Vancouver

20 April 2022

Vancouver City Council Approves 180 Rental Homes at SkyTrain Station

In mid-April 2022, Vancouver City Council approved the rezoning application for 2406-2484 Renfrew Street—the northeast corner of the intersection of East Broadway and Renfrew Street,...

03 March 2022

Waterfront Property in Mission Listed for Large-Scale Development in Vancouver

A major site on Mission’s central waterfront with the Fraser River carries the real potential to be a large-scale development site. Goodman Commercial has newly listed...

25 February 2022

Redevelopment Plans for Historic Vancouver Building Revealed

The plan to redevelop Vancouver's 100-year-old The Bay Building has been revealed. Located at 674 Granville St. the building will be redeveloped and updated, with...

04 February 2022

Vancouver Residential Buildings Redesigned to Reflect Pandemic Accomodations

Heatherwick Studio has redesigned a pair of residential towers in Vancouver, Canada, to reflect post-pandemic living requirements. The studio has scrapped its previous designs for...

12 January 2022

An Extruded Residential Tower is Proposed in Vancouver

Fifteen Fifteen by Ole Scheeren is a branded luxury condominium that introduces a new kind of three-dimensional urban living to Vancouver, with an unparalleled high-rise...

22 November 2021

Vancouver Museum Project Redesigns for Better Cultural Alignment

A CAD$100 million (US$78,800) gift from the Audain Foundation to the construction of the Vancouver Art Gallery has precipitated a redesign of the project. This...

11 November 2021

New Developers Appointed to Stalled Project in Vancouver

At the end of October, the British Columbia Court of Appeal overturned a ruling made by the British Columbia Supreme Court over which developer will...

09 November 2021

Designs Revealed for Forest Inspired Project in Vancouver

Urban Agency Architects has designed a project for Vancouver called Vancouver Forest. The materiality of the building takes inspiration from the scenic forests in the...

01 November 2021

Pre-Sales Beginning for Vancouver Project

Fifteen Fifteen, a proposed residential project for Vancouver, is moving forward. Pre-sales for the project’s apartments open this month. The project is located at 1515...

07 October 2021

Vancouver Affordable Housing by Women, for Women

Plans for an affordable housing development, 546 West 13th Avenue, have been approved by the City of Vancouver Council. Designed by an all-female team at...

01 October 2021

Hybrid Mass Timber Office Building Planned in Vancouver

A new 16-story hybrid mass timber office and retail development called Burrard Exchange at Bentall Centre in Vancouver has been proposed by Hudson Pacific Properties,...

29 July 2021

Proposed Vancouver Residential Building Features Waterfall

A project proposed for 1698 West Georgia Street in Vancouver’s Coal Harbour area would reach 100 meters and provide 125 residential units. Designed by Kohn...

15 July 2021

Vancouver Waterfront School and Social Housing Project Moving Forward

Plans to build an elementary school and social housing on the Coal Harbour waterfront in downtown Vancouver are moving forward. The surface parking lot next...

07 July 2021

Proposed Vancouver Project Would Redevelop Several Sites in Metrotown

A 66-story mixed-use building is being proposed in Vancouver to redevelop a site in Burnaby’s Metrotown area. Anthem Properties has submitted a rezoning application for...

05 July 2021

Angular Office Building Proposed in Vancouver

A 24-story office building is being proposed in Vancouver and would redevelop a former car dealership. Situated at 1395 West Broadway, Yuanheng Holdings acquired the...

23 June 2021

Sixth Tower in Vancouver Complex to Deliver 443 Homes

Another component of the massive The Amazing Brentwood (TAB) development is proceeding, with the mall owner now pushing forward with the sixth tower. A new...

11 June 2021

Vancouver Startup's Roomba-Like Robot Tower Window Cleaner Could Replace Humans

The business of washing windows on a tower with human labor is a dangerous, inefficient, and costly practice, but a Vancouver innovator’s robotic solution could...

07 June 2021

Social Housing Tower Proposed Next to Oppenheimer Park in Vancouver

Atira Women’s Resource Society and TL Housing Solutions have submitted a rezoning application to build a 17-story social housing tower just north of Oppenheimer Park...

07 May 2021

Development Targeting Essential Workers Proposed in Vancouver

A Vancouver parking structure could be redeveloped into a 46-story, 100 percent rental housing tower, if the project can clear rezoning requirements. The proposed development...

05 May 2021

Two Stories Cut From Upcoming Vancouver Tower

The height of one of downtown Vancouver’s upcoming towers has been slightly reduced, and the top of the tower sculpted. 601 Beach Crescent will still...

04 May 2021

Tall Mass Timber Office Building Planned for Vancouver

A 10-story mixed-use project aims to be among the tallest and largest mass timber office buildings in western Canada. The 18,200-square-meter (196,000-square-foot) T3 Mount Pleasant...

22 April 2021

With City Approval, Vancouver Stepped Residential Tower Moves Forward

An application was granted in mid-April, 2021 to rezone the Kohn Pedersen Fox-designed residential tower, 1698 West Georgia Street. Located at the southeast corner of...

03 February 2021

The Squamish Nation Shapes a New Multi-Building Development in Vancouver

Imagine: It’s 2035. As you look across False Creek toward downtown Vancouver, the two arms of a ceremonial gate rise alongside the Burrard Street Bridge....

20 January 2021

Office Tower in Downtown Vancouver Tops Out

One of the most intriguing tower developments under construction in downtown Vancouver recently passed a major milestone. Deloitte Summit office tower at 400 West Georgia...

02 December 2020

1,200 Rental Homes in Three Towers Proposed in Vancouver

Even more rental housing is now planned for the infill development project of Lougheed Village, located just west of SkyTrain’s Lougheed Town Centre Station and...

17 November 2020

Social Housing Tower Proposed for Vancouver

A new mixed-use redevelopment in downtown Vancouver will have new cultural uses and 100 percent social housing for its residential component. On behalf of MCYH...

30 October 2020

Rental Tower with Wood Cladding Gains Approval in Vancouver

For over 20 years, the Vancouver Westside’s True Confections cake shop was located at the retail building located at the northwest corner of the intersection...

01 October 2020

Skinny 24-Story Office Tower Proposed for Granville Street in Vancouver

Despite the devastating economic effects of COVID-19, downtown Vancouver’s office market remains amongst North America’s tightest and most competitive office markets due to the city’s...

29 September 2020

Vancouver to Consider Rezoning for Taller Residential Tower

Vancouver city council is scheduled to debate and vote on a rezoning application for what could be the city's fourth tallest building—a condo tower at...

22 September 2020

Green-Walled Vancouver Proposal Shifts to Rental Properties

During a public hearing in early October 2020, Vancouver City Council will deliberate on Westbank’s rezoning application to build a residential tower at 5055 Joyce...

18 September 2020

Renovations Revitalizing Vancouver Tower Center

It didn’t take long for the new joint owners of the Bentall Centre towers to begin revitalizing the central business district office and retail complex...

02 September 2020

Hotel in Vancouver Closes Its Doors, Citing Pandemic

Vancouver’s Trump Hotel has permanently closed, citing the pandemic, but it could reopen under another brand. The land and building is owned by TA Global...

20 August 2020

14-Story Condo Tower Proposed for Vancouver Station

A land assembly of four single-family houses immediately east of SkyTrain’s Langara-49th Avenue Station could be redeveloped into a 173-foot-tall (52.7-meter-tall) 14-story, mixed-use tower. A...

29 July 2020

Condo Tower and Family Housing Proposed for Vancouver

Qualex Landmark in partnership with YWCA has submitted a rezoning and development application to the City of Burnaby to build a 316-foot-tall (96-meter-tall), 31-story condominium...

24 July 2020

Vancouver Council Approves 28-Story Residential Tower

Vancouver council voted 6-5 Tuesday 21 July 2020 to approve a controversial proposal for a 28-story rental tower on West Broadway at Birch Street.The following...

01 July 2020

Tower Will Replace Parking Garage on Historic Vancouver Block

Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) has revealed that the firm’s commercial high-rise development project at 601 West Pender Street in downtown Vancouver received unanimous consent to...

29 June 2020

Luxury Condo Tower in Vancouver Hits Financial Challenge

The pace of Terrace House‘s construction over the past two-and-a-half years has been far slower than normal, as if it has been suspended, and a...

08 June 2020

Coronavirus Delays New Student Housing Complex in Vancouver

The University of British Columbia’s Vancouver campus typically sees an annual waitlist of 6,000 people for its on-campus student residences, but COVID-19 has forced the...

20 May 2020

Flora-Inspired Tower Proposed for Downtown Vancouver

The northeast corner of the intersection of Barclay Street and Thurlow Street could be redeveloped into a 47-story residential tower that adds to downtown Vancouver’s...

05 May 2020

Proposed Passive House Vancouver Tower to Contain Large Social Housing Component

A proposed skyscraper in downtown Vancouver’s West End is attempting to achieve a wide range of mixed residential uses and a new green design standard...

17 March 2020

Renderings Released for Athletic Apparel Headquarters in Vancouver

Morphosis will design a new high-tech global headquarters for Lululemon Athletica in Vancouver, Canada. Working with Francl Architecture and Clive Wilkinson Architects, the team will...

25 February 2020

Proposed Building Along Vancouver Waterfront Remains Divisive After Redesign

In late 2014, Anthony Norfolk was one of two members of the Vancouver Heritage Commission who voted against Cadillac Fairview’s development proposal to build a...

13 February 2020

New Vancouver Condominium Development at River District Targets First-Time Home Buyers

Paradigm consists of three components: a 22-story tower, five-story mid-rise, and three-story town homes, with units ranging from 455 to 1,600 square feet (42 to...

07 February 2020

Plans Revealed for Large-Scale Development in Downtown Vancouver

For years, there has been much speculation over the planned future redevelopment of the Hudson’s Bay parkade site in downtown Vancouver. The city block-sized site—framed...

18 December 2019

Vancouver-Area Proposals Move Forward

Alison Brooks Architects has won approval for a residential-led scheme in Vancouver, Canada, featuring a series of towers, the tallest a 38-story skyscraper. The project...

22 November 2019

Office Tower Proposed to Replace Parking Garage on Vancouver’s Alley Oop

A rezoning application has been submitted by local developer Reliance Properties to turn the property of a 1969-built, six-story car park in downtown Vancouver into...

15 November 2019

Large-Scale Urban Scheme to Rise in Vancouver Neighborhood

The Squamish First Nation has extensive plans to build upon their land in Vancouver. The proposal includes 6,000 units across 11 towers within a 500-acre...

22 August 2019

Proposed Vancouver Skyscraper Could Become One of World's Largest Passive House Buildings

Henson Developments has proposed a massive 60-story Passive House tower in Vancouver, which could become one of the largest in the world if completed. Passive...

15 August 2019

Suburban Mall to be Transformed in New Vancouver Regeneration Scheme

Henriquez Partners Architects have filed a development application for a five-story civic center, a 22-story non-market-housing building, and a portion of a nine-acre park—all of...

19 July 2019

Major Tech Developer set to Move into Futuristic Vancouver Tower

According to a new report, Apple is planning to open new offices in a quickly-growing Vancouver development. Apple will join the likes of Deloitte and...

21 June 2019

Vancouver’s New Tallest Office Tower to Reach Completion in 2022

What was once the site of a multi-level parking garage with a few office levels on the top floors of the structure is now a...

08 May 2019

Developer Proposes Timber Skyscraper in Vancouver

Delta Land Development and its team is in the process of planning what could be the world’s tallest mass timber building in Vancouver’s Broadway Corridor....

01 May 2019

Vancouver Skyscraper Design Inspired by Nearby Mountains

A 99-meter-tall, 33-story residential tower that will incorporate elements of the nearby mountains is being proposed at the site of a former gas station...

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