Frank O'Brien
‘Living building’ could be Canada’s greenest home
Architect estimates net-zero house will generate five times more energy than it uses
Legions, developers team up on mixed-use projects
Surrey, Burnaby properties will combine veteran facilities with market housing
Union Gospel Mission expands to house homeless
Typical “rent” will be about one-tenth of Vancouver average in new $35.5 million complex
Money launderers the latest bogeyman to blame
Hard for B.C. government and public to admit that we drove real estate values up all by ourselves
Vancouver wood building would be world’s tallest
40-storey Canada Earth Tower proposed for Broadway corridor
Updated: B.C.’s first ‘dementia village’ set to open in Langley
Province also planning two pilot projects employing new concept in seniors care
Big players muscle out mom-and-pop storage firms
Self-storage a target for big companies, real estate investment trusts
Few foreclosures reflect Metro homeowner tenacity
Most distressed sales believed linked to family issues, not sales and price declines
Is home-alone trend contributing to housing crisis?
The number of Canadians living all alone has more than doubled in a generation and is now the most common and least affordable form of habitation
Foreign-buyer tax playing havoc with B.C. farmland
Levy has driven prices up while stunting sales of farms where the owner lives on the property