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Here are the cheapest neighbourhoods to rent in Metro Vancouver this October
Western Investor · 15 Oct 2026 · Elana Shepert
Rent costs haven't surged upwards this October, but the region remains Canada's priciest market. The average cost to rent a newly listed, unfurnished one-bedroom in Metro Vancouver is $2,083 in October, down just $2 from $2,085 in September, according to the l…
Les Leyne: Cowichan land-title litigation has years to run
Western Investor · 30 Oct 2025 · Les Leyne
There are 86 lawyers listed on the first page of the reasons for judgment in the B.C. Supreme Court decision on the Cowichan Tribes' Aboriginal title case. So right off the bat, you know that the monumental decision on the 11-year-old case is not the end of th…
Tensions flare at Richmond meeting over Cowichan title decision
The Vancouver Sun · 29 Oct 2025 · Joanne Lee-Young, Nono Shen
Tensions were high Tuesday night inside a Richmond hotel ballroom packed with hundreds of citizens concerned about the potential impact of a recent court ruling granting Aboriginal title to the Cowichan Tribes over a portion of land along the Fraser River. Sev…
Keltic lists 27.1-acre Brighouse West Business Park site in Richmond
Western Investor · 22 Oct 2025 · Howard Chai
In 2021, B.C.'s largest land transaction was Keltic Canada Development Co. Ltd.'s purchase of the Brighouse West Business Park in Richmond for $300 million. Less than four years later, Keltic has put the property back on the market, Western Investor has learne…
Metro Vancouver's glut of empty condos: What's unsold and why?
The Vancouver Sun · 14 Oct 2025 · Joanne Lee-Young
Investors have fled the Metro Vancouver new condo market, leaving piles of empty and unsold units. And those looking to buy a home to live in aren't interested in these newer condos, either because they're too pricey (estimates suggest the bulk of the empty in…
Court overturns ruling in Richmond's Atmosphere condo case
The Vancouver Sun · 26 Sep 2025 · Maria Rantanen
The fate of a stalled development on No. 3 Road in Richmond's city centre continues to wind its way through the courts with more than 800 residential units on hold. Just last week, a three-judge panel at the B.C. Court of Appeal largely overturned a previous S…
Industrial supply shortage looms in Metro Vancouver despite higher vacancy
Western Investor · 12 Sep 2025 · Jami Makan
Metro Vancouver's persistently tight industrial real estate market is being humbled by rising vacancy, but don't expect it to last very long. The region's industrial vacancy rose in the second quarter of 2025 to its highest level since 2015, but it's still rel…
Cowichan title lands encompass multimillion-dollar mansions in Richmond, B.C.
Western Investor · 12 Aug 2025 · Ashley Joannou and Nono Shen, The Canadian Press
Those properties are all now encompassed by a landmark Aboriginal title claim that was successfully established by the Cowichan Nation last week. The ruling in B.C. Supreme Court confirmed Cowichan Aboriginal title and fishing rights over the stretch of land o…
Richmond to launch $10 million affordable housing grant program next year
Western Investor · 29 Nov 2024 · Adam Campbell
A total of $10 million will be set aside with the target of expediting the construction of 220 affordable rental homes. The staff report proposed a launch date for Jan. 27, after they've reached out to the development community. The housing grant program will …
B.C. real estate agent suspended after forging signatures
BCREA · 04 Sep 2024 · Alex Nguyen
British Columbia's real estate regulator has suspended the licence of an agent for six months after he admitted to forging signatures on a land assembly deal in Richmond, B.C., nearly a decade ago. The B.C. Financial Services Authority (BCFSA) said Ramandeep S…
Reboot expected on frozen 800-unit Richmond condo build
Western Investor · 11 Sep 2023 · Marie Rantanen
A large development in Richmond's city centre - that is under creditor protection - could have a new building permit application into the city within the next couple months. The decision is expected to attract protests from pre-sale buyers at the project, who …
BREAKING: Challenging deal lands $300 million Richmond parcel #LesTwarog
Western Investor · 07 Dec 2021 · Frank O’Brien
"The acquisition of this piece of land presents us with an opportunity to work with the City of Richmond and the public to design and develop their dream, and to create something that will have a positive and lasting impact on this community for generations to…
Ex-student aims for near-record Vancouver mansion deal #LesTwarog
other · 20 Aug 2021 · Graeme Wood
It also translates English acts into Mandarin. In 2018 it had an inaugural production at Gateway Theatre in Richmond. Last March Chen organized a charity concert titled "One World One Love - China and Canada" for Unicef Canada's COVID-19 response, and raised c…
New hotel plans shows proof of life #LesTwarog
Western Investor · 09 Jun 2021 · Frank O’Brien
"COVID-19 has proven to be far worse than the 2008/2009 global financial crisis, SARS outbreak in 2003, 9/11 and the Gulf War combined," noted the2021 Canadian Hotel Investment Reportfrom Colliers International, released in May.
Epix plans new start for West End Vancouver site after $3.6M buy
Western Investor · 28 Nov 2020 · Howard Chai
After being tied up in insolvency proceedings for nearly two years, the development site at 1289 Nicola St. in the West End of Vancouver has finally been sold, according to filings in the Supreme Court of British Columbia. Located just two blocks away from Sun…
Picasso Collection to be linked to new transit station #LesTwrog
The Vancouver Sun · 11 Jan 2020
With more than 6,000 residential units being built in and around the Capstan Village area, the new station will link the neighbourhood to the Canada Line, used by about 90,000 people each weekday, according to TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond.