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1028 Alberni St, Vancouver

An address in West End, Vancouver, zoned DD (Comprehensive Development). 4 building permits are on file, most recently “Interior alterations to change the use and Major Occupancy from Retail (Group E) to Museu…” (issued 17 September 2026). The City's 2026 assessed value for the 29 accounts at this address is $51,071,258.

Zoning
DD · Comprehensive Development
Neighbourhood
West End
Permits on file
4
Assessed value (2026)
$51,071,258
29 accounts, total
Owner names are not part of the City's open data and are never shown. Sold prices are not municipal open data and are not shown. Assessed value is the City's estimate for property tax, not a sale price.
Plan of the block around 1028 Alberni St, drawn from City open data, with the address marked
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Neighbourhood profile

From the 2021 Census, for the small area around this address that Statistics Canada calls a dissemination area (59153483, 869 people). Statistics Canada draws these areas; they are not the City's neighbourhoods.

People
869
Households
375
Median age
41.2
Median household income (2020)
$73,000
Own their home
47%
Vancouver: 45%
Average household size
1.7
Under 15
6%
65 and over
14%
Income in the 2021 Census is for the year 2020. Statistics Canada rounds counts and does not publish some figures for very small areas.

Permit history

  1. 2026-09-17 Interior alterations to change the use and Major Occupancy from Retail (Group E) to Museum (Museum of Illusion) SHELL space (Group D) with ancillary Retail Shell Space (1st floor) in this existing 2-level unit located on the 1st and 2nd floor of this existing mixed-use building on this site. Existing Use: 1st and 2nd floor - Retail Proposed Use: 1st floor - Ancillary Retail, 2nd floor - Museum of Illusion The scope includes adding an interconnecting stair between 1-2 storey and adding a demising wall on the 2nd floor to create a common commercial storage space. Radio antenna system will be installed as part of proposed upgrades. Elevators shall be upgraded for accessibility as noted in the report. Notes: - Reviewed under VBBL 2025 · $1,100,000
    Elias Tkachuk Contracting Ltd
    Issued
  2. 2024-07-25 1022 Alberni St Exterior and interior alterations to demise Retail unit 1022 Alberni St into three retail shell units on ground and second floors of this mixed- use building on this site. Exterior work to replace glass canopies with canvas awning. OK for DB per City staff · $3,232,600
    no contractor listed
    Issued
  3. 2023-10-12 Interior demolition to these two existing retail stores on level 1 & 2 of this mixed use building. Including removal of the escalator and infilling the opening. OK for field review per City staffg, all the units are owned by one owner. Strata letter not required as per City staff of the CRU to be retained · $498,300
    no contractor listed
    Issued
  4. 2018-02-09 Exterior alterations only to provide water damage repairs to the acrylic stucco exterior wall element located at the northwest corner at the 2nd through 4th floors of the Multiple Dwelling portion of this existing mixed-use commercial and residential building. OK for field review as per City staff. · $70,000
    Elias Tkachuk Contracting Ltd
    Issued

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Recent permits in West End

1128 W Georgia St
1128 W Georgia Street Interior alterations to provide tenant improvements to the existing Hotel on the P1 mezzanine level of this existing mixed use building on this site. Okay for FR as per City staff · no contractor listed
2026-11-05
1166 Alberni St
#810 - 8th floor Interior alterations and tenant improvements to an existing general office (D) for a new partition wall and minor layout changes on the 8th floor in this existing commercial building on this site. Tenant: Cambridge Mortgage Investment Corporation Ok for field review per City staff · no contractor listed
2026-11-05
1080 Broughton St
#309 - 1350 COMOX ST Interior alterations to provide residential improvement to an existing dwelling unit at #309 - 1350 COMOX ST. on the third floor of this existing multiple dwelling building on the site. Okay for DTI per City staff · applicant withheld (individual)
2026-11-05
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