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Mar. 13, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Nanaimo Arena Iced for Now

In a vote that was really no surprise, The CBC reports that the City of Nanaimo’s ballot to approve an $80 million…
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Mar. 06, 2017 / Gordon Price

SALA Lecture: Sara Stevens – Mar 6

Sara Stevens   Sara Stevens is an architectural and urban historian. Her research focuses on the relationship between architecture and…
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Mar. 03, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Avoiding Death by Gentle Density?

Once again from Jen St. Denis with Metro News  housing experts weigh in on the “gentle density ” proposals put…
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Mar. 01, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

China's Banks Cooling Vancouver Housing Investment?

There are some interesting changes occurring in China which may impact the Vancouver housing market. As reported in Business in Vancouver …
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Feb. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Church Rezoning versus Single Family Neighbours

  Cheryl Chan in the Vancouver Sun  reports on the  Dunbar Ryerson United Church located in Kerrisdale that has  a…
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Feb. 22, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Density and the Missing Middle-Video Now available

Further to the talk  by Michael Geller at Simon Fraser University about  European examples of “middling” density and form (as…
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Feb. 16, 2017 / Gordon Price

Daily Scot: Foreign buyer tax – Students and Loopholes

Scot thinks the latest column by Ian Young in his column, “The Hongcouver,” makes for a good read in the…
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Feb. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Back to the Massey Bridge- Because it's the 21st Century

From Price Tags commentator Alex Botta:…
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Feb. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Micro-Suites in Vancouver-How Small Is Small?

The Vancouver Sun’s Kent Spencer asks the question-do we really want to live in micro-suites?  And should the City be encouraging…
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Feb. 08, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Walking Sheds and Why They Matter

  From the brilliant minds of  Public Square, Robert Steuteville writes about the return to compact walking friendly neighbourhoods, with…
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Feb. 08, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Cashing In on the Pre-Sale Condos

Business in Vancouver writer  Frank O’Brien outlines an interesting story to watch-what is  happening  with those assignment sales of uncompleted highrise…
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Feb. 07, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Seniors' Care Housing and Why This Matters

The Vancouver Sun’s Bethany Lindsay describes  B.C. Seniors’ Advocate Isobel Mackenzie  release of information that 27 per cent of residents in care…
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Feb. 03, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Chinatown, High Density Development and Why This Matters

This article by Wanyee Li in Metro News gets to the nub of a vital issue for one of the oldest,…
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Feb. 01, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Housing those Growing Booming Seniors

The New York Times  notes that every day for the next 19 years 10,000 people in the United States will…

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