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Artistic rendering of 357-475 West 41st Avenue (West Site), Vancouver. (IBI Group / Brook Pooni Associates / Coromandel Properties)
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Hotel and 427 rental homes proposed near Oakridge Centre

Hotel, retail and restaurants, and 100% rental units for residential.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 12, 2019
Artistic rendering of 3811-3833 Fraser Street, Vancouver. (Integra Architecture / Strand Development)
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MP against proposed Fraser Street rental housing due to height and market prices

Vancouver-Kingsway MP Don Davies says six storeys is too tall, but five storeys is fine.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 12, 2019
Aerial view of Burnaby Mountain, where Simon Fraser University's main campus is located. (Shutterstock)
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Petition aims to make free campus shuttle at SFU Burnaby permanent

The temporary service has "become an important fixture on campus."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 11, 2019
Highway 1 at Kensington Avenue, looking West. (DriveBC)
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BC government launches new public survey on highway infrastructure conditions

The government is seeking feedback on how it can improve its highway designs.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 11, 2019
The newly constructed playground at David Lam Park constructed for Crosstown Elementary School students. (Kenneth Chan / Daily Hive)
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7 new playgrounds to be built in Vancouver for $4.5 million

Construction could begin later this summer.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 11, 2019
Artistic rendering of 1166 West Pender Street, Vancouver. (Hariri Pontarini Architects / IBI Group Architects / Reliance Properties)
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New 32-storey office tower approved for downtown Vancouver

Good news for Vancouver's office space shortage.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 11, 2019
Artistic rendering of 1616 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver. (IBI Group / Solterra Development)
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43 new homes proposed for Vancouver's South Granville area

It includes a 6,000-sq-ft cultural space as a community amenity.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 11, 2019
CTrain and the downtown Calgary skyline. (Shutterstock)
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Calgary office market sees some new gains: report

But credit defaults and capital constraints are neutralizing some gains.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 11, 2019
Artistic renderings of new office towers: 400 West Georgia in Vancouver (left) and 160 Front Street West in Toronto (right). (Westbank / Cadillac Fairview)
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Vancouver and Toronto have North America's hottest office markets: report

Both cities are booming and "well-positioned for the digital economy."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 11, 2019
Fujitsu logo on a building. (Shutterstock)
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Fujitsu's new global AI headquarters office opens in Vancouver

Adding to the city's reputation as an AI leader.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 10, 2019
925 Durham Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta / Century 21 Bamber Realty Ltd.
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No sharp rebound for Calgary's depressed luxury housing market: report

"The path to market stability remains unpredictable and protracted."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 10, 2019
Vancouver, Point Grey and UBC. (Shutterstock)
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Vancouver's luxury housing market 'expected to regain momentum' this year: report

New upward trends during the first half of 2019 are expected to accelerate.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 10, 2019
A configuration for a full-size, off-street bus exchange at Steveston Community Park's ground-level parking lot. (City of Richmond)
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Richmond council rejects TransLink's new bus loop proposal for Steveston

The City of Richmond rejected a proposal to use city lands for a new bus loop.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 10, 2019
Construction on renovations for SkyTrain's 22nd Street Station's bus exchange reaches completion. (TransLink)
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TransLink completes renovation of SkyTrain's 22nd Street Station bus loop

The station's bus loop will also see new electric-battery buses.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 10, 2019
Vancouver City Council, fall 2018. (City of Vancouver)
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Opinion: Vancouver council's zero-sum game on rental housing is doing much harm

A rejected 21-unit townhouse proposal will become a 12,000-sq-ft mansion.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 10, 2019
Vancouver city council's voting record of 311 market rental housing units across eight projects, as of June 25, 2019. (nm_nvan / Twitter)
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Vancouver city council's current voting record on new market rental housing

And one city councillor has voted against every rental project.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 10, 2019
Broadway-City Hall on SkyTrain's Canada Line. (Kenneth Chan / Daily Hive)
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Opinion: Canada Line is a model example of a poorly-designed, under-built toy train

The Canada Line is already seeing big growing pains at just 10 years old.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 10, 2019
Over two million people in Hong Kong particiapting in the June 16, 2019 protest against the extradition bill to China. (Shutterstock)
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Hong Kong government says controversial extradition bill is 'dead'

This was just one battle in a long war before the 2047 end of 'one country, two systems.'

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 10, 2019
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