Real Estate News & Articles

Korea Developer to transform area around Surrey's Central City Tower

2005-04-19

'You won't recognize it in a year's time,' says Mayor Doug McCallum Michael McCullough Sun RICHARD LAM/VANCOUVER SUN Realtor Jason Craik of MAC Real Estate Solutions (left) joins Korean developer Jung Development's president and CEO Myung-S…

Huge development proposed for whislter

2005-04-16

Golf course, college and housing proposed for the 113-hectare site; project could collide with the official plan Michael McCullough Sun A little-known group of offshore investors has acquired the last large chunk of undeveloped private land…

Greater Vancouver housing prices not topping out, market watchers say

2005-04-13

Michael Kane Sun Federal statistics suggesting new home prices are topping out in Greater Vancouver were dismissed Tuesday by local market watchers. Numbers from Statistics Canada show the prices of single detached, attached and row houses …

Falling office vacancy rates put end to tenants' market

2005-04-13

Michael Kane Sun Office vacancy rates are falling in the Lower Mainland thanks to higher demand fuelled by the province's robust economy, according to the Business Council of British Columbia. The result is more balanced conditions in what …

Internet online chatting, a brave new language

2005-04-12

Chatting found to be highly motivating activity Sarah Schmidt Sun MONTREAL -- Online chatting may be at the boundary between conversation and writing, but there is a literacy component to the popular phenomenon and it has a place in the ele…

Kodak proves it's no dinosaur as it leads the pack in digital camera wars

2005-04-12

Long seen as closely tied to film, Kodak is now North America's top provider of digital cameras Peter Wilson Sun   CREDIT: Ian Lindsay, Vancouver Sun New Kodak digital cameras and accessories now available include a picture viewer and …

Computer users losing personal data to 'Phishing' expeditions

2005-04-12

Jim Jamieson Sun REDMOND, Wash. -- Microsoft Corp. can trot out numerous statistics showing that its record for computer security has improved, but the technology giant admits it still has a big social-engineering job to do to complete the …

Heritage group vows to fight for Evergreen

2005-04-12

Erickson-designed building threatened with demolition Frances Bula Sun VANCOUVER SUN FILES The Evergreen building on West Pender could be the first building by architect Arthur Erickson (right) to be torn down. The project manager calls a d…

Vancouver posts jump in institutional building institutional construction

2005-04-12

Industry welcomes resurgence in non-residential projects Michael McCullough Sun CREDIT: Stuart Davis, Vancouver Sun Construction worker Richard Aumueller of Coquitlam is employed by the construction firm Stuart Olson. Vancouver is breaking …

Bar owners waitig for policing costs to be lifted - doc.

2005-04-11

Those choosing to stay open until 3 a.m. now pay as much as $6,000 a month, depending on the number of seats in the bar Frances Bula Sun       VANCOUVER SUN FILES Policing costs can’t be eliminated until until police re…

Urban-planning revolutionaries to help design East Fraserlands site

2005-04-11

Frances Bula Sun VANCOUVER - The firm that sparked a revolution in urban planning is coming to Vancouver to help design the city's least-known megaproject . Andres Duany , who with his wife Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk has headed the New Urbanis…

Major bank websites are vulnerable to hackers

2005-04-10

Expert says bank sites aren't protecting data the way they should Damian Inwood Province   CREDIT: Jason Payne, The Province Ryan Purita is a forensic examiner and security specialist with Totally Connected Security Ltd. in Vancouver. …

City Pays $20M for RAV station

2005-04-10

Vancouver vision part of revamp for False Creek Andy Ivens Province The City of Vancouver is putting up more than $20 million to add a station to the RAV line on the south side of False Creek. The station will lie under the corner of Cambie…

Robust market just goes on

2005-04-10

Region set to show best building performance since 1994 Ashley Ford Province There just ain't no stopping the vibrant residential construction market in Greater Vancouver. Latest numbers released by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. Friday …

Housing market has taken note of seniors new image - doc.

2005-04-09

Peter Simpson Sun Years ago, when someone mentioned senior citizens, I imagined some guy walking around with the waistband of his checkered trousers positioned just below his armpits. You know the look. Now that I am older, much older, I re…

Cut-price builder brings formula here

2005-04-08

Michael McCullough Sun A Calgary home builder is bringing its discount development formula to the Lower Mainland, with plans to eventually build as many as 1,000 homes a year here. Working like the Westjet of the real estate industry, Point…

Vancouver's Van Dusen Botanical Garden to get $20M makeover - doc.

2005-04-07

Proposal calls for first major remodelling and expansion of VanDusen buildings in 30 years Steve Whysall Sun     CREDIT: Ward Perrin, Vancouver Sun Work has begun on the Phyllis Bentall water garden at the VanDusen Botanical Garde…

There will be a proposed No-Go zone around Olympic Village

2005-04-07

Athletes' security at 2010 Games puts surrounding construction on hold Frances Bula Sun Olympic organizers have told False Creek land owners there will have to be a significant "no-build zone" around Vancouver's Olympic athletes' village to…

Google offers aerial photos

2005-04-06

Sun Internet users can now search a vast library of satellite and aerial images that lets them zoom in on digital snapshots of an area. Google Inc., which started as a search engine but after meeting with phenomenal success expanded into ot…

Vancouverites most likely to feel 'house poor,' banks survey finds

2005-04-06

Only 55 per cent consider their mortgage payments manageable, BMO finds Michael McCullough Sun One in six Canadian home buyers has trouble handling the payments and Vancouverites are among the most likely to feel "house poor," according to …

Britannia Beach- Mining's Louvre getting facelift

2005-04-05

Paul Luke Province Above, an artist looks ahead to what is to come for the B.C. Museum of Mining, seen during its working life as the British Empire’s largest copper-processing facility in the vintage photo below. The copper mill that…

Vancouver-area housing market heating up again

2005-04-05

After dropping off in latter part of 2004, home sales surging ahead Michael McCullough Sun CREDIT: Ian Smith, Vancouver Sun Real estate agent Lorne Goldman recently sold this west-side house for $112,000 more than the asking price. After a …

UBC to build city on campus by 2008

2005-04-04

Town the size of Penticton planned John Bermingham Province One of three finalists for the campus redevelopment will be chosen next month University Town will be a city on campus. The University of B.C. has unveiled three competing visions …

Elan, not just home, but a way of life

2005-04-03

This is where high-density living meets high-end marketing Jeani Read Province Elan, at 1295 Seymour, is an optimistic look at a cool, alluring and clever future. Their 680-sq. ft. display suite is pure function and style. JASON PAYNE &#821…