Monthly Archives: January 2024

777 Jervis Street (1300 Robson Street)

Posted on January 23, 2024 by ChangingCity

The building that houses the Listel Hotel has been on Robson since 1986, a six storey 129 room hotel, with the Forage restaurant on Robson. (It was developed by O’Doul’s Investments, and became the Listel in 1992). The Japanese owners … Continue reading →

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1726 West 11th Avenue

Posted on January 23, 2024 by ChangingCity

Jordan Manor is a 1971 3-storey walk-up apartment building on the corner of Pine and West 11th Ave. The Broadway Plan allows it to be redeveloped, and Sightine have proposed a rezoning with two towers, 20 and 19 storeys, with … Continue reading →

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701 Kingsway

Posted on January 21, 2024 by ChangingCity

Qualex landmark are the latest developer to prpose a rental tower allowed by the Broadway Plan. It’s 24 storeys, with 201 units, 41 of them renting below market. Designed by RWA, it has a commercial base, and a 2-storey commercial … Continue reading →

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904 Davie Street

Posted on January 18, 2024 by ChangingCity

This newly proposed condo tower has been anticipated for many years. Reliance Holdings have owned the 7-11 here for years, and are currently co-developing an adjacent tower designed by the same architect, Neil Denari. Initially they suggested micro rental units, … Continue reading →

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525 Powell Street

Posted on January 16, 2024 by ChangingCity

Here’s another much-needed social housing project for the Downtown Eastside. Stantec Architecture have designed the 158 unit, 10 storey building which will have a mix of shelter rate, low end of market and below-market apartments. The developer is the City … Continue reading →

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2410 Columbia Street

Posted on January 10, 2024 by ChangingCity

PC Urban (and Nicola Wealth) have a number of Mount Pleasant office / industrial projects, and this one was featured on their website as commencing in fall 2023. Now there’s an application, (although there’s no urgency as the modest 1962 … Continue reading →

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2285 Cambie Street

Posted on January 4, 2024 by ChangingCity

Robinson Bath & Lighting have had a showroom here for many years, joined on the block ten years ago by South Creek Landing, a condo building (on the right of the render). With the new Broadway SkyTrain prompting a new … Continue reading →

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1090 West Pender Street

Posted on January 4, 2024 by ChangingCity

Here’s the last of the recent major office proposals in the Downtown core, just completing. It was rezoned early in 2015, and submitted for a Development Permit in 2017. It grew in scale in the interim: it has 32 floors … Continue reading →

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45 West 7th Avenue

Posted on January 3, 2024 by ChangingCity

  The latest Mount Pleasant Industrial / Office building is being proposed by Foundry Developments, with Proscenium as the architects. It will have 21,490 sq ft of manufacturing on two floors, and 50,956 sq ft of office on four upper … Continue reading →

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1005 Jervis Street

Posted on January 2, 2024 by ChangingCity

There’s an existing 18 storey rental tower here, designed by Wilfred Butjes and completed in 1974. MetCap have proposed their third infill rental block for Starlight in the West End, with 52 more units in a 6-storey building designed by … Continue reading →

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