Kenneth Chan
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Optimistic realist. @DailyHiveVan Editor for Architecture, Real Estate, Transport, Urban Issues, Politics & Business. 🏗🏙🏘🚎🚇⛴✈️ [email protected]
Vancouver, Canada
Joined July 2011
New renderings of the redevelopment of the former MEC store building on West Broadway, near two #SkyTrain stations. 500+ rental homes, retail/grocery store space, 2 storeys of restaurants, childcare, and a rooftop public space. #vancre #vanre #vanpoli.
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This is the revised design of the redevelopment of the former MEC store building at 130 West Broadway in Vancouver.
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Opening night for Disney’s The Lion King! 🦁👑. The Broadway musical has roared into Queen Elizabeth Theatre, where it’ll run through mid-September. one of the longest touring runs the QE will host in years. @BACTouring
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CMHC Granville Island is prioritizing a new elevator & staircase tower to the Granville Bridge with an observation deck. It'd be fully integrated with a new additional massive market building with an underground parkade. #vancre #vanre #vanpoli.
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Granville Island's future entails an elevator tower to the bridge with an observation deck, a new market building, and underground parking.
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Fraser Downs horse racecourse has closed, following the City of Surrey's decision to terminate the lease. The City is pursuing a mixed-use development with housing. Cloverdale Fairgrounds are under a "Special Study Area." #vanpoli #vanre #vancre.
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The City of Surrey has ended the lease for Fraser Downs, in preparation of the horse racecourse's future mixed-use housing redevelopment.
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Construction on Freedom Mobile Arch, the new #PNE amphitheatre, reached a major milestone today, with the installation of the final beam of mass-timber roof. The roof has risen quickly, with its first segment raised just 3 months ago. #vanpoli #vanre.
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The PNE has reached a major milestone in the construction of the landmark mass-timber roof of its Freedom Mobile Arch amphitheatre.
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Shiny cars, sunny skies, and packed streets. another huge year for the Downtown Port Coquitlam Car Show, from timeless classics to muscle cars. 🚘
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Hullo Ferries marks its 2nd anniversary this weekend. It has improved its reliability, and recorded a 40% jump in ridership in its 2nd year compared to its 1st year. Some thought they wouldn't last beyond their first winter. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre.
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Hullo Ferries is marking its second anniversary this weekend with strong ridership gains and a record of improving reliability.
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Government of Canada will create the new "Build Canada Homes" developer entity for building and financing affordable housing. This fulfills Mark Carney's election promise, spinning these programs out of CMHC. #cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre.
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This is the federal government's new strategy for creating the national affordable housing entity called "Build Canada Homes."
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BC Hydro’s new Site C dam is now operating at 100% capacity, powering up to 500,000 homes. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre.
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The new Site C hydroelectric dam built by BC Hydro is now at 100 per cent power generation capacity, a major project milestone.
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A new petition seeks to unite White Rock and Surrey as a single city. This suggested amalgamation would reverse a decision made nearly 70 years ago to split White Rock from Surrey. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre.
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Should the City of White Rock rejoin the City of Surrey, becoming a single municipal government and reversing a decision made in 1957?
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This bold concept for a new Kitsilano Pool reimagines the English Bay waterfront as a vibrant gathering space. #vanpoli #vanre.
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New renderings show what is possible for the project to build a new and improved Kitsilano Pool at its existing location.
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A downsized new replacement Kitsilano Pool would be a big mistake, writes local resident and swimmer David Margolis. There are concerns the planned new outdoor pool will be smaller and conventional in design. #vanpoli #vanre.
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What is being presented as a feasibility study for a rebuild of Kitsilano Pool has a clear direction: no to a big replacement outdoor pool.
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A 16-storey hotel with 152 guest rooms and a bar is proposed near #SkyTrain's future Oak-VGH Station. #vancre #vanre #vanpoli.
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A 16-storey hotel tower with a bar is proposed for 888 West 8th Ave. near SkyTrain's future Oak-VGH Station in Vancouver.
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B.C. court strikes down the City of Vancouver's newest ride-hailing fees, applied per trip for stopping within the Metro Core areas of downtown Vancouver and Central Broadway. #Uber #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre.
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A judge has ruled in favour of Uber, striking down Vancouver's ride-hailing per trip fees within downtown Vancouver and Central Broadway.
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BC government will appeal the court's Aboriginal title ruling in Richmond, a landmark case that sets precedent by undermining fee simple ownership. "Our government is committed to protecting and upholding private property rights." #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre.
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British Columbia’s attorney general says the government will challenge a court ruling that recognized Cowichan Tribes’ Aboriginal title.
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An 18-storey rental housing tower is proposed next to #TransLink's Kootenay bus loop on East Hastings Street in Vancouver. 178 rental homes, plus retail/restaurant space. #TOD #vancre #vanre #vanpoli.
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PCI Developments is proposing a new 18-storey rental housing tower at 3553-3563 East Hastings St., Vancouver, next to Kootenay bus exchange.
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Caught this blood red moon last night. not a celestial event, just some wildfire smog putting on its eerie show. 🌒
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Video showing heavy smoke billowing out of a Mark I train at 22nd Street Station on #SkyTrain's Expo Line. #TransLink.
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