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Uptown New Westminster Celebrates First Major Project In A Decade

By: Evan Saunders April 21, 2023 With shovels in the ground, a new purpose-built rental tower in Uptown New Westminster will be the first substantial housing development in the area in more than 10 years. “Like any development, it takes…
PC Urban Expands Residential Portfolio With New 29-Storey Tower In New West

By Howard Chai April 19, 2023 Vancouver-based developer PC Urban continues to grows its residential portfolio, this time with a new high-rise in New Westminster, which broke ground this week. PC Urban’s better-known projects include the revitalization of the heritage…
Uptown New West Getting 10 Affordable Senior Homes in 29-Storey Tower

By Theresa McManus April 19, 2023 A new rental development in uptown New West will be providing affordable homes for a number of seniors. On Tuesday, PC Urban Properties Corp. broke ground on a 29-storey, concrete tower with 338 purpose-built…
Construction Begins On 29-Storey Rental Tower In New Westminster’s Uptown

By: Kenneth Chan April 19, 2023 Construction officially starts this week on a sizeable secured purpose-built rental housing project in New Westminster. In a release Monday, PC Urban Properties says the 29-storey tower at 616-640 Sith Street– the southwest corner…
PC Urban, Fiera Fund JV to Build Esquimalt Rental Buildings

By: Mario Toneguzzi February 23, 2023 Vancouver-based developer PC Urban Properties, in partnership with the Fiera Real Estate CORE Fund, is continuing to expand its purpose-built rental portfolio in British Columbia with a new mixed-used project in Esquimalt which includes…
Esquimalt Rental Project Brings New Supply to a Tight Market

By: Peter Mitham February 9, 2023 Rents rose by more than 10 per cent in Greater Victoria’s rental market last year, meaning tough times for tenants despite an increase in vacancies to 1.5 per cent last year from one per…
Meet PC Urban’s Newest Team Members

January 23, 2023 How do you make an already great team better? Add even more knowledge and experience of course! PC Urban is pleased to present the newest members of our team. Everyone is hard at work throughout our portfolio, full steam ahead, bringing out the best…
Council Approves Multi-Unit Commercial Buildings

By: J.P. Squire January 17, 2023 Two new industrial buildings approved by Kelowna city council on Monday might raise a few eyebrows in Lake Country. PC Urban Properties Corp. plans to construct two-storey buildings containing 37 commercial units with a…
The real source of the B.C. housing crisis: governments, taxes and bureaucracy
By: Brent Sawchyn November 24, 2022 Brent Sawchyn is chief executive officer of PC Urban Properties, a real estate development company based in Vancouver. Housing supply and affordability is one of the leading issues across Canada, and the situation is…
“It’s The Next Evolution”: Why Stacked Industrial is on the Rise in Vancouver

By: Howard Chai November 23, 2022 It’s often said that a certain amount of constraints can spur one’s creativity, and that’s exactly what has happened with the industrial real estate market in Vancouver and the advent of “stacked” industrial spaces.…

