LAKE OKANAGAN REALTY

Deposits have been returned to pre-buy investors in the Kelowna Westin project leading people to speculate that the project is dead. However, Saje Enterprises developer Stanley Yasin, who is in charge of the project, says that it is still in the works. Yasin says the project has stalled but is not dead.

Despite what Yasin says, the fact remains that the development permit for the site has la ...

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Pro athletes make a sport of real estate - Globe and Mail October 26, 2007

Real estate sales continue to be strong - Pique Newsmagazine October 11, 2007

ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

Kelowna is the centre of economic and business activity in the Okanagan Valley and is the largest trading centre between Greater Vancouver and Alberta. The economy is reasonably diverse with primary employment sources including manufacturing, construction, health and social services and retail trade, accounting for 46% of total experienced labour force. Major regional em ...

TRAFFIC COUNTS AND TOURISM

Highway 97 provides a continuous corridor through Kelowna and the Okanagan Valley with external linkages to the United States, Highway 1 and the northern half of British Columbia. Tourism generates approximately $835 million in the Okanagan Valley annually with 53% of tourists visiting Kelowna in the summer.

Kelowna features the second fastest growing airpor ...