British Columbia Real Estate Development Practice Manual - Print

Your guide to real estate development law, practice, and procedure

This publication is essential for: lawyers advising or representing developers or municipalities in real estate development matters

Current to: December 1, 2024

To effectively serve developer and municipal clients, you need a strong command of the legal principles as well as an understanding of the real estate development process. With the British Columbia Real Estate Development Practice Manual, you have a concise guide to each phase of the development process, from land acquisition to financing and marketing the project, with discussion of the unique planning and regulatory environment in the City of Vancouver, and considerations for development on First Nations lands.

With this resource, you will be able to:

• understand the real estate development process in the context of current legal developments to effectively serve your clients
  
• save time searching for Vancouver-specific real estate development procedures and regulations
  
• quickly access a collection of over 70 real estate development forms and precedents

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Highlights of the 2025 Update include:

• tax and other considerations for developers acquiring residential properties (additional PTT, SVT, BC flipping tax; foreign ownership ban; tenancies and delayed possession arrangements)
• resolving joint venture disputes
• termination of land use contracts
• extension and modification of foreign ownership ban
• official community plan requirements
• housing needs reports
• prohibitions on public hearings on zoning bylaws in certain circumstances
• authorization of amenity cost charges as condition of subdivision approval or building permit issuance
• expansion of offsite servicing requirements
• expansion of subdivision and building permit requirements for highway/transportation use
• transportation demand management measures
• new density bonus requirements for zoning bylaws
• small scale multi-family housing requirements
• prohibitions on density and size restrictions and off-street parking requirements in transit-oriented areas
• expansion of subdivision servicing requirements
• consultation with First Nations and potential impacts of DRIPA on local governments
• air space parcel subdivision process
• Vancouver zoning and housing initiatives
• expansion of types of capital projects that can attract development cost levies
• lowered criminal rate of interest, commercial loan exemptions in certain circumstances
• Superintendent of Real Estate's Policy Statements amendments

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CLEBC Legal Editor
L. Joy Tataryn 
jtataryn@cle.bc.ca

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