Qualicum Landing is the fastest selling development in Qualicum Beach. This Vancouver Island waterfront development is now 70% sold, with only five premier waterfront lots remaining.

The next selection day will be held on October 23^rd. A selection day is an effective way for buyers to choose the Vancouver Island home and location they want and to secure their priority position. This will allow a buyer to research the Qualicum Beach development, as well as tour the Vancouver Island premier waterfront community and make an informed decision. Pricing of these Vancouver Island homes start at $399,000.

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The tender for the construction of a new two storey, 24,000 square metre health care facility at 19 Wing Comox located in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island was awarded to Island West Coast Developments.  The new Comox Valley facility will be located on DND property near the entrance to the base and will provide services for dental, mental health and trauma.

The estimated budget for this Vancouver Island project is approximately $12 million and the expected completion date is June 2012.

To learn more about the Comox Valley visit 1stView.ca.

The Buena Vista Estate is a luxurious Vancouver Island waterfront property featuring unobstructed views of Brentwood Bay and Salt Spring Island. The 4,000 sq ft oceanfront home is only a 25 minute drive from Victoria and just minutes from the Brentwood and Shawnigan Lake private schools.

This Vancouver Island real estate property is situated on a 2.83 acre lot in Mill Bay with 330 feet of private beach accessible by a custom staircase. The Buena Vista Estate has incorporated natural materials such as hardwood, rock, glass and granite into the waterfront home and has been built using a modernist, open design. The spectacular waterfront estate has floor to ceiling glass windows and telescoping doors along the entire main level featuring 180 degrees of ocean and mountain views.

This Vancouver Island home located just north of Victoria is offered for sale at $1,950,000 and is ready for occupancy.

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Courtenay Kia has applied for a development permit to move the Vancouver Island dealership to the existing Honda dealership location in Courtenay.

The existing Honda building in Courtenay will be expanded by an additional 8,000 sq. ft. and renovated, in order to accommodate the new Vancouver Island Kia dealership. The development permit was approved by.

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A development permit application for Ridgeview, a Vancouver Island real estate project, consisting of 35 multi-family homes located on Muir Road in the Comox Valley, has been approved. There has been an extension granted by Courtenay Council for Phase I of the Vancouver Island project that will include eight town house units, with basements.

Civil work and site preparation are underway in Courtenay. Construction of the Vancouver Island town house development is expected to begin in the next month or two.

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Construction of the new 18,000 sq ft Canex building located in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island is expected to be completed by November.

This new mall located in the Comox Valley, is being built in front of the existing mall which is more than 20 years old. The old Canex building will be demolished when the new building is complete. The estimated budget for this Vancouver Island project is $4.3 million.

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Commercial buildings on Vancouver Island, such as hotels, warehouses or small storefronts, consume large amounts of energy to help keep the environment comfortable for the tenants. Elemental Energy Advisors located in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, are able to determine where the power is going and what they can do to reduce energy consumption.

An Energy audit can be conducted in order to calculate the energy being used in a commercial building; this is useful to identify large areas of loss.  When these areas are identified, they can be rectified so that your Vancouver Island commercial building is operating as efficiently as possible.

Cristi with Elemental Energy Advisors in the Comox Valley can assist you in lowering operating expenses on your commercial building located on Vancouver Island.

For more information view Elemental Energy Advisors .

Comox Valley home sales are always in the news regardless of what the market is doing.

The Vancouver Island Real Estate Board has carried out a detail survey of people who bought homes in the Comox Valley last year and the results of this survey were published.

Approximately 16% of buyers purchasing Comox Valley homes were from Alberta and an additional 4% of Comox Valley home buyers were from Saskatchewan and Manitoba. This means that one in every five buyers came directly from the Prairies.

Mild Vancouver Island winters, together with recreational opportunities and easy transport links, attract buyers, despite the general economic downturn that occurred last year.

The largest group of Comox Valley home buyers totalled 36% and they were already living in the Comox Valley. These Vancouver Island home buyers were simply moving to a new place locally. However, some of those buyers had lived in the Comox Valley for less than a year, indicating they were in interim accommodation while they searched for their ideal Comox Valley home.

An additional 18% came from elsewhere on Vancouver Island, including Victoria; and another 14% were from mainland BC, including Vancouver.  Therefore, more than two-thirds of Comox Valley home buyers were either local or from elsewhere in British Columbia.

Just over 9% of buyers were arrivals from further parts of Canada, mainly Ontario and almost 3% that purchased Comox Valley homes were from countries elsewhere in the world.

Approximately 96% of all purchasers were buying a property as their principal home and not as an investment for the future or for renting out. Many of the buyers were choosing to settle down in the Comox Valley for their senior years, with 38% of buyers saying the property they were acquiring would be their retirement home on Vancouver Island.

What buyers paid for their new Vancouver Island homes varied considerably. Five people surveyed managed to buy properties (mainly small mobile homes) for under $50,000, and another five paid over $1 million for their high-end properties. Although, more than half of all buyers paid somewhere between $200,000 and $350,000.

The most common price band for a Comox Valley home in 2009 was $300,000 to $350,000; this was derived by taking the top answers in the survey. A typical property bought for that sum was a single-family home with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, finished with vinyl siding, had a double garage and tended to have a mountain view.

First-time buyers accounted for 13% of the home sales in the Comox Valley last year – a lower figure than the Vancouver Island average of 19%.  Due to the higher pricing of Comox Valley homes, this made if more difficult for young people to get into the market which in turn depressed the figures.

The real estate board survey also extended to all other areas of Vancouver Island north of the Malahat, but details have been broken down to distinct areas to give a clear picture of local markets.

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The tender for the Comox Valley construction of a new two storey, 24,000 square metre health care facility at 19 Wing Comox on Vancouver Island, was awarded to Island West Coast Development. The facility will be located on DND property in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island near the entrance to the base and will provide services for dental, mental health and trauma. The estimated budget for this Vancouver Island project is approximately $12 million. The expected completion date for this project is June 2012.

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Site preparation for the Costco project in the Comox Valley is expected to begin in September, with construction to commence at the end of 2010.

The tender for this Vancouver Island project closes on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 12:00 noon.

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