Linda and Bruce McFarlane at the Bellewood Park Presentation Centre. The couple plans to downsize into the two bedroom and three bathroom condo home they purchased. PHOTO: Geoff Hobson Searching for their new home, Linda and Bruce McFarlane knew they didn’t want to relocate far from their South Oak Bay single-family home. Both Victoria natives, they… Continued
Gail and Barry Giffen, with their daughter’s dog, Batmann, in their restored home’s great hall, which has its original stained-glass windows. PHOTO: KAMIL BIALOUS FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL By Leigh Kamping-Carder Some married couples settle into their retirement by downsizing. Gail and Barry Giffen are spending theirs restoring a mansion—a 1905 Tudor Revival in Victoria, Canada. “We wanted a historic… Continued
Carla Wilson | TIMES COLONIST Published June 4, 2016 06:00 AM Abstract Developments is proposing a four-storey development on a pie-shaped parcel at Cadboro Bay Road and Bowker Avenue in Oak Bay. The plan for the half-acre site calls for a mixed-use building with strata condominiums “appealing to the downsizer” and some commercial along Cadboro… Continued
From the Vancouver Sun Published on: June 2, 2016 | Last Updated: June 2, 2016 10:25 AM PDT By SHAWN CONNER Glen and Tanya Frecker may not have any connections on the West Coast, but that’s not stopping the Toronto couple from moving to Victoria. “I just always had a feeling that I should go… Continued
From the Vancouver Sun Published on: April 19, 2016 | Last Updated: April 19, 2016 2:42 PM PDT By EVAN DUGGAN Downtown Victoria showing Fort Street, centre, with Abstract Development’s new Black and White condo project highlighted. Victoria’s Upper Fort Street is going through a commercial renaissance that local businesspeople and real estate experts say is… Continued