Vancouver Island builder Robannah Developments has a new home for sale in Comox. This new home at 350 Forester Avenue is due to be complet at the end of April, so there is still time for the new home buyer to choose their colours. Priced at $399,900, the home is a fantastic family home in [...]
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Big Projects Keep Victoria Construction Businesses Busy
Despite a drop in building permit numbers in Victoria reported by Statistics Canada, things are picking up for the construction industry in the capital region. Several major projects are currently under construction in Greater Victoria, including the Uptown mixed-use project at the north end of Douglas Street, with a total construction value of $350 million. [...]
John Hart Generating Station Project Moving Ahead
The $1.35 billion John Hart Generating Station Replacement Project near Campbell River is one step closer to construction, after the BC Hydro Board gave it the go-ahead. The corporation announced Tuesday that it will proceed with an environmental and regulatory review application for the John Hart upgrade. It also posted a project procurement RFQ on [...]
Nanaimo Launches New Construction Database
The City of Nanaimo has introduced a new database to make it easier for people and companies seeking information on new and ongoing construction developments in the city. The database contains information on development projects all around the city, from the application and permit phases through to completion. The information can be accessed at the [...]
Victoria Home Builders Optimistic About New Home Construction
Despite a challenging home construction picture for Greater Victoria at the start of this year, local home builders say they expect numbers to improve. Casey Edge, executive officer of the Victoria office of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association, told the Time Colonist newspaper he anticipates more houses will be built in the wake of last [...]
New Home Prices Down But Housing Starts Up in Victoria
The price of new homes in Greater Victoria dipped 2.4 per cent in January, compared to January 2011 – the largest percentage drop among 21 major Canadian regions, according to Statistic Canada. Greater Victoria also posted the most significant monthly decline, sliding by 0.8 per cent in January from December. Home builders dropped prices in Greater [...]
Nutmeg Homes of Comox Explores Green Home Building Methods
Nutmeg Homes, is an award-winning custom home builder on Vancouver Island, which uses insulted concrete form (ICF) construction to create beautiful new homes. Based in the Comox Valley, Nutmeg Homes uses innovative concrete construction methods in building homes for their clients, to create green, energy efficient new homes. The Nutmeg Homes website features a number [...]
Nanaimo Real Estate Predicted to See Increased Sales and Prices
Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation recently released its summarized statistics for 2011, along with its predictions for 2012 and 2013. The corporation’s predictions are mostly positive and point toward measured steady growth in the housing market with no huge swings through 2013. Single family home starts in Nanaimo dropped 40 per cent from 410 in [...]
Multi-Million Dollar Military Project Boosts Victoria Construction Industry
A $23-million construction project at CFB Esquimalt has boosted the spirits of Victoria-area contractors eager to compete for the job. “It’s a great shot in the arm, especially right now,” Peter White, chairman of the Vancouver Island Construction Association, told the Victoria Times Colonist newspaper Monday. Construction jobs in the region have been hard to come [...]
New Homes and Recreational Homes in BC Get HST Relief
The provincial government has announced the end of the HST and introduced transitional tax changes designed to help the province’s real estate and home construction industries in the meantime. BC will raise its new-housing HST rebate threshold to $850,000 from the current $525,000 to help offset the cost of the HST, until it is scrapped [...]
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