Commercial-Broadway Hub Sells for Millions Over the Assessed Value – Is This a Glimpse of TransLink’s New Grandview?

2460 Commercial Drive (The Hub) With it's key location in our region's transit system, the area at the Commercial-Broadway station is destined to become even more active as our region continues to thrive. While TransLink has been upgrading the stations to handle the increased embrace of mass-transit, the new(ish) Evergreen Expansion, and the future Broadway...

Millennium Line Town Hall Reveals Need for SkyTrain and West Side Fears that Transit to Nowhere Will Divide the Community like a Highway

With the hot summer weather, where else would Darren and I head on a beautiful Saturday than to a Town Hall meeting at the unairconditioned Pacific Spirit Church. This event was hosted by Vancouver Quadra's MP Joyce Murray, who was joined by Vancouver's Chief Engineer, UBC's Associate Vice-President of Campus and Community Planning, as well...

Vancouver to Lose Another Gas Station, as Bastion Development Focuses on Transit Potential at Arbutus

Normally it is a late night that leads Darren to finding new projects on architect's or developer's websites. This time, however,  the credit is owed to a member of the Skyscraperpage forum for finding these two new projects. These proposals from Bastion Development are very well suited to the area, keeping the character of the Arbutus Walk...

An Inlet for Renters in Port Moody – Evergreen Line Continues to See Density and Affordability

While our home is in Vancouver, we value our growing suburbs and want the families living there to have as much information as possible. So when a reader took the advice of our FAQ Section and sent us a notification card for a pre-application event in Port Moody, well we had to share it with...

Good Things Come In Threes From Arno Matis Architecutre – A New Plaza, a Hotel and More!

After a late night at an open house, I found Darren relaxing/ fighting sleep by searching through various architecture firm websites for new proposal coming to our city (he has a weird way of relaxing...). Still, it wasn't a dream when he stumbled upon these three projects from Arno Matis Architecutre. See more details below. 888 W BROADWAY...