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Purpose Built Rental ‘The Gateway’ Celebrated As Vibrate Addition to Esquimalt
By: Mary P. Brooke May 1, 2026 It’s called ‘the gateway’. The new rental apartment complex in Esquimalt is a bright new addition to the bustling seaside urban municipality. Contributing 198 units (across two buildings at 852 and 854 Esquimalt Road)…
Two-Building Gateway Rental Complex Opens In Esquimalt
By: Darron Kloster April 30, 2026 The developer behind the massive Gateway project on Esquimalt Road says the 198-unit rental building is nearly fully occupied, just a few months after its completion. The $102-million, two-building complex — each six storeys…
Harrison Street, PC Urban Partner On $265m Healthcare Staff-Housing Project
By: Jeremy Nutall March 31, 2026 Harrison Street Asset Management has partnered as a majority investor on PC Urban Properties’ $265m affordable rental project in Vancouver aimed at healthcare workers, Green Street News can reveal. The two-tower development, at 13th…
Harrison Street, PC Urban Test Healthcare Housing Model In Vancouver
By: Josh Fellman Harrison Street and PC Urban Properties will this year break ground in Vancouver on a first for Canada: fully furnished rental housing aimed specifically at health-care workers. The Chicago-based manager is already moving ahead with similar opportunities.…
Developers, Investors Join to Build Housing Near Hospitals for B.C. Health-Care Workers
By: Joanne Lee-Young March 31, 2026 Developers and institutional investors are teaming up to build mixed-use projects near major hospitals in Vancouver, so health-care workers can live nearby and avoid long commutes. Two projects in Vancouver — construction has started…
Harrison Street, PC Urban Partner On Vancouver Workforce Apt. Towers
By: Don Wilcox March 31, 2026 Harrison Street Asset Management has become the majority partner with PC Urban in a plan to develop Vancouver’s first apartment towers designed specifically for hospital and healthcare workers in the city’s Broadway Plan area.…
Not Your Typical Vancouver Rental: This West End Rebuilds Puts Seniors First
By: Xiao Qing Wan Date: January 9, 2026 An aging 1940s condo in Vancouver’s West End has finally received approval to be replaced by a new rental building, but it’s not like any development we’ve seen in recent years. Vancouver-based real…
Brent Sawchyn, PC Urban Properties CEO: A generational talent tackling multi-generational challenges
May 12th, 2025 It’s always great when a single conversation makes you smarter, and that’s how I felt after sitting down with Brent Sawchyn, CEO of PC Urban Properties Corp., for this episode of the Goodman Report podcast. Brent is…
Coffee, Pilates and Ramen Shops Opening in New West Highrise
By: Theresa McManus March 7, 2025 JJ Bean Coffee Roasters and Club Pilates will be among the businesses moving into uptown New West in early 2026. On March 7, PC Urban Properties Corp. held a ceremony to mark a milestone…
The Big Real Estate Q: If We Need More Housing, Why can’t We Just Build It?
By Kerry Gold December 16, 2024 The refrain that Vancouver needs more housing supply goes back at least a decade, when affordability entered crisis mode. Since then, demand has only grown… and we still can’t seem to catch up. Vacancy rates…