Daphne Bramham: Forget the climate emergency, let's just have fun

Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 00:05:39 +0000

You have to hand it to the Americans. They’ve spent most of the last century being particularly great at weaving fantastical dreams in Hollywood, building cartoon castles, golf courses in the sand around Palm Springs, Venice-style canals in Vegas and condos on Florida swamp land.

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Vancouver penthouse owner can't keep amenity space to himself as city refuses to amend permit

Credit to Author: Joanne Lee-Young| Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 00:08:22 +0000

Developer Concord Pacific applied to the City of Vancouver to amend the development permit so its president and CEO, Terry Hui, could have sole use of The Erickson’s 6,000-square-foot space

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City refuses to amend development permit in favour of penthouse owner Terry Hui

Credit to Author: Joanne Lee-Young| Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 23:13:07 +0000

Concord’s application for an amendment last Fall and then the city’s review of it, which took over six months, is interesting for the scrutiny it placed on the city’s negotiations and agreements with major developers like Concord that own significant parcels of land across the city.

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Metro mayors say they feel scapegoated by B.C. government for slow pace of housing construction

Credit to Author: Gordon Hoekstra| Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2022 02:34:08 +0000

They say some of the blame lies with the province, whose regulatory regime causes delays and because the province is not ponying enough money up for affordable housing

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