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Could Tsleil-Waututh Nation be a candidate to buy into the Vancouver Whitecaps?
Tsleil-Waututh Nation chief Justin Sky George is neatly navigating around questions about buying into the Vancouver Whitecaps. The Tsleil-Waututh Nation are in the midst of taking over the Hastings Park casino licence — "it's with legal, and we are acqui…
Hudson's Bay downtown Vancouver store listed for sale
A real estate advisory team has listed the historic Hudson's Bay downtown Vancouver store for sale. Toronto and Vancouver-based commercial real estate firm CBRE Ltd. and California's Marcus & Millichap were appointed to lead the sale of 674 Granville St., on b…
B.C. foreclosures rising as higher mortgage payments kick in
The number of court-ordered sales in Metro Vancouver is jumping, and may continue to grow as a mortgage renewal wave hits Canada five years after the pandemic-era real estate frenzy. Court-ordered inventory, while less than one per cent of the market, totalled…
Vancouver's historic Hudson's Bay Building up for grabs
For anyone asking, "What's going on the with Bay Building in downtown Vancouver?" there's now an answer. It's being sold. On Wednesday, Coldwell Banker Richard Ellis and Marcus & Millichap announced the two firms were appointed as the advisory team behind the …
Broker-owned offices adapt to challenging investment market
Ontario-based Lennard Commercial Realty has opened up shop in Vancouver, the first office outside of Ontario for a firm that describes itself as one of the fastest growing commercial real estate brokerages in Canada. All offices are broker-owned, with the Vanc…
Vancouver home sales down 15% in November from last year as prices move lower: board
VANCOUVER — Vancouver-area home sales remained subdued despite "plentiful" inventory in November, as prices also declined last month. Greater Vancouver Realtors said there were 1,846 home sales in the region last month, down 15.4 per cent from November 2…
Property Watch: Historic estate of former lieutenant-governor Eric Hamber hits the market
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…
Flash sale fails to save Surrey’s Belvedere condo tower from financial woes
Despite the much-publicized "Condo Day" flash sale held earlier this year, the Belvedere project in Surrey by Square Nine Developments Inc. is now under creditor protection, according to B.C. Supreme Court filings obtained by Western Investor. Located at 9675 …
Desperate condo builders dig deeper for incentives
just one of numerous examples of incentives being offered in a soft market to reel in prospective buyers. "One Day. One Chance. One Address," reads a banner in the Mission Group's online marketing materials for Alma on Abbott, a six-storey, 80-unit building ov…
Les Leyne: Cowichan land-title litigation has years to run
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…
'Borderline bankruptcy:' Broadway subway construction hits shops hard
Some local businesses operating near the busy intersection of East Broadway and Main Street in Vancouver say they might not last long enough to benefit from the eventual completion of the Mount Pleasant SkyTrain Station. The station is one stop along the 5.7-k…
Tensions flare at Richmond meeting over Cowichan title decision
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
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…
This Day in History, 1927-2025: Stanley Kwok changed Vancouver with Concord Pacific and B.C. Place
Stanley Kwok didn't move to Vancouver until he was 41. But he made up for lost time, becoming one of the key players in the redevelopment of the city. He was president of B.C. Place in the mid-1980s, served on the board of Expo 86, then was part of Concord Pac…
Update: Vancouver's Heather Lands developers want tower heights increased 18 storeys
Three years after Vancouver city council approved a new 16-building, 2,600-home neighbourhood on the 8.5-hectare Heather Lands property, the Indigenous-led development consortium behind the project is aiming to significantly scale up the size and density. The …
Uncertainty hangs over Richmond property owners after Cowichan Tribes court ruling
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…
Number of empty, unsold condos continues to rise in Metro Vancouver — but a shift is coming
The number of completed, empty and unsold condos and townhomes in Metro Vancouver continued to climb in the third quarter of 2025, according to new data. But there are signs that this trend could start to taper off as developers pull more projects off the mark…
Victoria Press Building enters receivership with $41 million owing
Just a few years after being restored and transformed, the iconic Victoria Press Building has been placed under receivership, according to B.C. Supreme Court filings obtained by Western Investor. Originally constructed in the early 1970s, the Victoria Press Bu…
Surrey's new downtown concept for an entertainment district moving ahead
The City of Surrey is pushing ahead with a vision to create a new "downtown" hub that would include an entertainment district featuring a 10,000-seat arena for sporting events and concerts, as well as an interactive art museum, hotels and other businesses. The…
Keltic lists 27.1-acre Brighouse West Business Park site in Richmond
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…
Hundreds rally to oppose 133-unit condo proposal in Vancouver’s Chinatown
More than 200 people participated in a rally outside city hall Monday to push back against a developer's plan to build a nine-storey 133-unit market condo building in the heart of Vancouver's Chinatown. Beedie (Keefer Street) Holdings was given approval in pri…
Luxury West Vancouver mansion sells for nearly $9M under initial asking price
While it still counts as an ultra-luxury home sale, a West Vancouver mansion sold for way less than the initial asking price. Located in the British Properties neighbourhood of West Vancouver, 925 Fairmile Rd. was first listed in May 2021 for $19,880,000 when …
Garry Marr: Watch out Edmonton — people from Toronto and Vancouver are coming for your homes
Canada's two most expensive cities for housing are not building enough new homes , and that is driving people to Edmonton , according to the deputy chief economist of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp . Aled ab Iorwerth said data already shows an influx of peop…
'Affordability gaps' mark Metro Vancouver's volatile housing market, says new report for mayors
A new Metro Vancouver report offers a mixed outlook — from hopeful to bleak — on how the region is faring in its housing objectives. While construction of purpose-built rentals is at an "historic high," most units are being rented out at market or …
Canadian home sales slowed in September, first decline since March
The number of homes sold nationally dropped by 1.7 per cent in September compared to August, the first month-over-month decline since March, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA)'s monthly data released on Oct. 16. CREA said the monthly decl…
Ottawa lends $763 million to build 1,300 rental units at Burnaby housing project
A $763 million low-interest loan from the federal government will finance construction of two large rental towers and make the development of three city blocks in Burnaby more viable, the developer says. Construction on the first phase of Grosvenor's Brentwood…
Metro Vancouver's glut of empty condos: What's unsold and why?
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…
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'Sea change:' Vancouver city council rezones thousands of properties in Broadway and Cambie corridors
Vancouver city council approved sweeping zoning changes Tuesday aimed at speeding up the development of thousands of parcels of land in the Broadway and Cambie corridors. The decision will not increase the size or number of buildings allowed in these neighbour…
Court overturns ruling in Richmond's Atmosphere condo case
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…
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