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The project is Crystal Terraces in Qualicum Beach. [...]
An application for a Development Variance Permit is making it’s way through the approval process at Victoria City Hall for a residential condominium development at the corner of Douglas and Simcoe Streets (200 Douglas Street). The application is for a 7 story, 38 suite development with 53 parking spaces.
It’s interesting for a number of [...]
Victoria City Council held an public hearing on June 26 into an application to build a small townhouse development on four adjoining properties on Richardson Road. The application involved zoning amendments and a Development Permit to proceed.
The proposal was for a total of 16 dwelling spaces, grouped in four buildings. Two buildings [...]
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They didn’t plan it that way three years ago when they contracted to purchase their unit in the then yet-to-be-built Castana. It’s still ’yet-to-be-built’, but it’s getting closer. If you are familiar with the location you can understand their perseverance.
The corner of Cook and [...]
The Victoria Times Colonist ran an article yesterday with a headline noting property owners were irked by “‘Heritage’ building status”.
The decision to add any real estate to the heritage list is usually a ‘hot potato’ issue. Once the real estate is added to the list, it means a property owner’s application [...]
Technically, the Chelsea is located in the area designated as ‘downtown’ in Victoria, but yet it is off the ‘beaten track’, two city blocks east of Blanshard Street, and just a block north of Fairfield map area. That puts it within an easy stroll of the heart of the action in [...]
This two-tower condominium development at the edge of downtown Victoria has 11 floors or living in each tower. It gains architectural impact by the interesting fashion in which the two towers are connected by a structure which steps up from four levels at one tower to seven levels at the other. Further architectural interest [...]
The tidy development of Tayberry Terrace should appeal to young families. First, in today’s market in the Greater Victoria Area, these homes are reasonably affordable. Second, the homes are individual, stand alone single family units, each with its own little garden area to the rear. Third, the elementary school (kindergarten to grade 6) [...]
Eleven new townhomes will fit nicely into this parcel of land on Wilkinson Road that was once zoned agricultural. As you can see from the area map below (click on it for an expanded version), although the site was zoned agricultural, it was a good choice for residential infill in an area surrounded by development. [...]
These spacious executive homes offer fine west coast living, luxury, location, and low environmental impact.
The location - at the north east corner of the intersection of Cordova Bay Road and Blenkensop Road, in Saanich. Wrapped around the perimeter of the development is a ‘no-build’ corridor that will remain in its [...]
Construction is well underway at Wilkinson Ridge in Saanich. When complete, this project will add 17 new strata title residences to the neighbourhood. It is located near the corner of West Saanich Road and Wilkenson, so is close to shopping, recreational amenities, and major transportation corridors.
Three of these homes are stand-alone units (the single units [...]
You’re standing in the centre of a parcel of land. It’s about six or seven football fields long from west to east, and a little less than half as wide.
To your east is an estuary called the Esquimalt Lagoon, separated from the Strait of Juan de Fuca by a narrow spit of [...]
According to sales staff at the Hudson, as of the end of May, 2008, about 70% of the 152 units in Phase 1 of this development are sold. At a time when pre-sales area becoming increasingly difficult for developers, this seems exceptional.
But this development truly is different from the rest, because it is taking [...]
The Gateway is the fourth phase of the Railyards, a waterfront development stretching along the Selkirk Waterway north of the Bay Street Bridge in Vic West.
The building is four storys with 62 residential units of varying size and floor plan, from studios of less than 500 square feet to two bedroom units around [...]
This condominium project is the first phase of a development adjacent to the Royal Oak Shopping Centre. Later phases are intended to include a building with office and retail space, and another building possibly with commercial on the main and residential space above.
The residential condominium building is a four story structure set to [...]
There are only eight condo units in this low-slung, curvilinear structure, but they are large and luxurious, and each features ocean views over Haro Strait with Mt. Baker in the distance.
This is the eighth phase of the Sayward Hill development that has transformed the old Sayward gravel pit into an upscale [...]
Virtually every day one can find in the Victoria Times Colonist one or more articles or editorials on the topic of homelessness within the greater Victoria area. The problem isn’t unique to Victoria, but on a per capita basis I suspect the ‘problem’ here is larger than in most Canadian cities - simply due [...]
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It doesn’t happen very often in British Columbia - real estate being sold by auction, that is.
But mark your calendar for June 21, because that’s the day that Ritchie Bros, auctioneers, will drop the gavel five times - once for each luxury condo to be sold that day in [...]
Image Credit Estevan Rezoning Application
In February, 2008, the Oak Bay Council was presented with an application to rezone property in the Estevan Village area of Oak Bay, at the corner of Estevan Avenue and Dunlevy Street. The objective of rezoning is to permit redevelopment of the existing two story structure to three stories plus [...]
A smallish development situated about half a block from Cordova Bay Village on one side and just a bit further to the beach on the other.
Municipal approval for the project covered approval of a 10-unit three story condo apartment building, 75 square meters of office space, and two attached housing [...]
You’ve likely heard people talk about ‘flipping’ a property. Maybe you wondered what they
meant?
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Sometimes they mean they bought a property with the intention to spend some money and energy to update it and then to resell it within a reasonably short period of time for a tidy profit. They [...]
This development adds 75 new living units to Esquimalt, ranging in size from a very modest 509 square feet single bedroom to one family-sized unit with 3 bedrooms plus a den, on each of the floor floors. Units with two bedrooms and two baths outnumber the others by a wide margin. All units will [...]
‘The Hudson’ is a significant project in Victoria.
Once completely built, one of it’s three towers will be the highest residential tower within the City Victoria. But at 24 stories it isn’t simply it’s height that makes it interesting – after all, structures much taller than that have been around [...]
