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Aerial view of the recently built Walmart Distribution Centre in Campbell Heights North, Surrey. (Stuart Olson/RiteTech Construction)
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Walmart opens massive new distribution centre in Surrey's Campbell Heights

Walmart, BC will no longer need to transport grocery stock from Alberta.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 14, 2022
BC Place Stadium in Vancouver during the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. (BC Place Stadium)
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FIFA is officially considering Vancouver as a 2026 World Cup host city

FIFA has added Vancouver as an official "Candidate Host City" for the 2026 World Cup.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 14, 2022
Temporary modular housing building at 258 Union Street in Vancouver's Chinatown. (Government of BC)
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Will Vancouver's temporary modular housing buildings be actually temporary?

It is increasingly more difficult to relocate the temporary structures.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 14, 2022
Example of a single-family house in Vancouver (karamysh/Shutterstock)
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Vancouver mayor proposes hiking Empty Homes Tax to 5% of property value

The penalty for an average house deemed vacant would reach $100,000 annually šŸ 

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 13, 2022
February 2022 concept: Kitsilano Beach Park bike lane on widened south-north pathway from the foot of Yew Street. (Vancouver Park Board)
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Vancouver Park Board approves bike lane for Kitsilano Beach Park

Construction on the new Seaside Greenway segment is expected to begin in early 2023 🚲

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 13, 2022
Olympic rings installation in Coal Harbour during the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. (Shutterstock)
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Vancouver City Council says no to public vote on 2030 Olympic bid

City Council will decide in June whether or not to proceed with the First Nations-led bid.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 13, 2022
Artistic rendering of 123 East 6th Avenue, Vancouver. (Proscenium Architecture & Interiors/PC Urban Properties/Hines)
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12-storey mass timber office tower to be built near future Mount Pleasant SkyTrain

It includes renovating a heritage schoolhouse into a City-owned arts centre.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 12, 2022
August 2020 artistic rendering of 2055 Purcell Way at Capilano University in North Vancouver District. (HDR Architecture Associates)
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Capilano University's first on-campus student residence to open in 2024

362 student beds to help address the shortage of affordable rental housing.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 12, 2022
Example of Adtrackmedia's in-tunnel digital advertising system, programmed for Pokemon Detective Pikachu movie promotion. (Adtrackmedia)
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Animated videos now light up SkyTrain tunnel while trains are moving (VIDEOS)

Look out the window between Waterfront and Burrard stations for a 10-second video! šŸ‘€

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 12, 2022
Previous preliminary conceptual artistic rendering of the potential "best scenario" concept for a new PNE Amphitheatre. Not the future final design by Revery Architecture. (PNE)
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Revery Architecture to design new PNE Amphitheatre

Construction on the new 9,000+seat covered outdoor concert venue will begin in 2024.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 11, 2022
Single-family detached house in Vancouver. (Shutterstock)
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Hiked rate for Empty Homes Tax in Vancouver led to doubling of revenues

From $15 million in 2020 to $32 million in 2021.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 11, 2022
Artistic rendering of Radley at 13832 108 Avenue, Surrey. (West Fraser Developments/Key Marketing)
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193 condos in Surrey sell out in pre-sale in just 48 hours

Developers are now ramping up, and unloading inventory.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 11, 2022
An aerial view of the flooding that devastated Abbotsford in November 2021. (Government of BC)
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Abbotsford's flood prevention upgrades for Sumas Prairie could cost up to $2.8 billion

Effective options to prevent devastating floods that reform Sumas Lake will cost billions.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 11, 2022
Downtown Eastside Plan (City of Vancouver)
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City of Vancouver eyeing extra social housing density in the Downtown Eastside

Zoning changes for some areas could allow 25% more social housing.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 9, 2022
2022 artistic rendering of the TriCity Central redevelopment in Coquitlam. (Marcon Development/Quadreal Property Group/Perkins & Will)
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New renderings of massive redevelopment next to Coquitlam Central SkyTrain

Homes for 8,000 people, including 2,000 renters, in towers up to 60 storeys.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 9, 2022
Bike locked up on a bike ring rack bolted to a former parking meter post on a Toronto street. (Shutterstock)
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Fewer ways to lock bikes with 5,500 parking meters being removed in Vancouver

Vancouver City Council is being asked to consider a secure bike parking strategy 🚲

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 8, 2022
Uber and Lyft decals on a ridehailing car (left), and a cruise ship arriving at Canada Place cruise ship terminal in Vancouver (right). (Shutterstock)
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Catching a taxi, Uber or Lyft could take longer with return of cruise ships to Vancouver

This is the first year cruise ship passengers will have ridehailing as an option.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 8, 2022
Holland America Line's Koningsdam cruise ship. (Shutterstock)
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First cruise ship in Vancouver in 891 days to arrive this weekend

Holland America's Koningsdam will be the first of over 300 cruise ship visits in 2022 šŸ›³

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 8, 2022
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