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The East Van Cross sign from SkyTrain VCC-Clark Station, and the ICBC office building construction site, as of February 2023. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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East Van Cross relocation to be pondered by Vancouver City Council

In need of a "more accessible and visible location."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 5, 2024
December 2024 refined concept of the master plan for redeveloping the Vancouver City Hall campus into "Civic District." (City of Vancouver)
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This is the proposed mixed-use transformation of the Vancouver City Hall campus

"To reimagine the civic heart of Vancouver."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 5, 2024
December 2024 amendments to the Broadway Plan removing existing rules limiting the number of high-rise towers per city block in select areas. (City of Vancouver)
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Broadway Plan policy changes could add space for 64,000 more residents

Extra building height and density allowances over the 2022-approved plan.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 4, 2024
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25% of homebuyers in Metro Vancouver buy for investment: statistics

The investor homebuyer proportion for BC as a whole is similar.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 4, 2024
Construction progress on TransLink's Marpole Transit Centre bus depot for battery-electric buses, as seen from the SkyTrain Canada Line bridge on November 23, 2024. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Construction starts on TransLink's new bus depot for 300 battery buses

Located on the Fraser River waterfront next to the Canada Line.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 4, 2024
Transit-oriented development at SkyTrain's Brentwood Town Centre Station (foreground) and SkyTrain's Metrotown Station and Patterson Station (background) in Burnaby. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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City of Burnaby approves BC's transit-oriented development policies

More residential density near SkyTrain stations and bus exchanges.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 4, 2024
March 2024 construction of the new Vancouver Art Gallery. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive | Herzog & de Meuron/Perkins&Will)
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Vancouver Art Gallery's new building design cancelled for complete redesign

This design by Herzog & de Meuron was first unveiled in 2015.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 4, 2024
November 2024 revised design for Green Timbers Station on the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain extension. (Government of BC)
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Finalized designs of the eight new stations on Surrey-Langley SkyTrain

Each station will have a unique colour theme.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 3, 2024
SkyTrain Surrey Central Station. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Metro Vancouver now has Canada's second-highest transit ridership per capita

Ahead of Greater Toronto.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 3, 2024
Concept for 2555 Discovery Street, Vancouver. (Integra Architecture/Third Space Properties)
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New rental housing and retail building could boost West Point Grey village

One of the largest developments on the retail strip in decades.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 2, 2024
Concept for the redevelopment of Poco Place at 2755 Lougheed Highway, Port Coquitlam. (GBL Architects/Wesbild)
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Six towers with nearly 2,000 homes and retail village proposed for Port Coquitlam

Port Coquitlam's first-ever transit-oriented, high-rise development.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 2, 2024
Physical map outside Stadium-Chinatown Station; TransLink's special Taylor Swift-themed SkyTrain network map for The Eras Tour in Vancouver. (TransLink)
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TransLink gives SkyTrain map a bracelet makeover for Taylor Swift

This Swiftie-themed map is now found at eight SkyTrain stations.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 2, 2024
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Air Canada to launch new Vancouver routes with three US cities

Including a new year-round route to Florida.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 2, 2024
Aircraft of Hong Kong Airlines, Cathay Pacific, and United Airlines at Hong Kong International Airport. (Wangkun Jia/Shutterstock)
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Hong Kong Airlines to restart Vancouver flights in early 2025

A relaunch after a five-year hiatus.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 2, 2024
Preliminary conceptual artistic rendering of the New Major Vessels. (BC Ferries)
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BC Ferries warns of 30% fare hike in 2028 amid rising costs

BC Ferries is looking for a "new sustainable funding model."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Nov 30, 2024
August 2024 construction progress on the Gateway Health Building (left), an an artistic rendering of the adjacent site of the future Gateway North building with a grocery store next to the UBC bus exchange currently used as a construction staging area (right). (Google Maps | Acton Ostry Architects/UBC)
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New mixed-use building with grocery store for UBC bus exchange

The convenience of buying groceries at the 99 B-Line bus stop.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Nov 30, 2024
June 2024 construction progress on Oakridge Park. (Oakridge Park)
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Hudson's Bay cancels plan to reopen store at new Oakridge Park mall

Hudson's Bay was set to occupy a 140,000 sq ft space.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Nov 29, 2024
2023 PNE Prize Home. (PNE)
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Over 40% of Metro Vancouver residents prefer single-family houses: survey

But this proportion is lower in Vancouver and adjacent cities.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Nov 29, 2024
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