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Victoria council votes to send housing and commercial project to public hearing

Expansion at shopping centre site expected to span several years

A Nanaimo company is asking for a rezoning to build 16 townhouses on a single-family lot bordering Randerson Ridge Elementary School in north Nanaimo. Seward Developments, on behalf of Black Squirrel Developments Ltd.

91Ô­´´ developer PC Urban Properties is preparing to break ground on its second industrial strata project in the region with a three-building development called IntraUrban Cornerstone on seven acres in Langford.

Despite pandemic challenges, supply-chain concerns, a labour shortage and the ongoing tug-of-war with municipalities over zoning and costs, homebuilders in Greater Victoria could still have another record year. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.

The City of Langford, long the engine of the region’s housing boom, is putting its money where its mouth is in the hope of helping more young families achieve the goal of home ownership.

A severe lack of inventory and strong in-migration has driven the median price of all types of homes in Greater Victoria up by 27.7 per cent in the past year, according to a new house price survey from Royal LePage.

A revised $230-million redevelopment plan for the University Heights shopping centre in Saanich will go to public hearing.

There are signs of price ­acceleration and ­overheating as inventory declines in the Greater Victoria housing ­market, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said Tuesday.