Agent Will

 UPDATE:  Currently just a hole in the ground with no real promise of being built.  News says the developer has ceased construction though the sales centre remains open right now. 
Not a lot of info about this just announced development. All we know so far is the location (on the edge of Strathcona in […]

I hear that a lot.  “I want to be in there first” means that the buyer wants to be an insider.  They want to be ahead of everyone else.  I’ve posted about the developer’s seemingly endless classification of buyers before.  They have the insiders otherwise known as “friends and family” usually comprised of those involved […]

Look what has come in the mail! As part of the rejuvenation of the False Creek lands which will be populated by Exchange, Foundry, Millennium Water, the Olympic Village, a community centre, library, and public housing comes a new development by the highly reputable Peter Wall; Wall Centre False Creek.
Reputation goes a long […]

Oh boy!  Another development two actually) goes into receivership.  Chandler Developments H+H (downtown Vancouver) and Garden City (Richmond) have run out of money and will be taken over by the becoming ubiquitous Bowra Group (who just took over Sofia).
Not good news… but not entirely unexpected.  I am not going to focus on the failure […]

 
Paying for anything on a promise and expecting delivery as promised is fraught with risk no matter what the item. For example, you take your car to a shop to have brake work done, are given an estimate, and expect your car to be repaired as promised and delivered on time. Several hours […]

The Sophia, a project by The Eden Group has been canceled with 85% completed. What? Yup. This is a mess. It’s not the first project canceled by this developer, nor the first project canceled near completion, but it is surprising to see a relatively medium-sized project in such a high demand […]

There are very few developable properties in the West End. There are even fewer which are anywhere close to English Bay and Sunset Beach. O2 (as in Oxygen) is one that is currently under construction.
Let’s take a look at what they show here. Gorgeous Sunset? Check. Ship waiting to port? […]

A new Kitsilano project is about to go on sale in the Granville Island area. VIP (Very Interested Parties, I assume because every VIP event I’ve been to neither gave me the impression that I was Important or a Person, but maybe this one will be different) Sales will start on February 16th (this […]

Foster and Partners, the famed architects famous for elevating the art of design, are finally putting their mark on downtown Vancouver (and North America, for that matter) with this very unique luxury highrise designed by lead architect Nigel Dancey.
It is also a very Green development. Features include:

The building will generate its own power […]

 
In my line of business, I see a lot of projects and talk to a lot of people. I have clients who have varying degress of interest in projects and design for the latest buildings. Some are serious buyers well qualified, others are just merely curious about what is going on. All […]