• With the housing crisis, Canada’s big and influential firms are bleeding talent,Adin Wagner

    With the housing crisis, Canada’s big and influential firms are bleeding talent

    Adin Wagner is a freelance writer and lawyer based in Toronto.Over the past several years, there have been rumblings about high-paying and prestigious professional firms struggling to retain their highly paid and prestigious young employees. Apparently, banks and investment firms are leaking juniors

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  • Wait times for city approvals holding back homebuilding efforts, builders’ study finds,Clarrie Feinstein Business Reporter

    Wait times for city approvals holding back homebuilding efforts, builders’ study finds

    Applications to the Committee of Adjustment have doubled, the study found, with no new resources added. But the city says it’s on track to meet its housing goals.

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  • Plan for 19-storey tower kicks off Vancouver density push,Kerry Gold

    Plan for 19-storey tower kicks off Vancouver density push

    The first application has been made to rezone a row of houses on a quiet Vancouver side street in order to build a 19-storey rental tower, as allowed under the city’s redevelopment framework for the Broadway neighbourhood.It’s been 16 months since the Broadway Plan was approved – and the first propo

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