Tag Archives: BC Housing

215 W2nd Avenue

Posted on May 4, 2013 by

Another Southeast False Creek condo project? No – another of the City of Vancouver provided sites for BC Housing. DYS designed this 147 unit 11 storey project that started construction in July 2011 and as we expected, it fits in just fine … 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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McLaren House – Howe Street

Posted on January 5, 2013 by

Getting close to completion, here’s another of the 14 projects funded by the Province on land owned by the City of Vancouver to create non-market housing for the homeless and hard-to-house. Construction started in July 2011, so it’s taken about 18 months … Continue reading →

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111 Princess Avenue

Posted on November 23, 2012 by

The excavation has started for another of the City of Vancouver/BC Housing non-market housing projects, this one on the corner of Princess and Alexander. Until a few years ago Marie Gomez Place was here, a smaller non-market housing project from 1983 … Continue reading →

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1601 West 7th Avenue

Posted on August 31, 2012 by

Another of the City / Province non-market housing projects has been completed. This one is a 9 storey building that sits next to the Fir Street off-ramp at the southern end of the Granville Bridge. There are 62 units in the … Continue reading →

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31 West Pender Street

Posted on June 12, 2012 by

We first posted this building a year ago, when architect Joe Wai kindly supplied this rendering of 31 West Pender being built behind the facade of the former Pender Hotel. The heritage restoration is really beautiful, but the truly extraordinary … Continue reading →

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Gore and Powell

Posted on March 9, 2012 by

Here’s a project that’s been in the works for a while. It’s one of the more innovative adaptive reuse projects in the city. The now unused pre-trial centre will be converted to 95 non-market housing units for BC Housing, with … Continue reading →

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First Place

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

This non-market housing project in the South East False Creek area is now close to completion. First Place – an 11 storey buiilding located at 1st Avenue and Quebec Street reached full height in spring 2011, and the final pieces are coming … Continue reading →

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1050 Expo Boulevard

Posted on July 24, 2011 by

Another of the non-market sites being built with BC Housing funding on City-owned sites moved a little closer to development in July. 1050 Expo Boulevard was originally going to be a 139 unit 9 storey high concrete structure. Presumably the … Continue reading →

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Karis Place

Posted on June 6, 2011 by

The second Mennonite Housing Society project in Downtown South, across the lane from Kindred Place, completed in 2009. Karis Place was completed in mid 2011 on Seymour Street. It’s in addition to the 12 sites provided by the City of Vancouver … Continue reading →

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