Real Estate News & Articles

UBC hub design chosen

2005-05-01

GATEWAY: 79 per cent of students, staff and faculty agreed John Bermingham Sun The heart of UBC has just been won -- or at least designed. The University of B.C. has announced the winning design for its $100-million University Boulevard hub…

Apple set to unleash the Tiger on PC users

2005-04-30

MICROSOFT I New operating system delivers built-in rapid search system Peter Wilson Sun Tiger is on the prowl today in Vancouver , and that could be the initial sign that things might be about to change in personal computing habits forever.…

UBC Campus gets a heart of glass

2005-04-30

Design for a gigantic public atrium selected as a showpiece of the university's $100 million 'town' Trevor Boddy Sun Artist’s rendering of an aerial view of the winning entry in UBC’s University Boulevard design competition. Cen…

City planning ace makes case for Urban Vancouver

2005-04-30

Bob Ransford Sun CREDIT: Ian Lindsay, Vancouver Sun Examining part of the old sawmill water access on the East Fraser site are (left to right) Norm Shearing, vice-president of development for Fraser Lands with ParkLane; Gino Nonni, presiden…

East Fraserlands' fate down to 5 plans

2005-04-30

URBANISM I Residents respond to architect 'shaking the box' Kim Pemberton Sun CREDIT: Ian Lindsay, Vancouver Sun Architect Richard Hulbert (from left), group leader Marina Khouri, and Andres Duany, Miami-based new urbanism designer credited…

Architect links design with human rights

2005-04-30

Kim Pemberton Sun One may not necessarily view architecture as possessing a human rights dimension, but Vancouver architect Graeme Bristol is on a mission to show there are indeed architectural solutions to humanitarian problems. The 55-yea…

Villas on 8th offer great flexibility through unique design, expansive living spaces

2005-04-30

Sun INSIDE, OUTSIDE, TOPSIDE: That’s agent Stephanie Corcoran in the Villas showhome. Developers Paolo Trasoline and Rob Chetner in the courtyard illustrate the distance between rooftop and grade. Chetner makes the most of the rooftop…

State-of-the-art theatre opens

2005-04-29

Nine screens, food fair and stadium seats David Spaner Province CREDIT: Nick Procaylo, The Province The new Paramount Vancouver cost $7.7 million and features four box-office tills, eight automatic ticketing machines and nine auditoriums wi…

Pounding sound means progress - Convention Centre

2005-04-29

Earplugs on offer Ashley Ford Province CREDIT: Jon Murray, The Province Russ Anthony, right, hands out earplugs to passers-by at waterfront construction site. That ringing in your ears is the sound of progress. For those living and working …

Too much TV? Tiny remote silences them all

2005-04-28

Province This is TV Turnoff Week, and couch potatoes are being urged to stash the remote and find something better to do. But what about the TVs you can't controlNULL ones in the airport lounge, waiting room, restaurant or local bar? A clev…

Housing still solid investment, bank says

2005-04-28

A TD economist says there's little evidence of a speculative bubble in the real estate market Eric Beauchesne Sun OTTAWA -- Fears that the current housing boom will go bust or that today's homeowners are over-leveraged are "largely exaggera…

Squamish - $800M Condo & Housing Project

2005-04-28

The proposed $800-million project is the latest for town Michael McCullough Sun Squamish could see a new $800-million, 1,350-home community on its downtown waterfront following the recent sale of the site of a closed Interfor sawmill. Pridh…

House prices grew more slowly in Vancouver

2005-04-27

Sun For all the talk of an over-heated real estate market, and despite million-dollar homes on 33-foot west-side lots, Vancouver rated 16th among 16 Canadian cities in terms of house price appreciation in the last decade. According to figur…

Home market hot from coast-to-coast

2005-04-27

Especially here in Vancouver, most expensive in Canada Eric Beauchesne Sun Home sales are so hot in Vancouver that, for the first time, some buyers are including a "trump" clause in their offers, allowing them to ante up on any higher offer…

Housing from Coast-to-Coast

2005-04-25

Province One of the most important decisions any family makes is to purchase a home -- and it's a decision that's both daunting and exciting because for most of us, it's the biggest financial deal we'll ever make. And while housing markets …

300 Whalley condos sell in 3 hours

2005-04-24

Lena Sin Province An artist’s rendering of the five-tower Central City residential and retail development project in Whalley. The project is being touted as a landmark that will transform the neighbourhood. — THE PROVINCE Homebu…

Hard to beat housing heat

2005-04-24

REAL ESTATE: It goes right across the country, our report finds Province CREDIT: Jason Payne, the Province 'Sold' stickers attest to buyers' enthusiasm for home ownership in north Burnaby. Canada 's current housing market can be described i…

Canadians 'unrealistic' about buying homes

2005-04-22

Sun A lot of Canadians appear to be as blind to the financial risks of buying a home in the booming housing market as many were about the risks of investing in the booming stock market of the 1990s. Nearly one-half of homeowners and potenti…

Moving vans head toward booming BC

2005-04-21

Sun For the second year running, more people have moved to British Columbia from other parts of Canada than have gone the other way, an important statistic that reflects growing economic opportunity in the province.    During…

Bell Mobility Blimp takes aerial tour of Downtown Vancouver

2005-04-21

Sun GLENN BAGLO/VANCOUVER SUN It’s a leisurely if noisy way to tour the sites of the 2010 Winter Olympics and Vancouver obliges with a warm, clear spring day that affords an unobstructed view. From the gondola of the Bell Lightship, N…

Lumiere's chef in a stew over his patio

2005-04-21

City inspector says the sheltered sidewalk patio doesn't comply with the rules Maurice Bridge Sun VANCOUVER - He smoked the Iron Chef, but Rob Feenie , Vancouver 's international celebrity chef, could be facing an even tougher fight against…

New SeaBus route to be tested

2005-04-20

Bowen, Ambleside, Waterfront trial one year away Frank Luba Province A TransLink test of a new SeaBus route is coming within the next 12 months, according to the chairman of the Lower Mainland transportation authority. Speaking yesterday at…

Chuck E. Cheese's - doc.

2005-04-19

Well-priced real estate in family-oriented neighbourhoods needed Wendy McLellan Province   CREDIT: Ric Ernst, The Province Alex Piniche, 6, celebrates his birthday with Chuck E. Cheese at his Langley restaurant.   He's a grinning …

Chuck E. Cheese's

2005-04-19

Well-priced real estate in family-oriented neighbourhoods needed Wendy McLellan Province CREDIT: Ric Ernst, The Province Alex Piniche, 6, celebrates his birthday with Chuck E. Cheese at his Langley restaurant. He's a grinning grey mouse and…