Business

Phase 2 on track but don't expect a new Ikea store at Saanich mall

Waterfront, proximity to downtown prove popular

Property value based on market value in July, condition in October

Former Smitty's closed for makeover and name change to Sassy's Place

Victoria man to pay $75,000

Victoria-area investors beware. David Michaels, principal of Michaels Wealth Management, is staging his "lunch-and-learn" seminars. As noted in previous columns, Michaels used to be licensed as a mutual fund salesman with Dundee Securities.

Prices could fall 25% in the next three years

Single females accounted for 16 per cent of the real estate transactions in 2010 while their male counterparts bought up 11 per cent of the overall inventory, according to an analysis of last year's sales by the Greater Victoria Real Estate Board.

October figure inches up to 5.3%

Dirk Britton has opened an Original Joe's Restaurant and Bar in Langford, the first franchise for Vancouver Island and seventh in B.C. in the past three years.