Category Archives: Non-market

New Jubilee House

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

Just as City Council approve a rezoning for a privately built 13 storey non-market housing project, details of another similar project appear. This is a development application for the replacement of Jubilee House, to be built in conjunction with a tower … Continue reading →

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1107 Seymour Street

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

The details of this Downtown South proposal first showed up in August 2012. It’s a 15 storey rental building on the corner of Seymour and Helmcken Street. It’s just been approved for rezoning to build 81 residential units and nearly 20,000 … Continue reading →

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The Budzey Building – 220 Princess Avenue

Posted on February 13, 2013 by

Another of the City and Province non-market housing projects has started construction. It’s one of the biggest – 147 units of housing – and it will be managed by the Raincity Housing and Support Society. It’s named after Lorna Budzey who died … Continue reading →

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Imouto House – Alexander Street

Posted on December 19, 2012 by

Right now, Imouto House looks like a stack of shipping containers that somebody took a cutting torch to. That’s because it is exactly that; Vancouver’s first recycled shipping container based housing project will create 12 units of housing for Atira Women’s Resource Society. … Continue reading →

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