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Approved Science World rental towers could raise $700 million for City of Vancouver | Urbanized
4+ hour, 8+ min ago (1208+ words) In a 6-2 vote with Green Party city councillor Pete Fry and COPE city councillor Sean Orr in opposition, Vancouver City Council approved on Tuesday the second City of Vancouver-owned market rental housing project spearheaded by the municipal government's Vancouver Housing…...
Relocated Metro Vancouver houses form new First Nation neighbourhood in Sechelt | Urbanized
23+ hour, 41+ min ago (644+ words) A cluster of once-doomed, old single-family detached houses in Metro Vancouver has found a new purpose in Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast, where 17 below-market rental units have been handed over to members of the sh'sh'lh (Shishalh) Nation. The initiative was…...
Heritage buildings reconstructed for facade of new 15-storey hotel in Vancouver | Urbanized
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (718+ words) A new rezoning application calls for a 15-storey, mixed-use development just off Main Street in Vancouver's Mount Pleasant Industrial Area (MPIA) " uniquely combining a sizeable hotel on top of creative/light industrial space and artist studios, along with a highly…...
Landmark tree-inspired office tower concept for revived Waterfront Station project | Urbanized
1+ week, 4+ day ago (871+ words) Canadian real estate giant Cadillac Fairview is making a renewed effort to proceed with its long-planned office tower project on its Waterfront Station property in downtown Vancouver. And this latest attempt comes with an all-new striking architectural concept designed by…...
3,000 new homes approved by Vancouver City Council, including 15 towers | Urbanized
3+ week, 5+ day ago (669+ words) Over the second half of 2025, Vancouver City Council approved rezoning applications for 10 unique, large, and/or notable residential projects, with fewer major projects going to public hearing over the latter part of the year compared to all of the first…...
Two new Metro Vancouver recreation facilities win International Olympic Committee's architectural design award
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (404+ words) The IOC and the International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities (IAKS) Architecture Prize " also simply known as the "IOC IAKS Architecture Prize" " is a biennial award recognizing outstanding sports, leisure, and recreational facility design. For the 2025 awards this past…...
Vancouver mayor seeks to expedite new hotel towers with Filipino Cultural Centre | Urbanized
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (844+ words) Vancouver mayor Ken Sim and city councillor Lenny Zhou are calling for the formal support and accelerated process and review of a major cultural and economic development proposal that will bring a new Filipino Cultural Centre and two hotel towers…...
Tower with rental, supportive housing and mental health hub for Commercial Drive | Urbanized
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (577+ words) This site has long been under-utilized; its existing 1950-built, two-storey manufacturing building incurred significant fire damage in 2013, and it was never fully repaired, leaving it in its current dilapidated condition. It was the longtime production hub for Pine House Chinese…...
Vancouver Art Gallery selects architectural team to design new building | Urbanized
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (539+ words) The Vancouver Art Gallery announced today the selection of a joint partnership between Formline Architecture and Urbanism and KPMB Architects as the replacement lead design team for its long-anticipated building at Larwill Park in downtown Vancouver. Chosen from proposals submitted…...
33-storey rental housing tower proposed for Commercial-Broadway SkyTrain | Urbanized
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (419+ words) Third Space Properties has more than quadrupled the number of rental homes for its upcoming transit-oriented development project just east of SkyTrain's Commercial-Broadway Station. In Spring 2023, the local developer submitted a rezoning application to redevelop 1926-1978 East Broadway into a six-storey,…...