Donald Trump, who first found fame as a real-estate developer, has put his name on mens’ fragrance, mattresses and neckties in recent years. But there is one type of product he hasn’t licensed his name to since the beginning of the financial downturn: a U.S. building.

The last time Mr. Trump signed a deal licensing his name to a U.S. real-estate project was in 2007, when he agreed to put it on the Trump Soho, a hotel-condo project in downtown Manhattan. He also sold his name to a golf resort in Puerto Rico in 2008.

It isn’t that Mr. Trump has lost his taste for seeing his name stamped in capital letters on other developers’ undertakings. He is just doing it overseas instead. In recent years, Mr. Trump has licensed his name to more than a dozen real-estate developers in Turkey, the Caucuses, Brazil and other corners of the globe.

On Wednesday, Mr. Trump is expected to unveil plans for a Trump-branded hotel and condominium tower in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, according to executives familiar with the project.

Plans for Trump-branded condominiums, resorts and commercial centers also are under way in the Philippines and Azerbaijan. In March, Trump Organization opened an office in Shanghai to identify Chinese branding deals for the company.

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North Shore Outlook – Seylynn heralds new era for North Vancouver.

The District of North Vancouver added some real meat to the bones of its official community plan this week, unveiling its “new urban heart” in Lower Lynn.

That’s how district planner Brian Bydwell described the future town centre anchored by the Seylynn Village condo project at the new development’s official launch over the weekend.

Condo marketer Nick Askew was more evocative in describing the project.

“A little bit of Coal Harbour” on the North Shore is what the Pacesetter Marketing president called the soon-to-be three-tower, 790-unit condo development near the Second Narrows Bridge.

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Vancouver endorses plan for Oakridge redevelopment, including multiple highrises.

The City of Vancouver has endorsed a plan to radically redevelop the aging Oakridge Centre into a high-density retail and residential hub.

The massive project will now proceed to a public hearing, where area residents worried their quiet corner of Vancouver will be lost in a sea of glass towers and chic new shops and cafés will be able to voice their objections.

“I am sure you can imagine the shock when you learn that ‘downtown’ is going to (arrive in our) single-family neighbourhood,” said Tracey Moir, a representative of the neighbourhood group Oakridge Langara Area Residents, in an interview on Tuesday at Vancouver City Hall.

Earlier, Mayor Gregor Robertson and council agreed to endorse a proposal by property owner Ivanhoe Cambridge and developer Westbank Development to transform Oakridge into a new urban centre on par with Metrotown, Surrey City Centre and Coquitlam Centre.

The plan builds on a more modest redevelopment proposal approved by the city in 2007, with the addition of up to 13 highrise towers and double the existing retail space.

Developers, start your engines. District of North Vancouver council unanimously supported a 20-year plan to bring new housing, retail and office space to the Lower Lynn town centre at its May 27 meeting.

Lower Lynn Town Centre Concept Plan

The plan includes a mixture of mid-and low-rise apartments and townhouses.

The district’s vision includes a projected 120,000 square feet of new retail space, mostly on Mountain Highway, and 50,000 square feet of new office space.

The plan has sparked “tremendous excitement” in the development community, according to the district’s general manager of planning, properties and permits Brian Bydwell.

District staff have been taking weekly meetings with prospective developers, according to Bydwell, who said a lot of the major sites are “pretty much tied up.”

A 9-storey office building is proposed for the Southeast corner of West Pender and Seymour Streets in Downtown Vancouver. The building will contain approx. 77,000 SF of commercial space.

The property is currently for lease/sale with Colliers. Detail here.

Property Features for 538 West Pender Street

• Targeting LEED® Gold
• “A” Class building
• Latest technology in building systems
• Architect: Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership (MCM)
• Main floor retail
• Penthouse amenity area for use by tenants
• Efficient floor plates