Tag Archives: midrise

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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231 East Pender Street

Posted on May 14, 2013 by

The development activity in Chinatown continues to grow, and here’s the latest proposal for a new apartment building. For almost 25 years the site has been a parking lot, but in 1931 Shell Oil built the Lion’s Gate Super Service Station here, … Continue reading →

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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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Radius – W4th and Fir

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

Back in June 2012 we suggested Ledingham McAllister were obviously quietly confident of getting a development permit for their next project at West 4th Avenue at Fir Street. We said that because they were running advance notices in the Condo Guide and on their … Continue reading →

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1121 Seymour Street

Posted on April 20, 2013 by

Here’s a recently submitted infill project in Downtown South that seems to be moving forward at a surprising pace. The address is 1121 Seymour on the Development Permit Board agenda (it’s scheduled for a June decision) but 1111 Seymour on the … Continue reading →

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2290 Main Street

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

We first featured 2290 Main Street at the end of January. At that point we had a rather dramatic render of a very contemporary building. Right now the site is a former used car dealers lot on the ’2nd to … Continue reading →

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587 West King Edward Avenue

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

We don’t generally cover the areas of the city outside the core covered by our book (The Changing City) but we’re making an exception for this Cambie Corridor proposal. It’s a rezoning for King Edward Avenue, just off Cambie Street, … Continue reading →

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1365 Burnaby Street

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

The West End has seen relatively little change in the rental area (which is most of the West End) as generally developers have to replace the existing number of units if they redevelop. Here’s an exception; a building designed by a Vancouver … Continue reading →

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Shine – 273 East 6th Avenue

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

  Here’s another Mount Pleasant artist live-work project about to start sales. It will sit right across the street from District, and it’s designed by North Vancouver based SHIFT Architecture (who have designed other Vancouver buildings under another name, and more recently … Continue reading →

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Beach Towers

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

Council have approved a rezoning to add 133 more rental units to the 1960′s CBK Van Norman designed Beach Towers complex. Altogether there are currently four towers on two sites on either side of Harwood Street. The additional units will come … Continue reading →

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