Archive for the ‘Real Estate Development’ Category

Pushor Mitchell Lawyer Andrea East Is Co-Chair For Real Estate Development On First Nations Lands Conference

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Pushor Mitchell Partner Andrea East is a co-chair and presenter of the Pacific Business & Law Institute Real Estate Development on First Nation Lands webinar on November 16 & 17, 2023.

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LTSA Changes: Retirement Of COVID Measures Effective September 30, 2023

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Effective September 30, 2023, many of the COVID-related measures implemented by the Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia will be retired.

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Brad Cronquist Speaks At Real Estate Development Course

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Pushor Mitchell lawyer Brad Cronquist spoke at a Real Estate Development Course coordinated by the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia. 

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Pushor Mitchell Lawyer Andrea East Co-Chairs Conference

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Pushor Mitchell Lawyer Andrea East is Co-chair of an in person two day Pacific Business & Law Institute conference in Vancouver on November 23 & 24, 2022 on the topic of Real Estate Development on First Nation Lands.

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Issuance Of A Development Permit: Not Taking “No” For An Answer

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Developers have to deal with the requirements imposed by a municipality through the development permit process.

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COVID-19 Issues: Frustration, Subject-To Clauses and Contracts of Purchase and Sale

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COVID-19 has resulted in a number of issues which put the performance of purchase contracts for real property at risk.

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Regulating Agri-Tourism and Farm Retail Sales in the Agriculture Land Reserve

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The B.C. Ministry of Agriculture has prepared a discussion paper to seek input into a draft Minister's Bylaw Standard to assist local government bylaw development.

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Real Estate Development Marketing Act – New Regulations

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The Province introduced changes to the laws governing marketing of real estate development this year with changes to the Real Estate Development Marketing Act (REDMA”) in March and new policy statements which will become effective on October 1. My articles relating to those changes can be found here: Real Estate Development Marketing Act – Amendments […]

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Real Estate Development Marketing Act — Amendments to Policy Statements

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Changes to the Real Estate Development Marketing Act (“REDMA”) came into force on May 29, 2014. The Superintendent of Real Estate has introduced amendments to policy statements under REDMA which are designed to complement the changes to REDMA. Changes to the policy statements will require new forms of Disclosure Statements to reflect changes to REDMA, […]

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Anti-Money Laundering Legislation And Its Impact On Real Estate Developers

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Since 2009, real estate developers (“Developers”) have been subject to the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (the “Act”).  Under this Act, Developers are required to comply with the following record keeping and reporting obligations:

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Issuance Of A Development Permit: Not Taking “No” For An Answer

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Developers have to deal with the requirements imposed by a municipality through the development permit process. These requirements can be onerous and time consuming, and sometimes appear to the developer as unreasonable or arbitrarily applied.One land owner decided to push back against the denial of a development permit that the District of Squamish refused to issue. The land owner sought a declaration from the court that Squamish was [...]

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