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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Reforms announced today by the Canadian Government to the Fisheries Act are a victory for common sense sustainable development. The Urban Development Institute (UDI) welcomes the focusing of fish habitat protection rules, and the clarification of...
Thursday, April 19, 2012
The Urban Development Institute (UDI) supports strong steps by the Federal Government to streamline the environmental review system and reduce duplication with Provincial processes. Details announced by the Federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
VICTORIA – New housing transition measures give certainty to an important economic sector and help to keep taxes equitable throughout the transition as the province returns to the PST, Finance Minister Kevin Falcon announced today.
B.C....
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The BC Budget, released today by Minister Falcon and the BC Government, detailed strong measures that will support affordability and construction in the residential sector. Minister Falcon outlined in his Budget speech a new ‘First-time New Homebuyers...
Friday, February 17, 2012
The Urban Development Institute (UDI) applauds the HST transition rules announced earlier today by Finance Minister Kevin Falcon. The new rules, as they apply to all new homes up to a threshold of $850,000, are a significant measure and positive...
Monday, February 6, 2012
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January 19, 2012 -- Vancouver, BC -- It started in 1973. It happened again in 1990. And now it’s back. The third Greater Vancouver Urban Futures Opinion Survey has launched, but this time with a difference. Everything will be online...
Friday, January 20, 2012
Vancouver, BC – The Urban Development Institute (UDI) President, Mr Don Forsgren, yesterday announced that the Institute is inviting the industry, government, community groups and the general public to tackle BC’s housing affordability crisis together in...
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Housing Coalition Determined to Increase Affordable Rental SupplyVancouver – A B.C. coalition of industry, non-profit and government leaders today signed a Canadian Rental Housing Charter outlining a nine-point plan to increase the supply of affordable...
Friday, August 26, 2011
Vancouver, BC – The Urban Development Institute (UDI) is cautiously examining the implications of today’s HST Referendum results. While the industry recognizes there are many positive aspects of a harmonized tax system for the industrial and...
Friday, August 26, 2011
Vancouver, BC – The Urban Development Institute (UDI) is cautiously examining the implications of today’s HST Referendum results. While the industry recognises there are many positive aspects of a harmonized tax system for the industrial and...
Thursday, May 5, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Vancouver, BC -- The British Columbia Chamber of Commerce, the Business Council of British Columbia and the Urban Development Institute are asking Metro Vancouver and its member municipalities to agree to allow their participation...
David Negrin, president of the Urban Development Institute (UDI), says the development industry welcomes the sustainability initiatives that were announced yesterday in the Provincial Throne Speech.
“These announcements are some of the most...
David Negrin, President of the Urban Development Institute (UDI) welcomed the appointment of Brent Toderian as the new Director of Planning in response to
today’s announcement. “The development industry is a partner in community building. Our...
The British Columbia Court of Appeal’s ruling which upholds a bylaw designating the Canadian Pacific Railway’s Arbutus lands for public use without acquisition or
agreement with the landowner sets a dangerous precedent for all BC private land...
UDI Awards ceremony was a bustling evening for the over 500 people in attendance. “It really is a time to celebrate,” said UDI president David Podmore during his opening address. “Our industry is doing very well and the province’s...
Today the Urban Development Institute (UDI) and its members announced that they have raised an outstanding $109,000 as seed money for the UDI Development Industry Endowment at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT).
The Endowment is part of...
British Columbia’s housing industry is encouraged by the provincial government’s Budget 2007 and its focus on housing.
The Urban Development Institute (UDI) and its members have been working with government and the non-profit sector to...
The Urban Development Institute of Canada is please to announce that Ward McAllister has been elected as President to serve for the next two years.
The Urban Development Institute is a national non-profit association of the development industry and its...
As a result of the strong and sound economic policies of the Provincial government, the British Columbia Development/Construction Industry has boomed over the past few years. This good news has led to some capacity problems in the sector –...
The provincial budget announced today by Finance Minister Colin Hansen received high marks from the Urban Development Institute, an association representing real estate developers, investors and builders.
“The budget reflects well on the positive...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Reforms announced today by the Canadian Government to the Fisheries Act are a victory for common sense sustainable development. The Urban Development Institute (UDI) welcomes the focusing of fish habitat protection rules, and the clarification of...
Thursday, April 19, 2012
The Urban Development Institute (UDI) supports strong steps by the Federal Government to streamline the environmental review system and reduce duplication with Provincial processes. Details announced by the Federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
VICTORIA – New housing transition measures give certainty to an important economic sector and help to keep taxes equitable throughout the transition as the province returns to the PST, Finance Minister Kevin Falcon announced today.
B.C....
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The BC Budget, released today by Minister Falcon and the BC Government, detailed strong measures that will support affordability and construction in the residential sector. Minister Falcon outlined in his Budget speech a new ‘First-time New Homebuyers...
Friday, February 17, 2012
The Urban Development Institute (UDI) applauds the HST transition rules announced earlier today by Finance Minister Kevin Falcon. The new rules, as they apply to all new homes up to a threshold of $850,000, are a significant measure and positive...
Monday, February 6, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 19, 2012 -- Vancouver, BC -- It started in 1973. It happened again in 1990. And now it’s back. The third Greater Vancouver Urban Futures Opinion Survey has launched, but this time with a difference. Everything will be online...
Friday, January 20, 2012
Vancouver, BC – The Urban Development Institute (UDI) President, Mr Don Forsgren, yesterday announced that the Institute is inviting the industry, government, community groups and the general public to tackle BC’s housing affordability crisis together in...
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Housing Coalition Determined to Increase Affordable Rental SupplyVancouver – A B.C. coalition of industry, non-profit and government leaders today signed a Canadian Rental Housing Charter outlining a nine-point plan to increase the supply of affordable...
Friday, August 26, 2011
Vancouver, BC – The Urban Development Institute (UDI) is cautiously examining the implications of today’s HST Referendum results. While the industry recognizes there are many positive aspects of a harmonized tax system for the industrial and...
Friday, August 26, 2011
Vancouver, BC – The Urban Development Institute (UDI) is cautiously examining the implications of today’s HST Referendum results. While the industry recognises there are many positive aspects of a harmonized tax system for the industrial and...
Thursday, May 5, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Vancouver, BC -- The British Columbia Chamber of Commerce, the Business Council of British Columbia and the Urban Development Institute are asking Metro Vancouver and its member municipalities to agree to allow their participation...
David Negrin, president of the Urban Development Institute (UDI), says the development industry welcomes the sustainability initiatives that were announced yesterday in the Provincial Throne Speech.
“These announcements are some of the most...
David Negrin, President of the Urban Development Institute (UDI) welcomed the appointment of Brent Toderian as the new Director of Planning in response to
today’s announcement. “The development industry is a partner in community building. Our...
The British Columbia Court of Appeal’s ruling which upholds a bylaw designating the Canadian Pacific Railway’s Arbutus lands for public use without acquisition or
agreement with the landowner sets a dangerous precedent for all BC private land...
UDI Awards ceremony was a bustling evening for the over 500 people in attendance. “It really is a time to celebrate,” said UDI president David Podmore during his opening address. “Our industry is doing very well and the province’s...
Today the Urban Development Institute (UDI) and its members announced that they have raised an outstanding $109,000 as seed money for the UDI Development Industry Endowment at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT).
The Endowment is part of...
British Columbia’s housing industry is encouraged by the provincial government’s Budget 2007 and its focus on housing.
The Urban Development Institute (UDI) and its members have been working with government and the non-profit sector to...
The Urban Development Institute of Canada is please to announce that Ward McAllister has been elected as President to serve for the next two years.
The Urban Development Institute is a national non-profit association of the development industry and its...
As a result of the strong and sound economic policies of the Provincial government, the British Columbia Development/Construction Industry has boomed over the past few years. This good news has led to some capacity problems in the sector –...
The provincial budget announced today by Finance Minister Colin Hansen received high marks from the Urban Development Institute, an association representing real estate developers, investors and builders.
“The budget reflects well on the positive...