Long approval timelines, inefficient construction methods, marketing costs all contribute to high cost of housing Much of the effort that is being expended to try to conquer the housing affordability challenge in Metro Vancouver is focused on assisting buyers or renters in one way or another, or on providing more subsidized housing in different forms. [...]

Richmond’s hotspot, No.3 Road and Westminster Highway, is about to get even hotter with the addition of the Mandarin Residences (The Wall Group of Companies with The Fairborne Group). Location, location, location! The Mandarin Residences is across the street from Richmond Centre where you find large retailers such as The Bay, Sport Chek, Old Navy, [...]

The Flats – 219 Georgia East is a new condo project by Panther Constructors Limited currently in pre-construction at 219 Georgia St E in Vancouver. The project is scheduled for completion in 2012. Available condos start at $269,900. The project has a total of 28 units. DEVELOPMENT NAME The Flats – 219 Georgia East DEVELOPER(S) [...]

Building on the success of Origin, Porte Development introduces Lift. High atop Burnaby mountain, Lift offers contemporary 1 bedroom and 1 + den flats, plus 2, 2 + den and 3 bedroom gardenhomes and skyhomes. Lift is the pinnacle of sustainable design, contemporary details combined with urban amenities and acres of nature trails just outside [...]

More than 460 suites plus retail space VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – The largest building project outside Vancouver’s downtown core has been approved near Marine Drive and Cambie. The Marine Project will be built around the Marine Drive Canada Line station in Marpole. The project has been four years in the making and underwent numerous revisions. Three [...]