The multi phase Univercity project

Porter. Sundae toppings include a cabernet-shiraz wine reduction from Mike McQuisten and Steve Thorp's Vancouver Urban Winery.Open until 10 p.m., Rain or Shine welcomes nearby restaurant patrons who arrive after dining. "There's always room for dessert," said Fenton, who is as slender as her 208-centimetre-tall husband. That's "only five-foot-22," as a former Fisherman's Cove gas-float operator said of his lofty height.This week, Fenton greeted sister Charlotte, who joined the growing ranks of young women entrepreneurs herself after Canaccord Genuity moved her job to Toronto. When nurse-friend Lindsay Hacking "needed a new dresser that was stylish and affordable," the two found a used one and refurbished it. That quickly resulted in a "furniture upcycling" firm named 2 Fleas. Except for rare ice-cream breaks since, they've been too busy with a wide line of goods to get their website up.WHAT YOU SEE: A potential two-billion-dollars-worth of real estate development is advancing on the University of B.C.'s Point Grey endowment lands.

The multi-phase Univercity project abuts Simon Fraser University's Burnaby Mountain campus. Now, Bosa City will rise around SFU Surrey. That's not its real name, but Bosa Properties has acquired 15 sites near King George Boulevard and 104 Ave. The zone already holds City Hall, Douglas College, Surrey Central Library and many retail, corporate and institutional facilities. It's an eight-stop SkyTrain ride from Metrotown station, near which Bosa Properties built the 43-floor tower Sovereign and 18-floor Central Park Place towers. For Surrey, CEO Colin Bosa says BosaSPACE is "an entirely new form of housing … that revolutionizes condominium living." The technique will see sliding walls, hideaway furniture and wall-folding beds optimize condos' "transformable" floor areas. Promotional artwork for it echoes that of 1950s-Detroit. Instead of miniature people in bus-sized automobiles, though, today's wide-perspective version has several adults comfortably stretch out in 482-square-foot units that might otherwise be suitable for floor hockey.