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Mar. 27, 2018 / Gordon Price

This Week in Victoria – 2

This week, selected items and observations from a short trip to Victoria. The Victoria I grew up in was a…
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Mar. 26, 2018 / Gordon Price

Jillian Glover's "My Affordable City"

Jillian Glover, of This City Life, launched her latest series, My Affordable City: My Affordable City is a series profiling…
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Mar. 26, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Developer Profit More Important than Farmland in the City of Richmond

It is hard to believe that a former farming community like the City of Richmond, which has championed density in…
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Mar. 26, 2018 / Gordon Price

Portlandia's Tiny House

Portlandia just wrapped up its eighth and final season last week.  (Imagine a version for ‘Vancouverland’ – so much potential…
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Mar. 21, 2018 / Gordon Price

Segal: Density, Design and Public Benefit

A comment under Our Looming Tower by Ralph Segal that’s worth bringing forward: This intriguing 497 ft. high tower by…
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Mar. 19, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

A Tale of Two Different Bottom Lines~McArthur Glen Mall at YVR & Tsawwassen Mills

It is an interesting time for regional malls in Metro Vancouver, and two new entrants in the market, McArthurGlen in…
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Mar. 14, 2018 / Gordon Price

Urbanarium: Missing Middle Exhibition and Debate

The Urbanarium is hosting the Missing Middle Competition exhibition at the AIBC, starting today (Mar 14) and running until April 12. …
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Mar. 09, 2018 / michaelkluckner

How did US cities become so segregated?

Below are excerpts from a review-essay in the New York Review of Books about a very disturbing new book called…
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Mar. 09, 2018 / michaelkluckner

Labour Supply vs. Demand

From Business in Vancouver via Jak King: Is this a textbook example of Adam Smith’s dictum, or are there other…
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Mar. 07, 2018 / Gordon Price

City Conversation: Real Estate – The Wild West Coast – Mar 15

Is B.C. the Wild West? Housing Loans, Money Laundering, Numbered Companies, and More   Private individuals, including known drug dealers,…
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Mar. 07, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Foreign investment "distorting" Canadian housing market~Bank CEO Says

From the Daily Durning~as reported in the Financial Post  “Foreign inflows are distorting Canada’s already constrained housing market and aren’t the…
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Mar. 06, 2018 / Gordon Price

Price Tags in Victoria – Mar 21

For PT readers in Victoria and Saanich:…
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Mar. 02, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Empire Landmark Hotel — Down, Then Up [Updated]

Vancouver’s 40+ year-old Empire Landmark hotel is slowly going down, starting this month.  It’s 42 storeys will be demolished in…
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Mar. 01, 2018 / michaelkluckner

Affordable micro-suite

No, it’s not a piece by Ken Lum destined for the art gallery. Instead, it’s quite an advanced little shelter…

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