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3 reasons to live in CURV, elegant homes in the centre of downtown Vancouver

CURV will be a graceful and unique form on Vancouver’s skyline and adds to the recent surge of internationally significant buildings. Looking closer shows that the Passive House design will provide residents with unparalleled comfort and be a leader ...

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How to find a rental home in Vancouver

While most attention is focused on the trajectory of home ownership, renting a home can be challenging as well. Considering that Vancouver, before Covid-19, had a vacancy rate hovering around the 1% mark. A healthy rental market is considered to have ...

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Helping build Vancouver for everyone

Vancouver’s prosperity is evident but delving deeper surfaces some disappointing realities. As noted in Prosperity for All Through a Healthy Communities Approach by the City of Vancouver, 2017: About 44% of people in Vancouver, or more than 250,000 live in families with ...

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6 plans you need to know when buying a home in downtown Vancouver

Starting from anywhere on Vancouver’s downtown peninsula, it’s only a short stroll or roll to reach the waterfront and the soothing rhythm of the waves lapping at the shore and cleansing sea air. Despite its compactness, the peninsula ...

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Buying a home in Vancouver’s West End? You need to know about this plan

Its wonderful diversity of people, leafy green streets, and easy access to beaches, the seawall, and parks has maintained the West End as one of the most sought after Vancouver neighbourhoods. You may be surprised to learn that, at 204 hectares ...

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Look up! The tallest Passive House design in the world is coming to Vancouver

For another wild Covid-19 Friday night I listened to the soothing sounds of the recorded City Council meeting where they reviewed and voted upon the exciting 1075 Nelson Street development. I slept well after hearing the affirmative vote as it brings ...

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Urban Design Panel: New social housing building at 1190 Burrard Street at Davie Street

I enjoyed my first Urban Design Panel (Panel) meeting of the year on January 22, 2020, where they reviewed the new development destined for 1190 Burrard Street (where the money grab shop and small parking lot are located across Burrard Street from the ...

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City of Vancouver Urban Design Panel – Contributing to our City’s livability

We can be proud that Vancouver often tops global livability surveys of developed cities. However, each declaration reenergizes the debate as to whether it’s truly cause for celebration given our high cost of living and other social issues. Every ...

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Everyone loves taxes: Demystifying your annual property tax assessment

Remember to check your mail… Following the holidays is the equally popular season of annual property assessments! I’ve fielded some questions about the assessments and read much inaccurate online information so here’s a blog post. Below is part ...

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Urban Design Panel building reviews

One of the ways I differentiate myself from the 14,000 other realtors is attending the Urban Design Panel at City Hall. The panel of architects, engineers, landscape architects, critique new buildings and suggest areas of improvement to the designers. It’s ...

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City of Vancouver – Granville Bridge Loops redevelopment plan

The worldwide trend is for more and more people to live in cities, and Vancouver is no different. We should embrace urbanization as city dwellers have a far lesser drain on our environment, which is a reason I choose to ...

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3 reasons to live in CURV, elegant homes in the centre of downtown Vancouver

How to find a rental home in Vancouver

Helping build Vancouver for everyone

6 plans you need to know when buying a home in downtown Vancouver

Buying a home in Vancouver’s West End? You need to know about this plan

Look up! The tallest Passive House design in the world is coming to Vancouver

Urban Design Panel: New social housing building at 1190 Burrard Street at Davie Street

City of Vancouver Urban Design Panel – Contributing to our City’s livability

Everyone loves taxes: Demystifying your annual property tax assessment

Urban Design Panel building reviews

City of Vancouver – Granville Bridge Loops redevelopment plan