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Before You Dig Partners Webinar Series in Around Town
In an effort to best serve the digging community, Before You Dig Partners is hosting two weekly Webinar series' to review the locate submission process, recent software changes, and help excavators address any issues or hurdles they have encountered while using the...
Your Weekly North Vancouver Island Construction News
In This Week’s Editor’s Note Courtenay: West Urban Developments is proceeding with projects that include 150 apartment units and 40 townhomes.Port Hardy: Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nations has issued general construction tenders for an estimated $4.9 million in new and...
Supply Increasing in Around Town
Over the past five years, one of the factors playing havoc with the market was low inventory. This continues to be an issue in most of the Condominium sectors in the Comox Valley, but especially in Campbell River. One of the biggest factors in the real estate market...
Your Weekly North Vancouver Island Construction News
In This Week’s Editor’s Note Powell River: $16 million - 72 unit independent seniors housingPort Hardy: $11.5 million - 24 to 48 unit senior housing complexCourtenay: Tender for Water and Sanitary Servicing In this week’s issue of Building Links, we have updates on...
VIREB July Market Update in Around Town
According to the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board’s (VIREB) July Statistics, 453 single-family homes sold on the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) System compared to 406 the previous month and 438 in July 2018. The Vancouver Island Real Estate Board has released...
Your Weekly North Vancouver Island Construction News
In This Week’s Editor’s Note Development permit approved for Kensington Union Bay's Discovery Centre.Two new mixed-use buildings Courtenay under construction near the hospital.North Island College Comox Valley proceeding with $28 million student housing project. In...
Seller’s market: 34 Island hotspots in Around Town
In B.C.’s currently lukewarm real estate sector, it’s easy to read the headlines and imagine it’s becoming a buyer’s market. But that’s not true of all areas. A REW.ca study of real estate activity from February to May 2019 looked at the sales-to-active-listings ratio...
Your Weekly North Vancouver Island Construction News
In This Week’s Editor’s Note Comox: 28 new residential lots for K'omoks First NationPowell River: BC Housings proceeds with a 42-unit developmentComox Valley: Construction of $126 million water treatment system begins this fall In this week’s Building Links we have...
City of Campbell River Development Applications in this week’s Around Town
As of July 29, the City of Campbell River is requiring all developers to meet with the city planners when submitting development applications. The City of Campbell River is requiring all developers to meet with the city planners when submitting development...
Your Weekly North Vancouver Island Construction News
In This Week’s Editor’s Note Port Alberni: 150 units in four new five-storey buildingsPowell River: 225 mixed residential units on 38 acresCampbell River: 51 unit four-storey building approved A proposed 150-unit development in Port Alberni will go to public hearing...