Western Investor staff
Industrial leads downturn in Metro commercial sales
Q2 commercial property deals down 34 per cent, sales volume drops to $3.26 billion
Fraser Valley home prices up from last year as market ‘balances’
August sales were up from July and benchmark prices increased about 15 per cent compared to a year earlier
Student rental housing tower approved in New Westminster
Douglas College $295M, 20-storey, 368-bed facility will start construction in 2023
Detached-house sales-to-listing ratio slips below 12 per cent
Metro Vancouver July home sales drop 22.8 per cent from June as prices declined for the third straight month
City of Vancouver launching ‘user-friendly’ zoning by-law
Coming this November, the revised Zoning and Development By-law is meant make regulations simpler and more consistent
Land sales dominate commercial deals in Lower Mainland
Land transactions accounted for $2 billion, more than half of the total commercial real estate volume in the first-quarter 2022
TransLink turns to real estate development to make up for pandemic revenue losses
CEO calls venture a ‘creative way’ to boost funding
Vancouver home sales plunge 34% from last year
April sales also down 25.6% from March as month-over-month prices increases stall at a lofty high
Richmond office developer eyes smaller spaces despite density bonus
Pandemic has changed office demand in the Richmond market, developer claims
Amazon takes final piece of big Burnaby industrial park
In the largest speculative build in Metro Vancouver’s history, the retail giant leases entire last building at Riverbend Business Park