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Jun. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Back to the Drawing Board for Chinatown's 105 Keefer Street

In a not surprising but still stunning reversal  the proposed 12 storey tower by Beedie Development on Keefer Street was…
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Jun. 12, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge Tunnel Talk

It is no surprise that as soon as a potential pause was suggested for the Massey Bridge (now approaching 12…
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Jun. 12, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Chinatown under "Siege for Densification?"

It has been an interesting time to read the different viewpoints being expressed about the proposed 12 storey Beedie development…
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Jun. 07, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Why is Vancouver's Affordable Housing Policy Turning Out to be Unaffordable?

This piece by Nathalie Baker in the Province describes the work of  Vancouver’s Affordable Housing Agency (VAHA) to enable the “development…
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Jun. 02, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

City Schools Looking for Kids

The Tyee and Carlito Pablo have written about the continuing decline of student registraton in Vancouver, with a further 250 kids…
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May. 23, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Horseshoe Bay Condo Developers Put Locals First

Jane Seyd in the North Shore News  describes the unusual policy of allowing local people to buy into a new…
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May. 17, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Smashed Avocado on Toast and Millennials in Australia

In the hyper Australian housing market Jennifer Wells of Metro News describes real estate developer Tim Gurner’s unfortunate and thoughtless remarks about…
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May. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Richmond, Let's Make Farmland Important, Not a Land Grab for Mansion Builders

As reported in the Richmond News there’s been some surprising setbacks in the City of Richmond’s approach to stop the creation…
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May. 11, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Tsawwassen Mills, Warren Buffett, and the On-Line Retail Shift

You are not hearing a lot in the press about the Tsawwassen Mills Mega Mall, built by the Quebec Ivanhoe…
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May. 10, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The word "Compromise" means to "Co-Promise"-new era ahead at the Province?

The Provincial Election is over and the electorate gasps as results indicate that no one (yet) really has the reins…
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May. 05, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge Quadruples in Interest Costs to $12 Billion Dollars – Leaked Gov't Document

This just in from Business in Vancouver and Nelson Bennett, reporter. Documents leaked to and by the NDP Party show…
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May. 05, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

"Creme de la Creme" Reappears in Shaughnessy Property Owners Association "Slavery" Analogy

About fifteen years  ago at a hearing regarding the future of the Arbutus rail alignment (now a greenway) a resident…
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May. 05, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Port Mann Bridge, the Massey Bridge and the French Connection

  If you go  through the Massey Tunnel, you’ve seen an increase in machinery and people wearing hard hats at…
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May. 04, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Census Canada Says: We Are Getting Old

  Yesterday was a very exciting day for planners and statisticians who eagerly anticipated the new release of Census Canada…

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