A former Calgary city councillor has earned a small victory in her long-lasting legal feud with a local restaurant owner turned real estate developer.
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Category Archives: Calgary (Alberta)
Parker: Calgary realtor Sam Corea awarded highest honour in Re/Max global network
Some Calgarians recognize Sam Corea as the smiling face on a billboard, thousands know him as the energetic realtor who sold their house for them or helped buy a new one, but Re/Max recently recognized Corea with the highest career honour in its global network.
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Rental demand remains strong in Calgary and even more so in Edmonton
The price could be right for renters in Alberta and elsewhere in Canada, a new report suggests, forecasting vacancies are likely to increase with more choice coming to market, stemming from a trend of falling rents.
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Legal challenge against blanket rezoning taken to Alberta Court of Appeal
A citizens group is taking their fight against the city’s blanket rezoning rules to the province’s highest court, after a ruling in January upheld council’s authority to change the rules.
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A new park is in the works for southeast Calgary and it’s dazzling
A new park is on the way in the southeast Calgary community of Seton, with construction set to begin in 2027.
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Calgary’s registered secondary suite number blows past 20,000
In its concerted bid to ease an affordable housing shortage, the city is claiming success by expanding legal secondary suite numbers, with a legal registry of the units now exceeding 20,000.
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Rents down in Calgary but demand for non-market housing still strong
Calgary’s rental market continues to cool off, with average asking rents falling by 9.3 per cent in July compared with a year earlier, according to new data from Rentals.ca.
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Calgary seeing huge uptick in virtual inspections of residential, commercial projects
An increasing number of Calgarians are opting for remote video inspections (RVI) to obtain approval on projects like home improvements or commercial developments.
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Opinion: Walking the walk(shed) on transit-oriented development in Calgary
As a Calgarian who has spent time living outside of Alberta, I am accustomed to people asking what makes this province unique, beyond the stereotypes. My answer is often a simple one: Albertans are doers, not talkers or virtue-signallers.
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Housing supply questions linger over this civic election
The municipal election on Oct. 20 is coming at a time when the focus has been on housing supply, due to price increases and affordability challenges after three consecutive years of low inventory. That, however, is beginning to change.
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