Kenneth Chan
Urbanized Editor at Daily Hive
Optimistic realist. @DailyHiveVan Editor for Architecture, Real Estate, Transport, Urban Issues, Politics & Business. 🏗🏙🏘🚎🚇⛴✈️ [email protected]
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6 days ago |
dailyhive.com | Kenneth Chan
For years, since before the pandemic, BC Ferries has been planning a historic order of new major vessels to operate on the all-important routes linking Metro Vancouver with Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast. In fact, Daily Hive Urbanized’s first report on this planned replacement dates back to 2018, when the ferry corporation indicated its intention to replace all five aging C-class vessels, which were built between the late-1970s and early-1980s.
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1 week ago |
dailyhive.com | Kenneth Chan
A growing debate over the protections for existing renters in redevelopment projects is highlighting a fundamental tension in housing policy: how to balance the urgent need for a significant surge in new rental housing with the risk of displacing existing tenants.
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1 week ago |
dailyhive.com | Kenneth Chan
Imagine a wide public park deck — potentially stretching several city blocks long — built directly above Highway 1 in the City of North Vancouver, seamlessly bridging the Central Lonsdale and Upper Lonsdale neighbourhoods. For years, such a north-south connector and public space project, built along the city’s Lonsdale Avenue spine, has been the vision of North Vancouver City Mayor Linda Buchanan.
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1 week ago |
dailyhive.com | Kenneth Chan
Significant regulation changes will be rolled out to the curbside street parking spaces of the Central Lonsdale and Lower Lonsdale districts within the City of North Vancouver, starting later in 2025. Earlier this week, North Vancouver City Council approved a new Curb Access and Parking Plan, which implements the first major changes to the City’s street parking policies in decades.
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1 week ago |
dailyhive.com | Kenneth Chan
In a market bulletin this week, British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) shared that home sales of all types across the province fell by 9.6 per cent in March 2025 compared to the same month in 2024. The number of home sales last month reached 5,917 units. As well, the number of homes sold over the first quarter of 2025, totalling about 15,200 units, is down by 5.2 per cent compared to the first three months of 2024.
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