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Covers:  Real estate, commercial estate, housing policy, urban development, and the development industry itself.
Taiwanese-Canadian. Putting the real in real estate news at The Realist. Contributor at @storeyspub, @WesternInvestor, @RENXca, @TheTyee, and @globeandmail.
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CURV, Set To Be World's Tallest Passive House, Facing Receivership In Vancouver

CURV, Set To Be World's Tallest Passive House, Facing Receivership In Vancouver

The 60-storey CURV is planned for 1075 Nelson Street in Vancouver and was being developed by Montreal-based B…

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Brookfield Buys Shangri-La Vancouver From Westbank & Peterson, Rebrands It As Hyatt

Brookfield Buys Shangri-La Vancouver From Westbank & Peterson, Rebrands It As Hyatt

The Shangri-La Vancouver is located within a 62-storey tower developed by Westbank and Peterson and is set to…

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Investors Place Coromandel Properties Under Receivership As Saga Enters Third Year

Investors Place Coromandel Properties Under Receivership As Saga Enters Third Year

Coromandel Properties sought out CCAA creditor protection in February 2023 and was the first of a wave of rea…

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MST Has Deal In Place To Buy Out CLC From Jericho, Heather Lands, Documents Show

MST Has Deal In Place To Buy Out CLC From Jericho, Heather Lands, Documents Show

The Canada Lands Company and the MST Nations acquired the Jericho, Heather, and Marine Drive Lands in Fall 20…

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Investors Revolt Against AimForce Development's Davidson Guo, Alleging Fraud

Investors Revolt Against AimForce Development's Davidson Guo, Alleging Fraud

Private investors recruited by Guo say the AimForce Development director "fraudulently and dishonestly" breac…

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Westbank Denies Insolvency As Lien Claims Extend To 8 Projects

Westbank Denies Insolvency As Lien Claims Extend To 8 Projects

Westbank has been the subject of lien claims in Toronto, Vancouver, and Seattle, but calls the rumours that t…

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Behind The Scenes Of Vancouver's 90-Acre Jericho Lands Project

Behind The Scenes Of Vancouver's 90-Acre Jericho Lands Project

Two members of the Jericho Lands project team take us inside what the team has been working on since the revi…

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In Edmonton, An Industry Eagerly Awaits The Second Coming Of Office Conversions

In Edmonton, An Industry Eagerly Awaits The Second Coming Of Office Conversions

After Councillor Andrew Knack introduced a motion earlier this year, the outline of Edmonton's office convers…

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How The Housing Crisis Is Driving Mall Redevelopments Across Canada

How The Housing Crisis Is Driving Mall Redevelopments Across Canada

Square One in Mississauga. Oakridge Park in Vancouver. Mall redevelopments big and small and currently happen…

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How QuadReal "Breathed New Life" into The Post in Vancouver

How QuadReal "Breathed New Life" into The Post in Vancouver

Graeme Scott, VP of Development for QuadReal and lead on The Post, walks us through how his team "breathed ne…

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Inside the Industry Efforts to Amend the Foreign Buyer Ban

Inside the Industry Efforts to Amend the Foreign Buyer Ban

When the foreign buyer ban came into effect on January 1, 2023, the real estate industry's efforts to get it …

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Being Taiwanese, Living with a Belligerent China

Being Taiwanese, Living with a Belligerent China

In a twist, the invasion threats, missiles splashing into the sea, and constant Chinese military jet flyovers…

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