The Salvation Army Harbour Light is planning to move across the street and into a new, nine-storey mixed use building.
Social and co-op housing in Vancouver
Developments with social housing components and co-operative housing, supported by various levels of government in the City of Vancouver.
Balmoral and Regent hotels on Downtown Eastside to be expropriated
After years of tussles with the owners of the Balmoral and Regent Hotels in the Downtown Eastside, the city has voted to approve expropriation of the properties, and pay the owners one dollar ($1) per building.
Pinnacle’s 55-storey Beach Crescent tower gets slight redesign
The location of the tower has been shifted 21 metres north from the original application, to help reduce any shadowing on a nearby park, as well as mitigating impacts to views from adjacent residential towers.
Affordable Passive House apartments slated for Kingsway and Windsor
Kingsway and Windsor in East Vancouver will soon see the addition of a 12-storey apartment building with 88 social housing units.
Building façade inspired by Coast Salish blanket for East Hastings
An 11-storey social housing building with an integrated healing centre is slated for the corner of East Hastings and Columbia in the Downtown Eastside.
Micro-dwellings at Main and Powell in Downtown Eastside
A surface parking lot at Main and Powell on the edge of Gastown will soon be home to six-storeys of micro-dwellings.
Slender social housing building slated for East Hastings
A slender, seven-storey building with social housing and market rental is planned for East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside.
Community centre and social housing moves forward at Oakridge
Phase three of the Oakridge redevelopment by Westbank and QuadReal includes social housing and a five-storey community centre.
Construction underway on affordable rentals in Mount Pleasant
Construction is underway at East 6th and Main Street on a 9-storey project with 145 affordable rental apartments, most of which will be rented at 30 per cent below Vancouver’s median household income.
Landmark 60-storey passive house tower next to Nelson Park
A dramatic design for a 60-storey tower designed by IBI Group overlooking Nelson Park in the West End has been unveiled.
Women-led social housing slated for East Hastings but questions surface over who owns the site
The federal government is kicking in $150,000 to begin planning for a women-led housing project in Hastings Sunrise, but nearby business owners say the land is theirs.
Union Gospel Mission breaks ground on $35.5 million expansion
The Union Gospel Mission broke ground on the largest expansion in 78 years, at the site of its $35.5 million new ‘Women and Families Centre.’
Transformation on the way for corner of East Hastings and Clark Drive
Onni Group has applied to rezone their property at East Hastings and Clark Drive in east Vancouver with a mix of market and social housing.
Royal Towers replacement: Over 900 homes and 40 storeys proposed for New Westminster
A major new development is proposed for the Royal Towers site in New Westminster, across from City Hall, with building heights up to 40 storeys and over 900 units. Domus Homes is in the pre-application stages of the new development, designed by IBI Architects. It will include two towers (40 storeys and 36 storeys), connected […]
Two non-market housing buildings proposed for Downtown Eastside
Two proposed non-market housing developments in the Downtown Eastside will add a total 75 new units to the neighbourhood around Oppenheimer Park. DYS Architecture has designed a six-storey building for the Lookout Housing and Health Society at 545 East Cordova Street, across from the Union Gospel Mission recovery centre, which will soon be redeveloped and […]
