Downtown Vancouver Updates II - Page 96

jollyburger · #**1901** Posted **Jan 29, 2026, 10:57 PM**

DH article about the Bonnis Granville tower

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The developer previously attempted to form a larger land assembly, but was unsuccessful. It tried to acquire the 1912-built, two-storey commercial building of 1115 Granville St., located immediately to the south.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1105-110...lmcken-vancouver-hotel-bonnis-properties

Bonnis has a website now

https://www.bonnisproperties.com/

from Howard Chai's article here: https://howardchai.substack.com/p/bonnis-properties-1105-1109-granville-street-vancouver-hotel

Zepfancouver · #**1902** Posted **Jan 30, 2026, 5:07 AM**

Yesterday, excavator egress - Jan 28, 2026

Traffic cameras - Hornby St and Drake St I knew it was happenning but was unable to be there to capture

https://makeagif.com/i/LRhk2g

https://makeagif.com/i/XID4MV

Yes

we will have another conversation on why they are using new scaffolding for the infill (void) on this core footing.

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Originally Posted by cairnstone

Damn thats a few tons of steel. This will be one of the larger pours in the city.
Amazing they used new scaffold to support the steel. I would have thought they would have bought old stock from sky hi or aluma.

In the past i have done timber supports when they would be void formed

This morning - Jan 29, 2026 - Pics by Me

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Changing City · #**1903** Posted **Jan 30, 2026, 6:58 AM**

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Originally Posted by seamusmcduff

Have you looked at the hotel room prices recently? Its going to take a lot to bring those down. We only have 1 actually under construction, and half of the proposals likely won't go anywhere

If you include the conversion of office buildings on Seymour and Burrard, there are five under construction. The Moxy/Elements is the largest, but Amacon have two, with 138 rooms in 150 Robson, the Hyatt (ex Listel) is bigger than the previous hotel, so in total the five being built have 711 additional rooms.

jollyburger · #**1904** Posted **Jan 30, 2026, 7:32 AM**

In Wall Financials' annual report they said this project will cost them $99,301,000

https://www.sedarplus.ca/csa-party/recor...7640c0d23486e6e969f807ce755a5496a3d51a7b

Spr0ckets · #**1905** Posted **Jan 30, 2026, 8:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

DH article about the Bonnis Granville tower

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1105-110...lmcken-vancouver-hotel-bonnis-properties

Bonnis has a website now

https://www.bonnisproperties.com/

from Howard Chai's article here: https://howardchai.substack.com/p/bonnis-properties-1105-1109-granville-street-vancouver-hotel

Interesting.

I don't think we've ever seen these updated renders of their 800 Granville project - showing a 4-5 storey corner display screen at the Robson corner.

From the Bonnis site

from https://www.bonnisproperties.com/

In some ways, this forma actually works better as a street face compared to the previous full office wall extending the entire block from the previous proposal.

Even though I liked that version better, I think the fact that this iteration breaks up in several places as it does, rather than presenting as just a continuous mass sitting on top of the heritage retail facades with a break in between as the other proposal did, works better for the human scale.

Even the breaks in massing in the towers (Certainly the nothern tower) as you go higher also really help intergrate it better with the street below

kikin · #**1906** Posted **Jan 30, 2026, 9:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by Changing City

(As a side note, the application booklet uses my image without any attribution!)

wow, are you going to send them an invoice?

whatnext · #**1907** Posted **Jan 30, 2026, 9:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by seamusmcduff

Have you looked at the hotel room prices recently? Its going to take a lot to bring those down. We only have 1 actually under construction, and half of the proposals likely won't go anywhere

As I've said before, yes we're slammed in the cruise season but not the rest of the year.

ChangingCity points out five are under construction. How many more proposals are being put forward, monthly it seems?!

jollyburger · #**1908** Posted **Jan 30, 2026, 11:17 PM**

(moved)

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=215071&page=24

logan5 · #**1909** Posted **Jan 30, 2026, 11:35 PM**

Sweet. Now do "900 Granville", "1000 Granville", and "1100 Granville". That would almost assuredly change Granville Street for the better.

LowerLonsdaleMike · #**1910** Posted **Jan 31, 2026, 1:36 AM**

Good god that 601 W Cordova redesign is ugly! The massive massing on the top is an absolute eyesore. If they wanted it to be more tree-like they couldve incorporated some artistic architectural designs on it that would make it look cool, but in it's current form, this building is FUGLY.

officedweller · #**1911** Posted **Jan 31, 2026, 3:04 AM**

I like that 800 Granville version much better.
I like how the width of the sections/window bays of the tower are defined by the width of the heritage buildings below. That seamlessly integrates the heritage through vertical extensions without being overbearing like the previous version.
Well done.
Also glad the ribbon video screen is gone.

s211 · #**1912** Posted **Jan 31, 2026, 8:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by Spr0ckets

from https://www.bonnisproperties.com/

God bless all the heads-up-their-@sses pedestrians in that photo. Red lights are for pussies.

Changing City · #**1913** Posted **Jan 31, 2026, 8:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by s211

God bless all the heads-up-their-@sses pedestrians in that photo. Red lights are for pussies.

Er... the render seems to have omitted the pedestrian light on the southeast corner, but there is this.

Zepfancouver · #**1914** Posted **Jan 31, 2026, 9:36 PM**

Question?

A tower crane is being erected at this moment, from the image Vancouver Views Live , I'm think it is the old Winters Hotel site?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxyNjFKwzJA

When I was searching for information on where that tower crane was being assembled I came across this \/

601 W Cordova St - formerly 555 W Cordova St (DP-2025-00916) development application

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/601-w-cordova-st

EDIT: Oops! that render has been posted on this thread 601 W Cordova | 114m | 22fl | Proposed

jollyburger · #**1915** Posted **Jan 31, 2026, 10:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by Zepfancouver

Question?

A tower crane is being erected at this moment, from the image Vancouver Views Live , I'm think it is the old Winters Hotel site?

It's for that project on Water Street

https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public/Default.aspx?PossePresentation=Guest&PosseObjectId=284590228

The old proposal was FDG Properties

https://www.avisonyoung.ca/documents/957...g+Office+Market+Report_2017+Year+End.pdf

FDG Properties

They seem to manage 179 Main (next to the fire station) and another property in North Van

https://fdgproperty.com/properties/

Changing City · #**1916** Posted **Jan 31, 2026, 11:37 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zepfancouver

Question?

A tower crane is being erected at this moment, I'm think it is the old Winters Hotel site?

It's for the Marcon project at 131 Water Street, (where Gaslight Square was demolished.)

[changing city blog]

seamusmcduff · #**1917** Posted **Jan 31, 2026, 11:42 PM**

I'm surprised the economics make sense to replace a 4 storey building with 7 here

Changing City · #**1918** Posted **Jan 31, 2026, 11:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by seamusmcduff

I'm surprised the economics make sense to replace a 4 storey building with 7 here

It was office space, and the courtyard restaurant never seemed to be very successful. There was wasted space from the internal staircase that would have been a bridge over the tracks to a waterfront market, that was never developed. The new project, as well as being much bigger, is mostly residential.

jollyburger · #**1919** Posted **Feb 6, 2026, 5:39 AM**

That hotel project in Gastown is for sale

https://www.spacelist.ca/listings/bc/vancouver/80_powell_street

officedweller · #**1920** Posted **Feb 6, 2026, 5:56 AM**

The Studio Nightclub/ former theatre (919 Granville) is for sale:
https://www.spacelist.ca/listings/961065/bc/vancouver/for-sale/retail-land/--919_granville_st

and 1024 Main St.
https://www.spacelist.ca/listings/962710/bc/vancouver/for-sale/retail-land-multifamily/1024_main_st

Who would have thought there was so much packed into that little building?

https://d2wsxqxx9m1aa9.cloudfront.net/iuxcqfaip1v0udoxs1qh1ldum5s7