's a lot of work to do š”
- Kenneth Chan
- Jan 20, 2023
New Vancouver Centre II office tower complete with Douglas Coupland salmon sculpture (PHOTOS)
The new 34-storey office tower next to Telus Garden is now finally complete.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jan 20, 2023
Vancouver Police Department looking to build new headquarters building
This will be a purpose-built "post-disaster" police headquarters facility.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jan 20, 2023
Two 18-storey rental towers in Oakridge approved by Vancouver City Council
Nearly 400 rental homes will be built north of Oakridge mall.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jan 19, 2023
32-storey rental housing tower proposed for Pacific Street in the West End
180 rental homes near the corner of Pacific Street and Thurlow Street.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jan 19, 2023
Vancouver proposes allowing multiplexes for all single-family zoning
Increased density would be allowed on all single-family lots in all neighbourhoods š
- Kenneth Chan
- Jan 19, 2023
New Vancouver City Council approves its first building: a 47-storey residential tower
372 units of condos and social housing in downtown Vancouver.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jan 19, 2023
New Vancouver Jewish Community Centre project sees $36 million donation
Vancouver's Oakridge area is set to gain a major new community centre.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jan 18, 2023
New calls for real public transit linking Vancouver, Squamish, and Whistler
There's growing demand for alternatives to driving on the Sea to Sky Highway.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jan 18, 2023
Estimated $300 million cost to rebuild the entire Stanley Park seawall
And a year later after the storm, the Jericho Pier is still a closed wreck.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jan 18, 2023

















