Chinatown Updates Discussion

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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.cbre.ca/properties/office/de...street-vancouver-british-columbia-canada

Prospero's building

https://www.prospero.ca/properties/vancouver-film-school-building/

That's a positive step in he right direction, but Chinatown needs far more. Like the Oppenheimer area of the DTES, Chinatown land use policy needs a revision.

I would propose allowing much higher density and height on sites with no historic or architectural value. For example, at the intersection of Main and Pender, 3 major residential towers could be built, with the potential for up to 1800 units, given the right allowances. That alone would bring a lot of new restaurants and bars and other businesses to Pender Street.

Saving Chinatown is a much higher priority than height restrictions.