Frances Bula, The Globe & Mail, May 26, 2015
The CBC is exploring whether to sell its $57-million downtown Vancouver broadcast centre as part of a national plan to reduce its real-estate holdings.
The 2.1-acre site may have “developable density” that could make it attractive as more than just another office building for sale, said Fred Mattocks, the CBC’s manager of media operations and technology for CBC English services.
Vancouver Magazine, April 20, 2015
When it comes to new Vancouver houses, we are living in the era of big. The bigger the better. The newer the better. Double sinks in the bathrooms. Double car garages. Double kitchens. The kids’ bathrooms come with extra-big tubs, showers, heated floors, televisions set into vanity mirrors. A galley kitchen? That’s so ’90s. It’s not a kitchen if it hasn’t got an island the size of a Volkswagen,
Kerry Gold, The Globe and Mail, April 24, 2015
We know about low mortgage rates and investor speculation, but there is another major driver behind Metro Vancouver real estate – transit.
Transit provides the framework for future development. It has the power to create entire communities and shape the region. And this unaffordable city needs it more than ever.
Developers already know that, which is why Intergulf Development Group vice-president Shaadi Faris will be keeping a close eye on the transit plebiscite results.
Brent Jang, The Globe & Mail, April 5, 2015
Soaring real estate prices have been the equivalent of winning the lottery for thousands of people who own single-family detached homes in Vancouver.
The average price of new and existing detached houses sold within the city of Vancouver has topped $1.9-million. An eye-popping projection by Vancouver City Savings Credit Union calls for the average detached price within Vancouver’s city limits to skyrocket to $4.4-million in 2030,
Frank O’Brien, The Prince George Citizen, March 12, 2015
Buying raw land on the fringe of Prince George is among the best real estate buys in British Columbia, according to Rudy Nielson, president of Niho Land & Cattle Co. and the largest private landowner in the province.
“Prince George has it all. It is a hub city for the province,” Nielson said following an address to the annual Jurock Land Rush conference in Vancouver.
Frank O’Brien, Business in Vancouver, March 10, 2015
Buying raw land on the fringe of Prince George is among the best real estate buys in British Columbia, according to Rudy Nielsen, president of Niho Land & Cattle Co. and the largest private landowner in the province.
“Prince George has it all. It is a hub city for the province,” Nielsen said following an address to the annual Jurock Land Rush conference in Vancouver February 28.
Jeff Nagel, Surrey North Delta Leader, Feb 20, 2015
Premier Christy Clark says the possible defeat of a proposed 0.5 per cent sales tax by the No side in this spring’s referendum on transit expansion might force Metro Vancouver mayors to raise TransLink’s property tax instead.
TransLink already collects $305 million per year – $238 per average home assessed at $719,000 – from its dedicated property tax,