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U.S. real-estate company BentallGreenOak avoided paying about 60 per cent of Vancouver property taxes.
City documents show BentallgreenOak avoided $ 395,000 in general property taxes last year .
Similar rebate arrangements are playing out at more than 50 other Vancouver business properties.
City of Vancouver documents say the companies’ tax savings are “redistributed,” collected from other property owners.
DeMarco asks why the B.C. government is indirectly encouraging developers to let land sit idle.
“If we have such a housing crisis, why are we rewarding developers to postpone their developments?” she said.
Are the dog park and garden boxes worth the huge tax subsidy? I would say no.”.
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