Teardown Index
Data story looking at Vancouver’s teardown cycle over time.
Vancouver’s high land values drive a steady cycle of teardowns: structurally sound homes demolished to make way for new construction. The Teardown Index tracks this cycle over time by matching property transactions against building permit data.
The interactive data story shows which properties were torn down and rebuilt in each year, and explains the drivers of this dynamic. Background and methodology are covered in a series of blog posts on doodles.mountainmath.ca.