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Jun. 20, 2018 / Gordon Price

The Icepick is Back

In 2015, Toronto-based developer Cadillac Fairview attempted to get approval for a 26-storey office building at 555 Cordova. Dubbed “The…
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Jun. 19, 2018 / Colin Stein

Vancouver Candidate Survey on Kettle-Boffo Project: What Would You Have Done to Close the Gap?

Earlier today, The Kettle Society and Boffo Properties announced the cancellation of the Kettle-Boffo project, a proposed 12-storey, mixed-use development…
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Jun. 18, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Why was a Former Saskatchewan Premier in Victoria Railing Against the B.C. Speculation Tax?

Price Tags contributor Tom Durning shares an article from Press Progress that sheds some light on the comments of Brad Wall,…
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Jun. 17, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Thinking About Density? Or Rezoning in Vancouver? Or Voting?

Pseudonymous housing wonk YVRYIMBY (Vancouver, Yes In My Back Yard) has created a wonderfully simple yet powerful, data-driven graphical view of…
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Jun. 16, 2018 / Colin Stein

Vancouver Mural – 20 W Hastings

Michael Alexander, one of Gordon Price’s travel partners on the east Asian urbanist study sojourn, took this photograph last month.…
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Jun. 15, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Northeast False Creek Rezoning Referral~ Bedrooms without Views and Buildings Blocking Views

In the City of Vancouver, council is trying to get as much done as they can before the October 20th…
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Jun. 14, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

City of Vancouver Announces New Housing Plan, Duplexing of Single Family Zones

You can tell it’s an election year by the flurry of reports on the City of Vancouver council agenda next…
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Jun. 14, 2018 / Colin Stein

Vancouver’s Tenancy Market Jumps the Shark

Contributor Ian Robertson writes to suggest that Vancouver’s rental market has, just maybe, jumped the shark. A “den” just wide enough…
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Jun. 11, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Real Estate Marketing 101: Trivision on the Arbutus Corridor

Also called Tri-Face, Three Message Sign, Prismavision, or Prismatic displays, this Trivision billboard sign rotates 120 degrees to show three different advertisements.…
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Jun. 08, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

0.2%Mageddon in Vancouver and the Fourth Estate

The well-connected and prolific Gary Mason wonders in the Globe and Mail just why in heaven we are paying any…
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Jun. 07, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The New York Times Documents Vancouver’s Housing “Frenzy”

Trust the New York Times to call it like it is. As the newspaper astutely observed this past weekend: Last year,…
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Jun. 06, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Who’s Protecting Farmland in Richmond and Delta? Not Council; Voters to Weigh in Next.

Surprise — this October’s civic election in British Columbia will be no less gripping for those outside of the Vancouver…
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Jun. 04, 2018 / Colin Stein

Let’s Get Passive Aggressive: New Standards for the Single Family House

One of the issues cities across North America are grappling with (at least those that are not yet moving on…
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Jun. 01, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Vancouver’s Granville Bridge Ramps

Yesterday’s Globe and Mail carried an advert from the City of Vancouver (see below), looking for people who’d like to…

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