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First Nations now own 12 casinos in the province, about one-third of the casinos and gambling centres in B.C. That includes casinos in Vancouver, Richmond, Surrey, Coquitlam, Chilliwack, Victoria and Nanaimo.
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.…
Located in Shaughnessy, Greencroft was designed by architect Thomas Hooper and built in 1912.
The Vancouver Sun · 20 Nov 2025 · Robin Roberts
It's not every day an opportunity comes along to live in the former home of the highest-ranking officer of the province and a representative of royalty. But the four-storey Tudor and Gothic-revival estate of lieutenant-governor Eric Hamber, who purchased the S…
No amount of incentives seems to be able to reverse the glut. How did we get here? And how bad could it get?
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…
Proposal to redevelop Poco Place shopping centre, which is located at 2755 Lougheed Highway
other · 02 Dec 2024 · Kenneth Chan
The Poco Place property is a transit-oriented development site directly served by the Westwood Street bus stops for the R3 Lougheed Highway RapidBus. It is also a 15-minute walk from SkyTrain's Lincoln Station or a 20-minute walk from SkyTrain's Coquitlam Cent…
Six towers at PoCo Place mall at Lougheed Highway and Westwood Street
Western Investor · 02 Dec 2024 · Janis Gleugh
A well-known builder in Coquitlam's Westwood Plateau and Burke Mountain neighbourhoods plans to construct six towers at a key intersection in Port Coquitlam. Today, Dec. 2, Wesbild announced it had applied to rezone PoCo Place — the strip mall at Loughee…
Onni plans to build its master-planned community half a block from North Road in Burquitlam
Western Investor · 05 Jun 2024 · Janis Cleugh
A developer plans to tear down Coquitlam College in Burquitlam and build seven towers in its place. But the Onni Group doesn't have plans at this time to include childcare for the expected 2,500 residents. Still, the lack of childcare spaces for the approximat…
Royal LePage expands footprint with Lower Mainland acquisitions
Business in Vancouver · 09 Apr 2024 · Peter Mitham
The importance of technology to residential property sales – and in turn the investors participating in the market – is once again in the spotlight with Royal LePage's latest brokerage acquisition in Metro Vancouver. Royal LePage Elite West, based …
Tri-Cities turn to transit-oriented development to accommodate population boom
Western Investor · 27 Feb 2024 · Claire Wilson
Population growth, increasing demand for housing and new provincial legislation have set the stage for "unprecedented" growth in the area, said Leslie Courchesne, CEO of the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce. The result is an increasing number of master-planned c…
Debut highrise will have more than 300 condos as an anchor of Beedie’s mixed-use development
Western Investor · 28 Sep 2023 · Frank O'Brien
Beedie bought 96 acres of former industrial land along the Fraser River in Coquitlam, B.C., construction crews are now on site building a $10 million sales centre and preparing the groundwork for a community of 5,550 new homes in series of high rise towers, in…
Plans to build a mid-rise in a southern Coquitlam neighbourhood are including urban agricultural plots and a dog run for future residents
other · 25 Sep 2023 · Janis Cleugh
The rezoning bid by Allaire Properties Inc. for 700, 702 and 704 Delestre Ave. will go before Coquitlam city council tonight, Monday, Sept. 25, for first reading. Another hearing will be held on Oct. 16 for the public to comment on the proposal on behalf of la…
Massive Westport Village Project May go Ahead After 18-year Delay
Western Investor · 24 Jul 2023 · Mario Barnet
On July 25, 2023, 18 years after it was first suggested, Port Moody city council will consider fourth reading of amendments to the city's zoning and official community plan bylaws that would allow a massive mixed-use development by Andrew Peller Ltd. to procee…
An eight-lot land assembly in Coquitlam sells for $24.51 Million
Western Investor · 15 Mar 2023 · Western Investor Staff
The eight-lot 'Oakdale assembly' site, destined for a high-rise residential or mixed-use development close to the Burquitlam SkyTrain station, was sold under a bid process
1.03 acres townhouse development sells for $3.2 Million located at Coquitlam, B.C.
Western Investor · 05 Jan 2023 · Western Investor Staff
The Burke Mountain land has a pre-application for residential development in the Smiling Creek neighbourhood plan.
56 detached-house lots in Port Moody sells for $157.2 Million
Western Investor · 01 Dec 2022 · Western Investor Staff
Assembly sale composes 56 detached-house lots in Coronation Park neighbourhood proposed for high-density mixed-used development
1,630 square feet industrial strata in Port Coquitlam sells for $1.242 Million
Western Investor · 16 Nov 2022
The 1,630-square-foot unit attracted multiple offers and sold for $1.24 million on October 31, 2022
3.4-acre industrial site in Coquitlam sold for $24M in Q2 2022
Western Investor · 16 Sep 2022 · Western Investor Staff
With a 34 per cent decline in property deals, total commercial real estate sales volume in the second quarter fell to $3.26 billion
Demand for industrial strata developments continued including Tri-Cities
Western Investor · 21 Jun 2022 · Frank O’ Brien
icola Wealth Real Estate (NWRE) and PC Urban Properties have acquired 3.4 acres of industrial land at 2660 Barnet Highway in Coquitlam for well over its assessment.
A 3-bedroom apartment in Port Moody rent up to $6,050 a month, or $5.08 square foot
Western Investor · 01 Jun 2022 · Mario Bartel
Furnished apartments in new Suter Brook building rent for as much as $6,050 a month
5 acres industrial land in Port Coquitlam sells for $10.6 million
Western Investor · 06 May 2022 · Lee & Associates Ltd
Land is in the 'Dominion Triangle' industrial-commercial zone of the Tri-Cities and seen as ideal for industrial development
A developer paid $10.6M for one of the last big empty land parcels in Port Coquitlam
Western Investor · 04 May 2022 · Diane Strandberg
A five-acre property in the Dominion Triangle area of Port Coquitlam will be developed with small-bay warehouse units.
39,600 square feet multi-family rental in Coquitlam sells for $14.75 million
Western Investor · 04 Mar 2022 · Royal Pacific Realty
Well maintained 54-unit apartment complex on a 39,600 square-foot in Austin Heights neighbourhood sold for $14.75 million at 3.4 per cent capitalization rate.
Port Coquitlam housing affordability concern
Western Investor · 08 Feb 2022 · Diane Strandberg
Meanwhile, renters, many of whom are in older homes slated for redevelopment, are paying increasingly steeper rents and could risk losing their units when developers sell.
1.2 acres 65 residential unit at Port Coquitlam sells for $18.22 million
Western Investor · 06 Jan 2022 · William Wright
McAllister Apartments and Plaza is a fully leased thee- storey building comprised of 65 residential units and eight retail units in downtown Port Coquitlam, B.C.
Six-storey condo project proposed for Port Moody
Western Investor · 03 Dec 2021 · Mario Bartel
The current benchmark price for a Port Moody resale condominium is $741,200, according to November data from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver. But several councillors expressed concern such micro-suites were out of place in a suburban setting with fe…
Unveiling changes aimed at increasing housing supply | Provincial Government
The Vancouver Sun · 26 Oct 2021 · Dan Fumano
The B.C. government has been recently trying new things to help — and sometimes push — local governments to approve more affordable housing more quickly. In one example this year, Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer observed Housing Minister Davi…
Sales of a multi-family rental building notching $1.64 Billion through the first six months of 2021
other · 19 Aug 2021 · Burnaby Now
First-half sales were 45% higher than the entire 2020 annual total and appear on pace to hit the third-highest annual sales volume ever recorded, according to Goodman. Starlight Developments announced an all-rental rezoning of Lougheed Village on the Burnaby-C…
Vancouver downtown achieved outstanding sales in their major comeback
other · 07 Jul 2021 · Kenneth Chan
This is a significant litmus test for the condominium market in downtown Vancouver, which has had zero successful pre-sale launches over the last four years — a slowdown period that began with the provincial government's major interventions in the housin…
Sell out of Coquitlam office in a week due to market demand
Western Investor · 17 Jun 2021 · Frank O'Brien 
Bosa Development sold out 15 floors of its 30-storey Waterfront Centre office tower in downtown Vancouver as strata in 2017 at $2,000 per square foot, but current office strata is mostly seen in conversion of older office buildings, much of it Burnaby.…
50-storey towers with a commercial space area located at Coquitlam City Centre
Western Investor · 17 Jun 2021 · Janis Cleugh
A hotel with a convention centre, homes for 8,000 residents in 50-storey towers and more than half-a-million square feet for shopping are planned for a key intersection in Coquitlam City Centre.
0.53 acres sells for $3.05 Million located at Salisbury Avenue, Port Coquitlam
Western Investor · 10 Jun 2021 · Frontline Real Estate
Designated for residential development, and now under third reading, the 23,336-square-foot lot could accommodate nine townhouses
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