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1290 Homer St, Vancouver

An address in Downtown, Vancouver, zoned HA-3 (Historical Area). 6 building permits are on file, most recently “Interior alterations for a new (first TI) fitness studio (A2) tenant in this existing res…” (issued 6 December 2022). The City's 2026 assessed value is $22,209,000.

Zoning
HA-3 · Historical Area
Neighbourhood
Downtown
Permits on file
6
Assessed value (2026)
$22,209,000
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 1290 Homer 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 (59150788, 719 people). Statistics Canada draws these areas; they are not the City's neighbourhoods.

People
719
Households
415
Median age
45.6
Median household income (2020)
$71,000
Own their home
43%
Vancouver: 45%
Average household size
1.7
Under 15
10%
65 and over
22%
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. 2022-12-06 Interior alterations for a new (first TI) fitness studio (A2) tenant in this existing restaurant (A2) shell space in this existing six storey mixed use building. 2019 VBBL Revision #1 - Corridor width reduced in accordance with CSA B651 and internal layout of washrooms revised - accepted Mar.10/23 Revision #2 - changes to interior layout - accepted June 28/23 · $255,000
    no contractor listed
    Issued
  2. 2022-02-25 #300 - 3rd floor First tenant improvement for a new multi-floor office tenant on the 3rd floor (#300) in this existing mixed use commercial building. Scope of work per VBBL 2019: complete tenant fit out for new offices, boardroom, staff lounge. Electrical, Plumbing, Mechanical, Sprinklers to suit. TENANT: PayByPhone Technologies Inc Building Sprinklered – Separate sprinkler permit required for proposed sprinkler work. OK for Field Review per City staff · $405,000
    Aura Office Environments Inc
    Issued
  3. 2022-02-17 #400 - 4th floor First tenant improvement for a new multi-floor office tenant on the 4th floor (#400) in this existing mixed use building. Scope of work per VBBL 2019: complete tenant fit out for new offices, boardroom, staff lounge. Electrical, Plumbing, Mechanical, Sprinklers to suit. TENANT: PayByPhone Technologies Inc Building Sprinklered – Separate sprinkler permit required for proposed sprinkler work. OK for Field Review per City staff · $405,000
    Aura Office Environments Inc
    Issued
  4. 2022-02-17 #500 - 5th floor Interior alterations to provide a first tenant improvements to this office (shell) space for a new multi-floor office tenant on the 5th floor (#500) in this existing mixed use commercial building. Scope of work: complete tenant fit out for new offices, boardroom, staff lounge. Electrical, Plumbing, Mechanical, sprinklers to suit. TENANT: PayByPhone Technologies Inc OK for Field Review per City staff · $405,000
    Aura Office Environments Inc
    Issued
  5. 2022-02-17 #600 - 6th floor Interior alterations to provide the first tenant improvement to this office (shell) space for a new multi-floor office tenant on the 6th floor (#600) in this existing mixed use commercial building. Scope of work: complete tenant fit out for offices, boardroom, staff lounge. Electrical, Plumbing, Mechanical, sprinklers to suit. TENANT: PayByPhone Technologies Inc OK for Field Review per City staff · $405,000
    no contractor listed
    Issued
  6. 2020-03-11 The existing office building is located at 1290 Homer St and consists of a 3 storey, combustible, sprinklered building constructed in approximately 1910 with significant renovations in 1977. The proposed work includes the following: demolition back to structure; heritage restoration of exterior and interior heavy timber structure; lower level 1 floor slab by approximately 650mm; add elevators and new exit stairs; new mechanical and electrical; seismic upgrade; add 3 storeys of shell office space. Change of major occupancy on level 1 and 2 from Group D to Group A, Division 2 (Restaurant) Stage one - full construction - accepted Aug.1/19 Permit amendment to change the CP from Tavis McAuley to Kai Mikkelsen effective Oct.1/19 - accepted Nov.28/19. Stage 2 - BP revision #2 - to change the locations of the water entry room and custodian room - mechanical and electrical shafts added - washroom configurations changes - rooftop BBQ relocated. - accepted Mar.11/20 Stage 3 - BP revision #3 - to change the BEP from S Mercier to C Maloney and to reduce the scope of work to only provide bathroom rough ins for the shell CRU's on all levels. - accepted Sept.1/20 Stage 4 - BP revision #4 - To expand the size of the roof top deck - related to DP-2021-00221 - accepted May 26/21 Revision #5 - To change the mechanical/plumbing consultant from J Tessier to O Milli effective November 26/21. - accepted Dec.10/21 · $12,750,000
    no contractor listed
    Issued

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Recent permits in Downtown

1515 Homer Mews
#1201 - 428 BEACH CRESCENT Interior alterations to provide residential improvement to an existing dwelling unit at #1201 - 428 Beach Crescent on the twelfth floor of this multiple dwelling building on the site. Okay for DTI per City staff · Sitka Coast Construction Inc
2026-11-05
200 Granville St
4th floor - 200 Granville Street Interior alterations to provide tenant improvements to the existing common bathrooms for unit #400 on the 4th floor of this existing mixed use building on this site. Okay for FR as per City staff · no contractor listed
2026-11-05
725 Granville St
Interior and exterior (storefornt) tenant improvement and a minor addition of 156.7 m2 for this fit-out of a four-storey, interconnected retail store (Aritzia) for this CP TI of the existing building. A separate permit is required for signatures. VBBL 2025 - NFPA 13 Part 11 - F2, S2, N3, A3 Stage 1 - CP IT for the retail portion only, issued on Nov 5, 2026 (the restaurant portion to come at Stage 2). · Etro Construction Limited
2026-11-05
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