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Fairmont Pacific Rim Residences, Vancouver

2006-04-12

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Fairmont's 48-storey Estates Residency

2006-04-12

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Housing starts show no letup

2006-04-11

Fraser Valley up 71 per cent over last year Ashley Ford Province Construction of new homes like these in Surrey continues to boom. Photograph by : Ric Ernst, The Province Another month and another blazing housing-start performance across th…

Home construction soars across Greater Vancouver

2006-04-11

Housing starts increase 24 per cent to 5,093 units in first quarter Michael Kane Sun Vancouver-area housing starts rocketed 30 per cent last month compared to the same month last year, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. reported Monday. Over…

Vancouver 3rd best place to live in world

2006-04-10

City places first in Canada in international survey Wency Leung Sun BEST CITIES IN WHICH TO LIVE (SEVERAL CITIES TIED) 1. Zurich, Switzerland 2. Geneva, Switzerland 3. Vancouver, Canada 4. Vienna, Austria 5. Auckland, New Zealand 6. Dusseld…

50 tips for 1st time home buyers - a must read

2006-04-09

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2088 Barclay - Presidio 4000sf 2 bed condo for sale at $9.8M reno'd by Robert Quigg

2006-04-09

SHOULD BE RECORD SALE: Stunning views and, yes, sterling silver grout all included Elaine O'Connor Province Located right next to Stanley Park, the 4,000- square-foot home of Robert Quigg (top right) has wraparound views of English Bay, the…

Millennium to start developing Olympic Village by end of this year

2006-04-09

DEVELOPMENT: Award-winning family firm takes on 2010 task Ashley Ford Province Millennium's Shahram (left) and Peter Malek show their plans for the 2010 Olympic Village. Photograph by : Nick Procaylo, The Province Millennium Development Cor…

Vancouver is No. 15 in the world in Lonely Planet survey of 200 cities

2006-04-09

JOSEPH KULA Province So, how do you think Vancouver rated in Lonely Planet’s massive The Cities Book — A Journey Through the Best Cities in the World (Raincoast)?     Very nicely, thank you, placing 15th out of 20…

After selling your home, leave info when you move out

2006-04-09

STYLE FOR LIVING: Things to help the buyer of your home LYNDA REEVES Province Once, when I bought a house, the former owner taught me how to leave a house in a way that will make its new owner feel grateful and touched.     F…

Windows makes smooth switchover to Apple’s Macs

2006-04-08

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Woodward’s opens door to cutting-edge condo living

2006-04-08

PETE McMARTIN Sun GLENN BAGLO/VANCOUVER SUN Interested parties view a model of the total Woodward’s condo project at the Shaw Tower at 1077 West Cordova. VANCOUVER SUN FILES The once rotating neon ‘W’ atop the former depar…

Avedon: Dramatic views and Sophisticated Style in South Granville

2006-04-08

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Games workers may get their own village

2006-04-07

1,000 Olympic workers could be housed John Colebourn Province Alvaro Ponce de Leon stands at the site of a proposed modular village for workers in Vancouver. Photograph by : Nick Procaylo, The Province A Lower Mainland entrepreneur hopes to…

Downtown 'cultural precinct' for 2010 to cost $10 million for planning, initial construction

2006-04-07

Sun VANCOUVER - Vancouver city and the province are jointly spending $10 million for planning and initial construction of a new "cultural precinct" that will help highlight B.C.'s cultural institutions during the 2010 Winter Olympics. The p…

Value of non-housing construction jumps 20%

2006-04-07

Bruce Constantineau Sun A surge in non-residential building intentions boosted the value of all building permits issued in B.C. in February by 11.2 per cent to more than $849 million, Statistics Canada reported Thursday. StatsCan said the v…

Downtown building sells for $15 million

2006-04-07

Bruce Constantineau Sun Daniel Drimmer, president of TransGlobe, at 570 Dunsmuir St., bought for $15 million. Photograph by : Bill Keay, Vancouver Sun Toronto-based TransGlobe Property Management Services has purchased an eight-storey downt…

CO2 Garage detector can save lives

2006-04-07

Sun A new product could help prevent accidental deaths when vehicles are left running in attached garages. The Garage Master automatically opens the garage door after sensing a carbon monoxide detector's alarm. When the CO level exceeds the…

Apple's Mac opens door to Windows

2006-04-06

Jim Jamieson Province In what analysts characterized as an industry-changing development, Apple Computer has unveiled software to allow users of its new Intel-based Macs to run Microsoft Corp.'s rival Windows XP operating system. When it in…

GVRD begs to differ on Port Mann twinning

2006-04-06

But provincial transportation minister insists bridge project will definitely proceed 'because it is critical' William Boei Sun LOWER MAINLAND - Transportation Minister Kevin Falcon rejected a regional district report Thursday that offers q…

Olympic village bid not good news

2006-04-06

Developer of 'workplace housing' fears results of 'theme park for high-end' homes Pete McMartin Sun The news, trumpeted on the front page of The Vancouver Sun yesterday, sounded as if the city had just won something. It was just the opposit…

Downtown land prices soar 350 per cent

2006-04-06

Wency Leung Sun The cost of land in downtown Vancouver has jumped, in some cases as much as 350 per cent, over the past three to four years, contributing to the rising cost of housing as demand far outstrips supply, according to the preside…

Restaurant listings For April 6, 2006

2006-04-06

Sun - WEST COAST Aurora Bistro The first fine dining room on Main St. Inventive food, hip spot. 2420 Main St., 604-873-9944. $$ Bishop's Consistently one of the city's best. Almost 100 per cent organic foods. 2183 West Fourth Ave., 604-738-…

Average west side house now $1 million

2006-04-06

Sales in Vancouver have dipped slightly but demand still outstrips supply Wency Leung Sun The average price of a "standard" two-storey home on Vancouver's west side broke the million-dollar mark during the first three months of 2006. Photog…