Real Estate News & Articles

Shaw Tower - Highest For Now

2004-08-01

Ashley Ford Province   Where: 1077 Cordova. What: Shaw Tower , a 40-storey office/live work tower on the Vancouver waterfront. When: Opens 2004. Who: Consortium led by Westbank Project Inc. of Vancouver . How much: $150 million. Design…

SOMA - Mount Pleasant Community Condos

2004-08-01

Ashley Ford Province Downtown may be hot, but "Uptown" is arguably hotter. "Uptown" Vancouver -- a.k.a. Mt. Pleasant, South Main or SoMa -- is the area roughly bounded by East 6th on the north, Ontario to the west, St. George to the east an…

Crown land changes news for investors

2004-07-31

The upside for commercial campground prices could be substantial, as costs have risen slower than residential waterfront lots OZZIE JUROCK Sun The B.C. government is making it easier to access Crown land for general tourist development unde…

$140M False Creek Plan Adopted

2004-07-28

City land on southeast side to become a sustainable village Chris Johnson Sun   VANCOUVER - Senior city planner Ian Smith calls it the most advanced urban project in the world. But Coun . Peter Ladner is worried the money to pay for it…

1000 home development planned near Porteau Cove

2004-07-28

Michael McCullough Sun   The Squamish First Nation is in talks with Concord Pacific Developments to build as many as 1,000 homes near Porteau Cove on the Sea to Sky Highway . Steve Olmstead, manager of planning and development for the …

Life size sculptures of Orca Whales - Where They Are?

2004-07-28

Here's a guide to the pods of orcas that have surfaced across the city, life-size sculptures designed and decorated by B.C. artists. Some will be auctioned on Oct. 12 to raise funds for the BC Lions Society's Easter Seal operations and the …

Most home owners insured for Earthquakes

2004-07-24

Michael Sasges Sun   Apropos of nothing but their receipt in The Sun newsroom this week: The British Columbia Automobile Association sent out a news release in response to three earthquakes in less than a week, its subject: ''the poten…

Convention Centre's expansion plan has October start date

2004-07-20

Ashley Ford Province   The Vancouver convention centre expansion project plan calls for a ‘green link’ connecting Stanley Park to the Canada Place cruise-ship facility (shown upper left). Construction of the long-awaited $5…

City sets record for building permits

2004-07-20

The boom extends across the region and is putting pressure on both municipalities and developers William Boei Sun   CREDIT: Photo Mark van Manen, Vancouver Sun, Graphics Vancouver Sun Construction (inset) is underway on the large site …

Home buyers snap up variable rate mortgages

2004-07-19

Loans now undercut their fixed-rate cousins by two or three percentage points Andrew Flynn Sun   TORONTO -- Variable-rate mortgages are tempting a growing number of Canadians with alluringly low interest rates, some of them lower than …

Firenze - Hong Kong developer wading into Duck Pond

2004-07-18

Van. Cour. Three towers are slated for the property known locally as the duck pond. Photo by Dan Toulgoet. Hong Kong developer ready to wade into 'duck pond' By David Carrigg-Staff writer. It's taken almost a decade, but Hong Kong-based Hen…

What life will be like in False Creek's Utopia

2004-07-18

An ambitious plan for the last stretch of vacant land on the shores of False Creek is taking shape. The dreamers behind it hope to create a model village that will attract worldwide attention for solving some of the problems that have bligh…

Retirement homes - Questions & Answers

2004-07-17

Boomers make money rocking on the porch Ozzie Jurock Sun   Aging baby boomers -- and what a drag it is getting old -- can take solace in the fact that the B.C. housing market could hardly be kinder to them. Those who own a home have se…

A comprehensive guide to the Strata Property Act

2004-07-17

COMMENTARY I Many of us reside somewhere in the vicinity of the intersection of Strata Property Act Lane and Shelter Aspirations Boulevard. One plain-language guide to this neighbourhood is The Condominium Manual: A Comprehensive Guide to t…

House sales up BC wide

2004-07-17

B.C. Real Estate Association reports 5.7-per-cent increase in volume, 18.5-per-cent increase in value for June, year over year Michael McCullough Sun The buoyant housing market is reaching every corner of British Columbia , June sales figur…

Proposed new 10,000 unit development at Boundary & Kerr

2004-07-16

Ian MacNeill Sun Ian MacNeill discovered his family was living next door to the biggest Vancouver development you've never heard of. Photo by Dan Toulgoet     Site of the proposed East Fraserlands development lies between the Fras…

Granville targeted for facelift

2004-07-14

Stakeholders want to revitalize the scruffy downtown street from harbour to bridge Sun CREDIT: Mark van Manen, Vancouver Sun City planner Jeffrey Patterson with some of the new cafes and business in the 900-block of Granvlle. CREDIT: Mark v…

Our new city spire - Shangri-La

2004-07-11

Reporter John Bermingham answers some key questions about this new jewel John Bermingham Province   CREDIT: Gerry Kahrmann, The Province The Coastal Church at 1160 West Georgia will be renovated as part of the Shangri-la project. The t…

Woodward's site to be redeveloped - 3 Proposals

2004-07-11

John Bermingham Province   The Westbank Projects/Peterson Investment Group design mixes the modern with the heritage and saves the original building.   CREDIT: Jon Murray, The Province Millennium Development consulted with the com…

Woodward's may have tenants by late 2006

2004-07-10

Council to choose from three plans, all of which keep big 'W' William Boei Sun VANCOUVER - Jim Green, the unofficial mayor of the Downtown Eastside, ushered in the next stage of the Woodward's redevelopment project Friday and declared it "t…

No sign of slower new home sales in BC despite rising prices, rates

2004-07-07

First-time buyer demand stays strong Michael Kane Sun It is too soon to signal the end of British Columbia 's housing boom, economists say. Escalating prices and rising interest rates suggest residential construction will make less of a con…

Lower Mainland housing sales continue to rise

2004-07-07

Ashley Ford Province There's no end in sight for home-buying enthusiasm -- or for home-price increases -- across the Lower Mainland. Greater Vancouver recorded the highest price increases in Canada in the second quarter of 2004, figures rel…

Condo sales continue climb in hot market

2004-07-06

Buyers have grown more confident since leaky-condo crisis of the '90s Michael McCullough Sun Booming condominium and townhouse sales helped keep Greater Vancouver's real estate market humming in June, offsetting a decline in detached house …

Shangri-La - New Tallest Tower at Georgia & Thurlow

2004-07-06

Hotel and condo complex in West End will be first to go higher than 600 feet Province   CREDIT: The Province It will take four years to build, but when it is finished the Shangri-La will be the city’s first building taller than 6…