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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…
Big business: First Nations are taking a multi-million dollar stake in B.C. casinos
The Vancouver Sun · 10 Aug 2026 · Gordon Hoekstra
B.C. was expanding gambling and changing the rules, and First Nations were taking a hard look at establishing casinos, including on their own reserve lands, sometimes against the wishes of nearby municipalities and in conflict with the province.…
Les Leyne: MLA says assessment change aims to stop value drop after Aboriginal title decision
Western Investor · 10 Mar 2026 · Les Leyne
An Opposition critic suspects the NDP government is preparing for a potential drop in property values in areas where Aboriginal title claims create uncertainty. A short amendment to assessment law that could have the effect of protecting property tax revenues …
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…
Why weren't we told sooner about the implications of Aboriginal title? The answer should concern everyone
The Vancouver Sun · 29 Oct 2025 · Vaughn Palmer
VICTORIA - The question that dominated a Richmond public meeting this week on the impact of a recent court decision on Aboriginal title was a simple one: "Why weren't we told sooner?" Residents had learned just this month, courtesy of a letter from Mayor Malco…
Uncertainty hangs over Richmond property owners after Cowichan Tribes court ruling
The Vancouver Sun · 25 Oct 2025 · Gordon Hoekstra
Along a rural stretch of No. 6 Road in south Richmond, residents have a lot of questions — not to mention fear — after a B.C. Supreme Court ruling granted the Cowichan Tribes on Vancouver Island land title rights that encompass their properties. Ju…
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…
Sale of B.C. home without owner's consent leads to $300K in penalties for real estate professionals
CBC Radio · 14 Dec 2023 · Bethany Lindsay
A fraudulent scheme that saw an unoccupied home in Richmond, B.C., sold without the owner's consent has led to more than $300,000 in discipline penalties and costs for the real estate agents and brokers involved. According to a notice from the B.C. Financial 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 …
Coca-Cola Bottling to open $18 million distribution hub in Richmond #LesTwarog
Western Investor · 22 Jun 2022 · Glen Korstrom
Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Ltd.'s new B.C. investments also includes a $24 million bottling line
Richmond office developer eyes smaller spaces despite density bonus #LesTwarog
Western Investor · 27 Apr 2022
Pandemic has changed office demand in the Richmond market, developer claims
Developer of downtown Richmond property seeks creditor protection #LesTwarog
Western Investor · 07 Apr 2022 · Peter Mitham
April 25 court date set for a proposal to satisfy Alderbridge Way LP's largest creditor
Richmond industrial deal closes at $6.7 million per acre #LesTwarog
Western Investor · 25 Feb 2022 · CBRE Vancouver
Near nine-acre site near SkyTrain sells for $60.58 million in one of the city's largest industrial transactions to date
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.
Richmond 0.96-acre industrial site attracts all-cash deal at $7.3 million #LesTwarog
Western Investor · 10 Dec 2020 · Remax Crest Realty
Rare freestanding industrial building on Riverside Way sold for $1.4 million above assessed value.
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.
Desiree Tomanelli understands her clients “because I live it” #LesTwarog
REM · 27 Nov 2019
A platinum agent (her business tripled last year, she says) with Royal LePage Your Community Realty in Richmond Hill, Ont., Tomanelli, 33, has been licensed for only four years but has a solid grasp on her game plan and identity.
Richmond farmland advocates want answers for skyrocketing farmland real estate prices #LesTwarog
Western Investor · 28 Oct 2019
A burst of massive mansions recently built on farmland in Richmond should be a subject of investigation for the Cullen Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in British Columbia, says Laura Gillanders , an advocate for farmland preservation.…
A Richmond developer has pulled the plug on a 15-storey mixed use residential tower #LesTwarog
Western Investor · 22 Jul 2019
Andersons Square Holdings Ltd., run by former city council candidate Sunny Ho , notified its customers last week that it's cancelling the pre-sale contracts for the Alfa development at Anderson Road and Buswell Street, with a full refund of deposits, plus inte…
The City of Richmond Hill is in negotiations with Canadian digital currency platform Coinberry #LesTwarog
REP · 18 Jul 2019
Earlier this month, the City Council voted in favor of entering into an agreement with Coinberry, to provide an option for property tax payment in Bitcoin for residents and businesses of the City of Richmond Hill.
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