Metro Vancouver Hotel & Short Term Rental Market Discussion

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by madog222

New downtown hotel proposal. Across Howe from the Law Courts on a 25 foot wide lot.


https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public...ctId=281770402

Sold last year

Congratulations to our client, the BC Hotel Association, on the successful sale of 948 Howe Street, a two-storey office and retail building in the heart of downtown Vancouver. Thank you to Andrew Scott for representing the Purchaser.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jackv...923622912-zXYw

[officedweller]

So the BC Hotel Association owns prospective sites and sells them to prospective hoteliers?

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by officedweller

So the BC Hotel Association owns prospective sites and sells them to prospective hoteliers?

I think it's just coincidence - their office was on the second floor of the building.

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by Changing City

I think it's just coincidence - their office was on the second floor of the building.

Thanks.

[jollyburger]

The architects of the new building are using the second floor offices.

BCHA were there since at least 2009.

[hollywoodnorth]

Originally Posted by madog222

New downtown hotel proposal. Across Howe from the Law Courts on a 25 foot wide lot.


https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public...ctId=281770402

This two-tier structure is characteristic of YOTEL (which offers "cabins" and "VIP suites").

[jollyburger]

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[whatnext]

Originally Posted by madog222

New downtown hotel proposal. Across Howe from the Law Courts on a 25 foot wide lot.


https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public...ctId=281770402

Perfect for those doing jury duty!

[jollyburger]

888 West Broadway and Marcon's project near Stanley Park goes to council next week

https://council.vancouver.ca/2026020...20260203ag.htm

[madog222]

I believe this hasn't been posted. In place of a previous 7 storey office building proposal.

852-872 Seymour St - Application recently submitted. Staff preparing notification - To rezone from DD (Downtown District) to CD-1 to allow for the development of a 15-storey commercial building containing 151 hotel rooms, ground floor commercial space, and a four-storey podium, under the Downtown Rezoning Policy. An FSR of 10.21 and a building height of 49.5 m (162 ft.) are proposed.

https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public...ctId=283960370

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by madog222

I believe this hasn't been posted. In place of a previous 7 storey office building proposal.

https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public...ctId=283960370

I think I posted it in the Downtown thread. It's still an Arno Matis project and the sales brochure has the taller rendering. (It looks the same just taller)

https://www.spacelist.ca/listings/93...seymour_street

I assume the land is still for sale since the listing is still up.

[GenWhy?]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

I think I posted it in the Downtown thread. It's still an Arno Matis project and the sales brochure has the taller rendering. (It looks the same just taller)

https://www.spacelist.ca/listings/93...seymour_street

I assume the land is still for sale since the listing is still up.

If I recall the image in the brochure was a proposal they sent to the City, not necessarily acceptable or something that could be built. THey also mention residential use, but tower separation between the condos to the west and new hotel to the east might be... an issue.

I think it's just a possibility for a 6-storey office building there

[jollyburger]

He said the project will undergo some final design work and negotiations with hotel operators, and it could potentially open for business by 2029 at the earliest.

Dee, Deecorp’s founder, said the project was held up while members of the ownership group mulled the idea of spending nearly half a billion dollars building a hotel in a neighbourhood that has been dealing with street disorder associated partly with troubled social housing projects.

He said the province’s decision to close the 110-unit Luugat SRO across the street from the development site convinced the owners it is safe to move forward with the hotel project.

Designed by Musson Cattell Mackey Architects, the hotel, to be located at 717 Davie St. will have two banners, but there's been no decision on which hotel brands will occupy the space, Dee said.

https://renx.ca/deecorp-gets-ok-for-...-pressing-need

[kikin]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

I think I posted it in the Downtown thread. It's still an Arno Matis project and the sales brochure has the taller rendering. (It looks the same just taller)

https://www.spacelist.ca/listings/93...seymour_street

I assume the land is still for sale since the listing is still up.

that will be a tight squeeze beside the 30 story hotel going up beside it, won't it? too bad they couldn't coordinate it to build both projects at the same time rather than have to duplicate a lot of the work

[jollyburger]

They can't find any office/school tenants for the old VFS campus in Chinatown so they're converting it into hotel rooms.

WA Architects has applied to the City of Vancouver for permission to provide interior alterations and to change the use from School and Office to Hotel in this existing mixed-use commercial building, consisting of:

Hotel lobby, bar and lounge on ground level
57 hotel suites on levels 2 - 5
A floor area of approximately 39,816 sq. ft.
Hours of operation: 24 hours a day, seven days a week

https://www.cbre.ca/properties/offic...olumbia-canada

Prospero's building

https://www.prospero.ca/properties/v...hool-building/

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

They can't find any office/school tenants for the old VFS campus in Chinatown so they're converting it into hotel rooms.

https://www.prospero.ca/properties/v...hool-building/

That's what used to be called the Marco Polo Building.

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by officedweller

That's what used to be called the Marco Polo Building.

It was developed in 1984 by Marco Polo Holdings, and was a TV studio, before the Vancouver Film School took the space.

In the 1950s, there were 2 buildings (that occupied a larger space, as Columbia Street didn't extend to the south in the same location). One was the Mandarin Gardens, a nightclub, while the Marco Polo Club operated next door. A poster in the Museum of Vancouver has a description that says it “opened in the 1960s, closed in early 1980s, the first Chinese-style smorsgasbord and nightclub in Vancouver’s Chinatown.” The venue featured acts like Sly and the Family Stone, but it had evolved from a late 1950s version run by Alex Louie, where the venue offered a chorus line of “four pretty Chinese girls in strapless bras, short skirts and fishnet stockings”.


Changing Vancouver

[officedweller]

I noticed the other day that the Sandman Inn on Georgia Street now has signage that it is a "Sandman Signature".


https://www.sandmanhotels.com/signat...ouver-downtown

Old:


https://www.sandmanhotels.com/signat...ouver-downtown

[RedArbutus]

Was there an upgrade inside here I wasn't aware of? Similar to the currently discussed Hyatt vs Park Hyatt branding/interior standards?

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by RedArbutus

Was there an upgrade inside here I wasn't aware of? Similar to the currently discussed Hyatt vs Park Hyatt branding/interior standards?

Maybe completed? "Please note: We're renovating and excited to share with you that from September 22, 2025 to February 2026 we are upgrading our hotel as part of our continued dedication to enhance our property and service. You may experience some noise during a regular business day (Monday to Friday). We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause and look forward to welcoming you!"