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Sep. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Walking, the Economy, and Northeast False Creek

The Walk21 Conference Series held its 17th conference last week.  Canada is the only country that has hosted the conference…
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Sep. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Housing:Vancouver a "Honey Pot" for Global Investors Says Local Experts

It’s not every day that three well-respected urbanists meet to discuss what is happening in the Vancouver housing market, but…
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Sep. 25, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

By-Election Talk About Housing

To me, it’s unusual to see something direct and unambiguous around the housing debate — and an often-discussed solution.  Density…
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Sep. 25, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver Condo Presales in Hong Kong and Chinese Cities Rein in Speculation.

This article by Thinkpol has spread very quickly across social networks for all of the wrong reasons. While accessibility into the…
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Sep. 24, 2017 / michaelkluckner

Migration from Main Street

Burcu’s Angels – a good example of a hip independent shop if there ever was one – has left trendy…
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Sep. 19, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Richmond Car Condos for $600,000!

You can tell a lot about people by the way they treat their neighbours and their pets-but does the same…
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Sep. 15, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Re-Zoning: Are You Joking?

Well, this does get serious attention, and not many are laughing. Glen Korstrom in Business In Vancouver takes on the…
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Sep. 14, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Housing Affordability: More Voices

Following the platform announcement by the NPA civic by-election candidate (who wants to see Vancouver-wide rezoning and higher housing density…
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Sep. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Duke of Data Andy Yan, Census Canada and Housing Affordability

In Metro Vancouver no one gets as excited as Simon Fraser University’s Andy Yan, Director of the City Program when…
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Sep. 13, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Civic Election Heat

NPA’s Bremner lays a plank in his platform for the vacant City Council seat to be filled on October 14.…
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Sep. 12, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Provincial Affordability Initiative

This re-tweet appeared recently. John Horgan@jjhorgan 19 hours ago We’re getting started on a comprehensive plan to make housing more…
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Sep. 07, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Amazon – Gorilla On the March

Seattle’s biggest gorilla wants to expand. Is Vancouver a possible site? Thanks to Tyler Orton in Business In Vancouver. Amazon’s RFP…
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Sep. 07, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Shifting Condo Conversations

A change in the discussion around housing choice: what new things come to mind when a person chooses life in…
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Sep. 06, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Walking Tour Though Bad Zoning

In some cities like Houston, zoning is minimal if it exists at all, resulting in explosion-prone chemical factories located in…

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