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Metro Vancouver has seen numerous insolvencies the past few years, but most of them have been residential projects and many of them have yet to reach the construction phase. This makes the Nexus project by Keltic Development an anomaly.Nexus is a 10-storey medical office project planned for 220 Prior Street in Vancouver, near the new St. Paul’s Hospital campus currently being constructed. The building is designed by MCMP Architects and is set to include 102,000 sq. ft of medical office space, industrial space, and retail space.In 2022, California-based medical technology company Masimo agreed to buy the entire building for $123…
Getting around Toronto isn’t exactly smooth sailing. Even celebrities like Tom Cruise, Niall Horan, and Will Ferrell have poked fun at the city’s infamous traffic when visiting for shows or the Toronto International Film Festival. And they’re not wrong, the gridlock is real. Public transit commuters in Toronto face an average 55-minute trip per journey, the second-highest in North America, according to a 2024 report by Moovit, a commuter app. And as of May 2025, StatsCan reports that Toronto has the longest commute times in Canada at 34.9 minutes on average—longer than Vancouver (31 minutes) and Montreal (29 minutes). Add…
Burnaby-based real estate developer Beedie is now ready to move forward with a new design for its project in Chinatown, a project that has drawn opposition and controversy like few other development projects in Vancouver have before. The subject site of the proposal is 105 Keefer Street (now being referred to by Beedie as 570 Columbia Street), located directly east of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Public Park and Chinese Cultural Centre Museum. The site, which is currently a vacant surface parking lot, is next to Chinatown Memorial Square, a landmark public space that also regularly hosts community events.The Story So…
Canadians aren’t bouncing back from the pandemic’s hit to life satisfaction. Statistics Canada (StatCan) data show the average life satisfaction score slipped in Q2 2025, the first decline in more than a year. The recovery is stalling before it reaches pre-pandemic levels, and a provincial breakdown shows sharp divides in how people feel about their lives. Canada’s Mood Darkens: Life Satisfaction Slips In Q2 2025 Canadian life satisfaction is slipping before it recovers from the pandemic. The average score fell to 7.0 in Q2 2025, down 0.1 points from the prior quarter. It was the first decline in over a…
Just the other day, I was chatting with a well-known Realtor (let’s call him Bob). The discussion was: “Real estate agents who are broke make worse real estate agents.” Now, let me be clear, Bob was being a bit inflammatory on purpose. He was raising the conversation and asking for input on the topic. It’s a common sentiment in the profession. If the Realtor needs the pay cheque desperately, then they will give you biased advice. Does that mean a Realtor’s financial condition is a conflict of interest? Is it time to start adding Realtors’ private bank accounts to the…
Over the last several years, the real estate market has come to occupy the cultural zeitgeist in a major way. At dinner tables and water coolers across the country, Canadians have talked about the market when it soars, when it slides, and when it stagnates.This is something that has always been true for industry stakeholders and investors, but since the market volatility that followed the pandemic, everyday folk both young and old have been getting in on the discussion. They have opinions, they have complaints, and they have questions.Mike Moffat, Founding Director of the Missing Middle Initiative and Co-Host of…
The Dallas Business Journal estimates that the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) area added close to 500 new residents per day from 2023 to 2024. The metropolitan area is now home to over 8 million residents. As one of the biggest cities in the country, it can be difficult to determine which is the best Dallas suburb for you to move to. Some suburbs offer great connectivity to downtown, but come at a steep price. Other suburbs are further away from the core, but won’t stretch your budget. When you’re buying a home, thinking strategically about the potential for future price appreciation…
Let’s not dance around it: this year has been messy. Between the economic uncertainty, a roller-coaster market, and the continuing ripple effects of the iPro Realty Ltd. disaster, the real estate industry is being tested like never before. Agents are burned out. Deals are harder to put together. Clients are more skeptical. And trust across the board is wearing thin. But here’s the truth – and you’re not going to like it. We did a lot of this to ourselves. The fallout we should have seen coming The iPro collapse didn’t just come out of nowhere. It was…
With the City of Vancouver approving the new Rupert and Renfrew Station Area Plan earlier this year, the stage is now set for a large-scale redevelopment of the area, and few may get larger than what Vancouver-based real estate developer Sightline Properties is planning.The subject site of the proposal is a 26-lot land assembly that includes 2808-2888 E Broadway, 2813-2881 E 10th Avenue, and 2528-2580 Kaslo Street. The land assembly is made up of two rows of 13 single-family homes located about half a block west of Renfrew Street and approximately two blocks north of the Millennium Line SkyTrain’s Renfrew…
A large majority of Canadians believe mortgage fraud is fuelling higher housing costs and tilting the market against honest buyers, according to a new national survey. The online poll of 2,000 Canadians, conducted by Pollara Strategic Insights for Mortgage Professionals Canada and the Mortgage and Title Insurance Industry Association of Canada, found that 78 per cent of respondents agree mortgage fraud creates an unfair playing field. Another 64 per cent said it drives up home prices. Growing concern about fraud More than half of Canadians — 58 per cent — said they are concerned about mortgage fraud, a…