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Your Weekly North Vancouver Island Construction News
In this Week’s Issue of Building Links Courtenay: Rezoning application for 251 rental units submittedPowell River: City pre-qualifying general contractors for wastewater treatment plantBuilding Links: Year-to-Date building permits statistics This artists rendition...
VIREB June Market Update in Around Town
Your Weekly Construction Briefing According to the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board’s (VIREB) June Statistics, 479 single-family (SF) homes sold on the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) System compared to 246 the previous month and 406 in June 2019. The Vancouver...
Your Weekly Vancouver Island Construction News
In this Week’s Issue of Building Links The City of Campbell River received a development permit application for 6-storey residential building. Contract to build new Salmon Point Pub and Restaurant awardedTenders amounting to over $60 million The above artist’s...
Saratoga Speedway Campground In Around Town
Your Weekly Construction Briefing After 40 years under the same ownership, Black Creek’s Saratoga Speedway has been sold to Rob and Lee Leighton. Have you heard? Saratoga Speedway has sold to Rob and Lee Leighton of Leighton Contracting. Rob is the owner and operator...
Your Weekly North Vancouver Island Construction News
In this Week’s Issue of Building Links Campbell River: Rezoning application for 60-unit rental apartment building. Comox: Building permit submitted for 208 unit multi-residential and commercial development. Courtenay: Planning in works for duplex development...
Sales, Sales, Sales! In Around Town
Your Weekly Construction Briefing In the Comox Valley, single family house sales in June were up 293% compared to May. Sales were up 56% this June compared to June 2019, with a 16% increase in the average price to $627,920 on 96 sales. In Campbell River, June sales...
Your Weekly North Vancouver Island Construction News
In This Week’s Issue of Building Links Port Hardy: $2.9 million Arena Revitalization Project moving forward. Comox: New single family development planned for Comox. Courtenay: A development permit application for senior’s care facility approved. Don Cruickshank...
Mass Timber Use in B.C. buildings in Around Town
Your Weekly Construction Briefing Last month, the provincial government appointed Ravi Kahlon, Parliamentary Secretary for Forests and Natural Resource Operations, to lead the expansion of mass timber in B.C. buildings. “Mass timber is key to diversifying and creating...
Your Weekly North Vancouver Island Construction News
In this Week’s Issue of Building Links Tofino: 84-unit multi-family affordable housing development moving forward.Powell River: New location for estimated $9 million Emergency Services Facility being reviewed.Campbell River: Five-storey, 79 unit affordable apartment...
New Home Registry Report In Around
Your Weekly Construction Briefing To provide the residential construction industry with more information during COVID 19, BC Housing issued an addendum to their regular registry report. BC Housing has added a COVID-19 addendum to its regular new home registry report,...