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Vancouver condos, real estate, development and architecture
Projects including new rental apartments across the Lower Mainland.
With Vancouver's low vacancy rate and thousands of new residents moving to the city every year, developers are returning to the rental apartment market as rents have risen to levels that make new construction economically feasible.
City of Vancouver policies to encourage the construction of new apartments has resulted in addition of thousands of new rental units.
Bosa Properties and the owners of the former Army & Navy department store on West Hastings plan to redevelop the property into The Cohen Block, a mixed-use rental, retail and office development with market, middle-income and below-market homes, in the heart of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
The Cape Group is planning more east Vancouver rentals, this time in a six-storey, mixed-use building at Nanaimo and Charles streets.
Reliance Properties has submitted its proposal for an all-rental tower at Thurlow and Melville, including over 100 workforce housing units, targeted at essential workers.
The Cape Group is developing mass timber rental apartments targeted at artists for a site near Emily Carr University in East Vancouver.
Using CLT, Vancouver-based MGA | Michael Green Architecture has designed a four-storey, mixed-use boutique infill building.
The City of Vancouver plans to open a Renter Services Centre downtown to bring community organizations which support renters under one roof.
A new four-storey building at East 13th and Commercial will add 47 secured market rentals and retail to the neighbourhood.
Marcon is doubling up on Oakridge rentals, with a second 18-storey apartment tower planned for West 42nd Avenue near Columbia Park.
Construction of Lonsdale Square, one of the largest projects ever built in the City of North Vancouver, has begun near 22nd and Lonsdale.
Marcon and QuadReal are planning to redevelop the former Chrysler dealership at Lougheed Highway and Pinetree Way in Coquitlam.
Strand Development is preparing a rezoning application for a mixed-use development adjacent to the new St. Paul's Hospital.
This week, Addy launches The Lex, a 45-unit rental apartment building on Granville Street with ground floor retail, built in 2003, which individual investors can purchase a slice of.
SHAPE Properties is sharing new details on future plans for ‘The Amazing Brentwood’ and ‘The City of Lougheed’ master-planned developments.
BC Housing has purchased the Burns Block in the Downtown Eastside, and will convert the micro suite building into housing for women experiencing homelessness.
Two six-storey buildings containing 124 secured market rental units are planned at Main and East 54th, south of the Sunset Community Centre.
The new building, designed by Birmingham & Wood Architects + Planners, will contain 39 units, including studio, one, two and three-bedroom layouts.
Bosa Properties is planning two large rental towers in the West End, on sites previously slated for market condos.
The Province has announced $4.2 million worth of investment in mass timber construction, including a rental tower by Westbank in Vancouver.
PCI Developments is planning a six-storey, secured market rental building on the former site of a restaurant next to the Kootenay Bus Loop.
A rezoning application has been filed for a site at SW Marine Drive and Manitoba Street, for a six-storey, secured market rental building.
There's now a plan for redevelopment of the Balfour Block, one of the most coveted sites in the Cambie Corridor.
PCI Developments is planning a 14-storey, mixed-use building with retail, office and market rentals at West 41st and Cambie Street.
With a development application officially filed and the project approved, there are new renderings of Westbank's Broadway and Alma building.
A rezoning application has been filed for a colourful, 18-storey rental building at the corner of West 2nd and Ontario, next to Vancouver's Olympic Village.
