Downtown Vancouver Updates II - Page 78

Changing City · #**1541** Posted **Aug 26, 2025, 2:31 AM**

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Originally Posted by griswold

No shit. The city dictates what gets built though. And they've been vocal about needing hotels. That proposal is a good one and it should be built.

If that's what you believe, you really don't understand how development works. The City can't make a developer build anything. The developer here has been in Vancouver for over 30 years. They have owned several prime redevelopment opportunities Downtown for most of that time. So far they've actually built a two-storey retail building on Robson, and a boutique residential building with 3 suites in the West End (that bizarrely they tried to sell as a 30 year leasehold building - with no takers).

jollyburger · #**1542** Posted **Aug 26, 2025, 2:42 AM**

Seems like he wanted to do a single floor of pod hotels at 455 Granville

July 2024

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Vancouver’s building bylaw uniquely requires cost prohibitive full-building upgrades for the same change-of-use application, according to the Vancouver council motion passed, and it asks for an alignment with other municipalities so pod build-outs can occur.

Stanley Dee of Deecorp Properties Ltd. is ready to go when pod rentals are green-lighted in Vancouver with a building “five steps away” from the Waterfront rapid transit station.

He is proposing a one-floor conversion of unused office space into 80 to 90 pods. Dee said he has been meeting with the city to determine how to integrate the pods into the proposed bylaw changes should they be approved.

The concept of pods as a construction option excites Dee, whose company manages a $300 million portfolio of commercial real estate.

https://canada.constructconnect.com/...te-conversions

whatnext · #**1543** Posted **Aug 26, 2025, 2:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by griswold

No shit. The city dictates what gets built though. And they've been vocal about needing hotels. That proposal is a good one and it should be built.

The city cannot force a developer to build. Are you suggesting the city itself build a hotel?

gaviscon · #**1544** Posted **Aug 26, 2025, 4:12 PM**

What happened to the small 10ish floor hotel proposed for the site beside 848 Seymour?

jollyburger · #**1545** Posted **Aug 26, 2025, 4:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by gaviscon

What happened to the small 10ish floor hotel proposed for the site beside 848 Seymour?

It was an office and they're selling the land.

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/852-872...ol=survey_tool

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

Redevelopment site on Granville for sale. Mid block a few doors down from the Dee hotel development site on Davie. Marketed as a hotel development site.

1149 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC

https://www.spacelist.ca/listings/b/...or-sale#939600

1070 Nelson for sale too. Faces Nelson Park on Thurlow

https://www.spacelist.ca/listings/90..._nelson_street

gaviscon · #**1546** Posted **Aug 26, 2025, 4:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

It was an office and they're selling the land.

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/852-872...ol=survey_tool

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

Redevelopment site on Granville for sale. Mid block a few doors down from the Dee hotel development site on Davie. Marketed as a hotel development site.

1149 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC

https://www.spacelist.ca/listings/b/...or-sale#939600

1070 Nelson for sale too. Faces Nelson Park on Thurlow

https://www.spacelist.ca/listings/90..._nelson_street

Oh no!

Thanks

jollyburger · #**1547** Posted **Aug 27, 2025, 4:07 AM**

981 Davie - Robertson site visit but includes some drone footage

https://www.instagram.com/p/DN1bJrB5CHV/

Zepfancouver · #**1548** Posted **Aug 29, 2025, 2:43 AM**

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Originally Posted by RDW989

Pixs by me today, August 14

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This afternoon 3:25pm - Another 1 and a half floor since last update.

https://makeagif.com/i/TWsE-B

Vancouver_Highrise · #**1549** Posted **Aug 29, 2025, 4:42 AM**

The rendering isn’t completely accurate to what is being built. The balconies are off from what’s depicted so far.

jollyburger · #**1550** Posted **Aug 29, 2025, 5:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by Vancouver_Highrise

The rendering isn’t completely accurate to what is being built. The balconies are off from what’s depicted so far.

The one on the Kindred website looks old.

This one looks similar?

https://www.zgf.com/work/5057-commun...c-981-davie-st

Changing City · #**1551** Posted **Aug 29, 2025, 6:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

The one on the Kindred website looks old.

The Kindred website has both the earlier rezoning version (with balconies facing Davie) from 2019, and the current version (on the ZGF website). I wonder if Kindred posted the updated image, but didn't take the earlier one down. The engineers, Fast + Epp also have the current version (which was on the City's DP page too, in 2021).

whatnext · #**1552** Posted **Aug 29, 2025, 8:03 PM**

Anybody heard how the Monogram project across the street from this is selling?

gaviscon · #**1553** Posted **Sep 3, 2025, 2:49 PM**

My pics from yesterday.

Seymour hotel

20250902_134238 by globalbusinesscentre105 H, on Flickr

Listel Hotel

20250902_132826 by globalbusinesscentre105 H, on Flickr

20250902_132859 by globalbusinesscentre105 H, on Flickr

Changing City · #**1554** Posted **Sep 3, 2025, 7:05 PM**

Looks like the new Bonnis building in the 900 block of Granville has a top floor lease lined up. Change of use of 23,000 sq ft, and rooftop, to a private 189 space childcare.

jollyburger · #**1555** Posted **Sep 3, 2025, 7:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by Changing City

Looks like the new Bonnis building in the 900 block of Granville has a top floor lease lined up. Change of use of 23,000 sq ft, and rooftop, to a private 189 space childcare.

The downtown BIA wrote a letter in support of it earlier this year.

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...postcount=1361

I wonder how many cars they expect to dropoff/pickup kids from the underground parkade. The people in the condos next door are going to enjoy the rooftop play area. Kids yelling all day and at night the club patrons

Zepfancouver · #**1556** Posted **Sep 3, 2025, 8:40 PM**

Happy Skyscraper Day ! To the entire SkyscapperPage community

officedweller · #**1557** Posted **Sep 4, 2025, 2:47 AM**

Trish Jewison taken last week.

1818 Alberni may be above grade?

https://x.com/TrishJewison/status/19...Uwo_6k7gg&s=09

Zepfancouver · #**1558** Posted **Sep 4, 2025, 4:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Trish Jewison taken last week.

1818 Alberni may be above grade?

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https://x.com/TrishJewison/status/19...Uwo_6k7gg&s=09

1818 Alberni above grade one month ago https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showthread.php?p=10465130#post10465130 must be moving along by now.

Changing City · #**1559** Posted **Sep 4, 2025, 5:35 PM**

Chard have revised the project at 343 W Pender from offices (behind the retained facade) to a 96 unit senior's supportive housing scheme. There's a bit more detail on the Changing City blog.

griswold · #**1560** Posted **Sep 4, 2025, 6:42 PM**

What's going on in that corner by the lake?