South D Street

1 week ago | storeys.com | South D Street |Howard Chai

There continues to be a steady stream of rezoning applications for new high-rise towers in the Broadway Plan area in Vancouver, but a recent one stands out a bit from the crowd due to its height, which is above the commonly-seen 18 to 22-storey range. The subject site of the proposal is 2245, 2255, and 2283 W Broadway, between Vine Street and Yew Street.

1 week ago | storeys.com | South D Street |Zakiya Kassam

Amidst the incessant flurry of tariff talk, this week will bring the third interest rate announcement of 2025. Since June, the Bank of Canada (BoC) has eased the policy rate seven straight times, and the last cut (25 basis points) on March 12 landed it at 2.75%. Leading up to the March meeting, economists were in agreement that the Bank had every reason to hold the policy rate steady at 3% — if not for the tariff curveball.

2 weeks ago | storeys.com | South D Street |Howard Chai

More than seven years after the City of Vancouver approved the removal of the circular ramps connecting Pacific Street to the Granville Bridge and making way for a significant amount of new housing development, the City is now finally advancing the development of the first of four parcels.

2 weeks ago | storeys.com | South D Street |Howard Chai

The large-scale redevelopment of the Evergreen Terrace housing complex in Victoria is inching towards reality again, following a resubmission in November and expected consideration by Council in the coming weeks. The site of the project is 2501 Blanshard Street, a 7.81-acre rectangular site along Blanshard that's bounded by Hillside Avenue on the north and Bay Street on the south, about a five-minute drive away from downtown Victoria.

2 weeks ago | storeys.com | South D Street |Howard Chai

One of the many subplots of the ongoing trade war with the United States is that it has raised the value of the Canadian dollar, somewhat covering up the fact that the CAD has been on years-long slide.