Howard Chai
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Vancouver transit operator expands into real estate (opens the original)
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Vancouver’s major public transit operator is expanding to become a residential and commercial landlord. As part of its 2022 investment plan, TransLink, which operates Vancouver’s SkyTrain, SeaBus and other public transportation services across the region, announced it will turn its real estate assets into a new non-fare, non-taxation revenue source. Now known as its Real Estate Development Program, the initiative aims to enhance transit network connections and create more housing to the Metro Va
KingSett takes over four Vandyk projects in $362M credit bid (opens the original)
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Two-and-a-half years after forcing several projects by Ontario-based real estate developer Vandyk Group into receivership, KingSett Capital is now the owner of four of those projects, according to filings in Ontario Superior Court. These four projects – Uptowns and Heartlake in Brampton, Ont., plus Lakeview and Ravine in Mississauga – were the subject of a single consolidated receivership application filed on Nov. 7, 2023 by KingSett Capital and Dorr Capital, two Toronto-based private equity rea
Value of unsold condos in Metro Vancouver put at $4.6-billion (opens the original)
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The number of completed unsold homes across Metro Vancouver is expected to reach approximately 4,200 by year’s end and have a total estimated value of $4.6-billion, according to an internal industry report that has been circulated within the industry and obtained by The Globe and Mail. Prepared by real estate advisory firm Rennie with data sourced from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. and analytics firm Zonda Urban, the report is dated April 20, 2026 and is labelled “For Internal Use Only.”
Ground breaks on South Britannia in B.C., home to Canada's first surf park (opens the original)
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Over a decade after the land was sold, shovels are now in the ground at South Britannia, a new mixed-use resort-like development along the Sea-to-Sky Highway just south of the Britannia Beach community in British Columbia, about a 45-minute drive north from Vancouver. The project is being undertaken by Tiger Bay Development, formerly known as Taicheng Development, a company owned by Chinese real estate developer Peter Cheng and his son Long Cheng – just one example of the wave of Chinese develop
As presale market slows, do-it-all firms forced to pivot (opens the original)
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For a long time, B.C. was one of the capitals of the world when it came to preselling homes, with buyers coming from across the globe and other markets trying to replicate the boom. But as Dorothy said in The Wizard of Oz, we’re not in Kansas any more. According to real estate services firm MLA Canada, there were 1,426 presold homes released to the market in July, 2021, but only 572 in July, 2025. The number for this July? Forty two. The economic impact goes beyond the developers and purchasers
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