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May. 03, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge Crossing in "heart" of Musqueam Territory, but First Nations Not Consulted

In a press release from the Musqueam Nation, Chief Wayne Sparrow stated  “Musqueam has not been meaningfully consulted nor accommodated for…
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May. 01, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

1451 Wellington-"Even Your Car Gets Special Treatment"

  You just can’t make this stuff up. Mizrahi developments is preselling a twelve storey boutique apartment building in Ottawa…
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Apr. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

"Show Courage, Please U-Turn on the Massey Bridge Decision"

Another cogent letter in the Richmond News written by Andy Hobbs questions the expenditure of $3.5 billion dollars (now forecast to…
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Apr. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

McArthurGlen YVR Mall-Parking for Customers, Employees not so much.

According to The Richmond News (and thanks to Scot Bathgate for alerting Price Tags) there is a season of discontent with the…
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Apr. 26, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Tide Changing in Seattle as Neighbourhood Council Input nixed by City

Next City describes the changes occurring to the thirteen neighbourhood district councils in Seattle. These groups of activist homeowners have “held…
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Apr. 25, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

End of the Single Family Neighbourhood? Greater Vancouver Board of Trade

The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade had a forum on  housing affordability and how to get young people living in…
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Apr. 21, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Ontario-Changes to Rentals, New Foreign-Buyers' Tax

The Globe and Mail reports that  some aspects of Vancouver’s foreign-buyers regulation have been embraced in Greater Toronto’s “Golden Horseshoe” the…
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Apr. 19, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Metro Vancouver Housing Prices Down, but Not For Long

Metro News and  Jeff Hodson reports that the latest Royal LePage housing price survey shows  a decline in housing prices in…
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Apr. 17, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Original Frank Lloyd Wright House For Sale-

There is no doubt that the work of the west coast architects in developing the northwest coast style was greatly…
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Apr. 05, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver Art Gallery Asks Feds for $100 Million for New Building

The Vancouver Sun reporter Kevin Griffin  gives the latest on the Vancouver Art Gallery’s missive to build the proposed Herzog &…
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Mar. 30, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Metro Van Housing Sales Slow Down- Housing Prices Still High.

As reported in Business In Vancouver by Patrick Blennerhasset, despite what you are hearing about housing sales slowing, prices being asked…
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Mar. 21, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Larry Beasley and Metro Vancouver's Potential Third Housing Sector

Both Peter Ladner in Business in Vancouver  and columnist Daphne Bramham in the Vancouver Sun  have featured comments made by Larry…
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Mar. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Lose a Highway, Gain a Place-Carson City Rebuilds its Downtown

There is a renaissance occurring in many American towns that are reclaiming their downtowns when bisecting highways are rerouted from…
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Mar. 13, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Bridge to Nowhere Connects in New York City

  So what happens if there is a pedestrian “bridge” placed over a street between two buildings and those buildings…

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