Conwest Group is preparing to begin construction on a unique, 52,000 square foot office and light industrial building on West 6th in Mount Pleasant, built around one of Vancouver’s oldest heritage homes.
The new building will be four storeys, with a modern glass façade, in sharp contrast to the 1901-built Coulter House, which will be restored and offered for lease as a restaurant. The home is on Vancouver’s heritage register.
A City of Vancouver report says the house “will be painted in a two-tone colour scheme comprising of off-white (light grey) and medium grey: these are researched historic colours from the turn of the twentieth century, and are considered appropriate for a building of this era.”
![Coulter House.](https://www.urbanyvr.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Coulter-House-1-960x720.jpg)
The report states city staff “have concluded that the rehabilitation scheme is consistent with best conservation practices.”
The development will have two levels of underground parking, as well as a large rooftop patio with skyline views of downtown Vancouver and the North Shore mountains.
Across the street from the development site are several older homes, from when the area was a predominantly working-class residential district at the turn of the century.
![Coulter House](https://www.urbanyvr.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Coulter-House-2-960x720.jpg)