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Vancouver city councilors have unanimously approved a motion calling for a review of the city’s protected “view cones,” which have restricted developments in many parts of Vancouver and helped exacerbate the housing crisis. There are 26 view cones that cross over Vancouver’s central areas of the downtown Vancouver peninsula and the Central Broadway area, as […]

Translink has announced that it plans on partnering with developer PCI to build a 30 storey rental tower across the street from the Arbutus Street Broadway Line Station. This would be Translink’s first example of building its own transit oriented development, which will provide additional income streams. This model has existed for decades in advanced

City staff are set to present a report to City Council on March 29th that will provide updates on the implementation of the Broadway Plan to date, as well as some policy recommendations. Key items of the presentation will include: – A report back on a “pace of change” approach to manage redevelopment impacts on

According to the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, tunnel boring that began last fall has just broken through the future Mount Pleasant Station. It is estimated that the boring machines will take approximately one year to dig from the Great Northern Way – Emily Carr Station all the way to the future Arbutus Street Station.

Covid, remote work, layoffs and a looming recession are causing increasing office vacancy in major markets across North America. In addition, increasing interest rates and tech industry headwinds are causing major office users to step back, reducing, or eliminating parts of their office footprints. As new buildings from the previous cycle get completed, there is

According to local media reports, the completion of the Broadway Subway Line is projected to be delayed until early 2026 (from the original timeline of late 2025). The delay is being blamed on the 5-week concrete worker strike in June of last summer. Despite the delay and other inflationary pressures, the government claims that the

Newly appointed BC Premier David Eby announced his 3-part plan to address BC’s housing affordability and supply crunch this week. Two of the measures can be implemented quickly, potentially adding a few thousand units into the rental pool. These include: Removing age restrictions in most strata buildings This has the potential to free-up additional family

Starting today – September 1, 2022 – the Broadway Plan is in effect. This means that the previously imposed moratorium on rezonings in the Broadway Plan Area is now lifted and a flurry of development activity will ensue. Our team at Broadway Plan Real Estate Solutions is very excited at the prospect of helping to