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Kelowna calls for more highrises in response to new provincial housing rules
New provincial infill housing rules that require for more density in core areas of cities…
Plan for highrise tower at Capri mall in Kelowna is back and looking for approval
A new development permit application has been submitted to the City of Kelowna for a…
Builders of Kelowna’s tallest building sued for allegedly faulty railings
The strata representing owners in the tallest of two towers in Kelowna’s One Water Street…
Highrises as far as the eye can see – but in West Kelowna?
There are currently about two dozen highrises in Kelowna and another 30 either under construction,…
Future of highrise on former Kelowna RCMP site to be decided in court
The future of a highrise on city-owned land in downtown Kelowna is now in the…
UBCO’s new Kelowna downtown highrise damaging neighbouring buildings
At least three buildings near UBC Okanagan’s new downtown campus have been damaged as construction…
Failed three-tower project comes back to Kelowna council with one tower
In July of 2022 the City of Kelowna rejected a proposal by Safari Capital to…
Parking at Prospera Place in Kelowna to be cut drastically if three highrises built
When Prospera Place was built as the home of the Kelowna Rockets in 2019 it…
New Kelowna tower proposal aims to build community from ground up
The One Water Street project, with its two highrise towers, has helped transform downtown Kelowna.…
Kelowna developer says it’s ‘common’ to pay people to speak at public hearings
Appelt Properties is fighting back after a report by City of Kelowna staff attacked them…
Kelowna’s Mission Group wants to add 34-storey tower to its highrise inventory
There’s no question that the Mission Group is leading the way with highrise development in…
First highrise in Kelowna’s Rutland neighbourhood scaled back
What was proposed in 2021 to be Rutland’s first eight-storey highrise building is heading back…
Kelowna’s Gospel Mission downtown could soon be surrounded by highrises
Four parcels of land next to Kelowna’s Gospel Mission homeless shelter are for sale for…
Two rental highrises proposed for burgeoning business area near Kelowna Costco
Two new highrises are proposed for Kelowna’s Midtown area next to Orchard Park Mall and…
15-storey residential highrise proposed for Kelowna’s Capri-Landmark area
A 15-storey highrise is being planned to replace four single-family homes on Pacific Avenue, just…
Kelowna high-rise rental tower should help with housing affordability
Kelowna’s Mission Group is moving ahead with plans to build what its executive vice-president Luke…
Plans to build highrise hotel on downtown Kelowna waterfront moving ahead
It’s been a long time coming but Westcorp is moving ahead with its proposed 33-storey…
Kelowna might find inspiration for Tolko site from this Victoria project
The first look at the redevelopment plans for the Tolko mill site in Kelowna are…
Work crews heading to Kelowna’s UBCO downtown campus site in a matter of days
Now that Kelowna city council has agreed to let UBCO build a 46-storey downtown campus…
Rejected proposal for three Kelowna highrises could be back before council in fall
Even though Kelowna city council turned down three proposed highrises the developer is hoping to…
Inside source hints at skulduggery in city-backed highrise deal in downtown Kelowna
The redevelopment of the former RCMP site in downtown Kelowna has been controversial since it…
Stop This Tower! Campaign launched against UBCO’s downtown Kelowna highrise
Calling it a “pretend university,” Kelowna resident Susan Ames is launching a campaign against the…
Kelowna’s rapid growth likely to create rapid increase in firefighting costs
The recent fire in the Brooklyn highrise in downtown Kelowna showed how thin firefighting forces…
UBCO’s downtown Kelowna campus to be the tallest in city at 46 storeys
New plans being reviewed by the City of Kelowna show a 46-storey tower for UBCO’s…