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Guest Post from Damien Gillis
City Hall Leak Ignited Anti-Olympic Powder Keg The Real Political Lessons From Vancouver's Leakgate, Electionby Damien GillisNovember 16, 2008I'm gett...
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Olympic Village deal demands disclosure
It's rare for Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan to issue a press release of importance. In the newsrooms, he's known as Spam Sullivan because of his...
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Athletes village to get $100-million loan
Garry Mason in the Globe and MailThe City of Vancouver has authorized lending up to $100-million to rescue the financially troubled Olympic athletes v...
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City of Vancouver bails out Olympic Village
Remember that rumour that the construction of the Olympic Village is running into credit difficulties and the various assurances that taxpayers wouldn...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Public Transport and Neighbourhoods
Hank Dittmar at SFU Surrey Centre City November 3, 2008Hank DittmarThis was the first of a series of lectures being given this week to introduce the n...
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V6A: No condo for this postal code
The winds of change are upon us. CTV News hit hard last night with an explosive report on the Vancouver condo bust. The exclusive? The reveal that O...
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condohype |
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Ritz-Carlton work stoppage
Thanks to Vansanity for this tip - apparently all excavation work has stopped on the Residences at Ritz-Carlton site on West Georgia street in downtow...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Trouble in New Yaletown
It looks like all is not going according to plan in Surrey's efforts to turn Whalley, a neighbourhood known for its crack dealers and methamphetamine ...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Credit crisis comes to Olympic Village
Gah just posted this link, looks like Millennium Water might need a bail out:As the credit crisis south of the border begins to creep north, concerns ...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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UBC Farm Threatened by Condominium Development
Not so long ago I was talking to a UBC alumna, who had been on one of those official tours where former students are shown around the campus. She was ...
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Incentives to lure condo buyers
Surreyjoe posted a link to this article in the Vancouver Sun about incentives designed to lure condo buyers. The article covers a number of projects...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Underground tourism
Globe and MailA not very serious story from the travel section that claims There's no better way for travellers to tap into a city's real centre th...
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WERA Director John Whistler's presentation to Vancouver City Council
West End Residents Association (WERA) delivers Burrard Bridge Petition at Capital Plan Public Hearing.On September 15, 2008 Director John Whistler spo...
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Liberals cheat voters by cancelling fall sitting
You can see why Gordon Campbell decided to cancel the fall sitting of the legislature. His government would spend six weeks getting batted around on b...
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Paying attention |
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A Garden Grows
Last April, when the communty garden at Seymour and Pacific was ready for spring planting, I confessed some skepticism about its popularity - here.Wil...
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Price Tags |
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Michael Geller, New Blood for NPA? (in News)
Vancouver's reigning party stumbled, says developer who seeks one of its council slots. ...
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TheTyee.ca |
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Michael Geller, New Blood for NPA (in News)
Vancouver's reigning party stumbled, says developer who seeks one of its council slots. ...
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TheTyee.ca |
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Live the subsidized lifestyle
Isn't it fun to watch what happens in a sinking condo market? Aside from rampant use of awkward expressions less upward pressure is my favo...
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The rental backup plan
Yesterday Vancouver Banker left a comment about a local developer having trouble selling a condo conversion and opting to rent it out as a temporary b...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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On transportation woes: The planning void
An editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle coudl eaily be rewritten and addressed to Gordon Campbell and his greenhouse gas advisers rather than the ...
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Dreams of green
Don't judge a book by its cover is a popular proverb that I've never been able to get behind. It's a reckless concept, never mind an insult to ...
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Mr. Rowhouse
Art CowieArt Cowie is one of Vancouver's Renaissance men - a landscape architect, planner, politician (from Park Commissioner to MLA), developer, comm...
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Price Tags |
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City hall greenlights density hike
A reader wrote (in a comment on another thread that will not appear there)Thoughts on this news story?And normally this is not something I would get i...
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New condo comes with market value guarantee
If 20,000 listings, near-zero sales and word-on-the-street consensus isn't enough to convince you that Vancouver real estate is in the thralls of melt...
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Coleman's autocratic style could be problem in new
Coleman's autocratic style could be problem in new ministryJune 27, 2008Dare we hope that a new day is dawning with news this week that B.C.'s most pr...
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A Closer Look |
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Why I write condohype
Responding to my previous post, reader Paul argues that this blog has a role in making a positive contribution to the craft of condo marketing. In hi...
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Patrick Condon on Trams and the City
The following was originally posted to the Livable Region Coalition email list where a parallel discussion of the recent Tyee article had degenerated ...
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Developer warns of slowing condo market
From the 'sun predicted to set' department of todays Province comes this article: BC developer warns of cooling condo market.B.C.'s development indust...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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horse cookies
the pope already covered the issue of The Anvil being dropped on unsuspecting buyers' heads with a demand for $20,000 to $40,000 if they want to kee...
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What's the motive for those power lines in Delta?
The reason that new high voltage power lines are being put across Tsawwassen we are told is that there is a need to ensure power for Vancouver Island....
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United Properties Anvil in trouble
Another lower mainland condo project in trouble, this one in New West. Story at the CBC:United Properties, the developer behind The Anvil in New West...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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The Affordable City
John Davis of Burlington Associates introduced himself as a practitioner not an academic. In the small town of Burlington, Vermont he has been one of ...
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Whistler Olympic housing problem solved
The city of Whistler is teaming up with a local developer to offer temporary housing for the Olympics - in fully furnished modified shipping container...
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Live at Five |
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Draft season
Premier Gordon Campbell may have given provincial Liberal bankrollers a sneak preview of some of his draft picks for the next election. While attendin...
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Public Eye Online |
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Hockey Night in Victoria
Controversial Victoria developer and former National Hockey League player Len Barrie had a $10,000 per ticket fundraiser for the provincial Liberals a...
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Public Eye Online |
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Rezoning Application on 1202-1215 Bidwell St and 1702-1726 Davie St.
There will be a Public Information Open HouseTuesday, May 20, 20084 pm 8 pmBest Western Sands HotelPacific Room1755 Davie StreetThe City of Vancou...
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Christopher Leinberger at SFU
Thanks to Frank Pacella I am about to make my first attempt at live blogging.Shifting GearsIntroduced by Larry Frank as a member of Brookings Institut...
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The Market for Walkable Urban Development
Shifting GearsChristopher Leinberger at SFU downtownThanks to Frank Pacella I am about to make my first attempt at live blogging.Chris Leinberger was ...
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Planned city office tower on hold
SunA proposed office tower is not going to be built near GM Place. No potential tenants could eb found at a rent that made the project feasible - beca...
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Vecchiato's Voice - April 24, 2008 - Musings On Homelessness, Ministry Dialogues, Campbell Heights Sucks & Nationalism
HOMELESSNESSAn angry letter to the editor about the new Salvation Army facility probably echoed a lot of people's feelings. I'm not particularly keen...
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Vecchiato's Voice - April 24, 2008 - Musings On Homelessness, Bureaucratic Dialogues, Surrey's Campbell Heights Sucks & Nationalism
HOMELESSNESSAn angry letter to the editor about the new Salvation Army facility probably echoed a lot of people's feelings. I'm not particularly keen...
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'Growth Is Coming': Developer Floats Plan for Jordan River (in News)
Town of 10,000 sketched for controversial forest land release. ...
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TheTyee.ca |
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Making it Happen: Sustainable Smart Growth
Gov Parris N Glendening at SFU downtown April 17The former Gov of Maryland, he is now the President of the Smart Growth Leadership Institute, which he...
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‘Smart Growth' Pioneers Come to Town
Some great speakers are coming to Vancouver in the coming weeks to deliver free lectures. Parris Glendening, a pioneer in conceiving and executing s...
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Price Tags |
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Density the Richmond Way
I have done a similar thing once before for Price Tags #44- but somehow that ended up more like a lament for the then unprotected trees than a careful...
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Vecchiato's Voice - April 13, 2008 -DEAD BIRDS AND CODE OF ETHICS: AN INCONGRUOUS COMBINATION
A respected Langley businessman suggested the following: bring a hammer and two live birds,a chickadee and a killdeer for nesting diversity and presen...
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Langley Free Press |
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Stanley Kwok, Paradise Maker - the Rees Summary
Once again, Stephen Rees has posted a summary of the interview with architect and developer Stanley Kwok, as part of the Paradise Makers series - Apri...
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SFU City |
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New Stuff 5 - Gardens
My mother seemed to extract a season's worth of fresh food from the modest garden in the backyard of our Victoria home. I have no idea how she did i...
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Price Tags |
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Sophia Condo development update
The Bowra group has started sorting through which presales buyers are willing to pay more to keep their condo units:Their options are to agree to pay ...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Homer + Helmcken Redux
Faster than you can say receivership, the penthouse pads at Homer + Helmcken are on the market, ready to usurp the maximum of your 40-year mortg...
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