New Westminster learned of office tower decision after election.

The City of New Westminster learned that the Uptown Property Group was pulling out of the civic centre project nine day’s after last fall’s civic election.

Jim Lowrie, the city’s director of engineering, said the Uptown Property Group notified the city of its decision to withdraw from the project on Nov. 28, 2011.

Target announces B.C. store locations.

The U.S. Department store chain Target announced today it intends to open dozens of stores in Canada and 18 in B.C. by March or April of next year.

Target intends to announce additional locations over the next several months, the company said in a press release today. They include:

• Abbotsford – Abbotsford Power Centre

• Burnaby – Metropolis at Metrotown

• Chilliwack – Cottonwood Mall

• Coquitlam – Coquitlam Centre

• Delta – Scottsdale Mall

• Langley – Willowbrook Shopping Centre

• Maple Ridge – Haney Place Mall

• Surrey – Surrey Place/Central City

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/business/commercial-real-estate/Target+announces+store+locations/6679559/story.html#ixzz1vuyAKbR7

Barclay Mansion, a 40-unit apartment building in the West End has been sold by John Gee, Colliers for $10,300,000, or $258,000 per unit. The purchaser was a local investor.

Constructed in 1962 by a well-known local developer, Barclay Mansion is improved with a nine-storey concrete high-rise offering eight bachelors and thirty-two one bedrooms, and approximately 23,000 square feet of net rentable area.