A rezoning proposal has been submitted to the City of Vancouver for a 10-storey non-market mixed-use building at 58 West Hastings Street, the former site of a tent city in the Downtown Eastside. The property has been vacant for decades and is currently home to a mobile medical clinic, aimed at addressing the ongoing fentanyl […]
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.
New Gastown rental apartments planned for West Hastings
A surface parking lot in Gastown across from the Woodwards development will soon be home to 132 new apartment rentals. Holborn has applied to the city to develop a new 10 storey rental apartment building at 95 West Hastings Street at Abbott Street. The new building will be made up of mostly studio units measuring 344 […]
Two new condo towers coming to Davie Street
Two new condo towers are coming to Davie Street, replacing two rental apartment buildings between Jervis and Broughton. Marcon Developments is planning two new condo towers, 18 and 19 storeys, directly west of the luxury “The Jervis” tower, currently under construction by Intracorp. The two new Marcon towers will contain a total of 153 units, […]
Blood Alley in Gastown to get makeover
Blood Alley in Gastown is set to receive a makeover with the redevelopment of two heritage buildings on Cordova Street in a unique partnership between a developer and the provincial government. The provincial government is planning to buy the New Fountain Shelter and the Stanley Hotel in Gastown for $27 million. The two buildings were […]
Shipping container homes coming to Downtown Eastside
A unique new social housing development constructed with recycled shipping containers will soon be coming to the Downtown Eastside. Each studio unit will be made up of two 8’x20′ container units. The two bedroom units will be constructed with three shipping containers.
First look at Kettle Boffo tower on Commercial Drive
Only on Commercial Drive could a proposed 12 storey building with new social housing and space for a cherished non-profit society generate so much controversy.
But the Boffo Kettle project is being fought tooth and nail by organizers of the No Venables Tower coalition, who have collected over 3,500 signatures on a petition opposing the development. I don’t know if I would call 12 storeys a tower, it’s more of a mid rise. But let’s face it, “no tower” sounds sexier, and definitely more controversial.
