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163 W Hastings St, Vancouver

An address in Downtown, Vancouver, zoned HA-2 (Historical Area). 8 building permits are on file, most recently “#350 - 3rd Floor Interior alterations to provide landlord improvement to this existing ge…” (issued 2 September 2025). The City's 2026 assessed value is $14,164,000.

Zoning
HA-2 · Historical Area
Neighbourhood
Downtown
Permits on file
8
Assessed value (2026)
$14,164,000
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 163 W Hastings 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 (59154182, 1,139 people). Statistics Canada draws these areas; they are not the City's neighbourhoods.

People
1,139
Households
700
Median age
34
Median household income (2020)
$93,000
Own their home
26%
Vancouver: 45%
Average household size
1.8
Under 15
9%
65 and over
4%
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. 2025-09-02 #350 - 3rd Floor Interior alterations to provide landlord improvement to this existing general office on the 3rd floor (#350) of this existing Vancouver Heritage 'M' commercial building on site. Scope of work: Demolish 2 private offices, touch up paint, patch flooring and sprinkler work to suit. Building Sprinklered – Separate sprinkler permit required for proposed sprinkler work. Energy checklist is currently no longer required with your Building Permit (BP) application. Some supporting documents are still required at BP stage, specifically Envelope and HVAC, if applicable. Service Water Heating and Lighting supporting documents, if applicable, must be submitted with your related trades permits (e.g. electrical and plumbing). · $12,000
    Reotech Construction Ltd
    Issued
  2. 2024-05-27 #400 - 4th Floor (combining #400 & #450) Interior alterations to combine the existing office suites #400 and #450 (retaining #400) on the 4th floor of this existing municipally designated Heritage 'B' commercial building. Scope of work: Demolish the demising wall connecting the 2 suites, demolish one office and relocate a demountable wall. Building Sprinklered – Building inspector to determine on site if a separate sprinkler permit is required. Energy checklist is currently no longer required with your Building Permit (BP) application. Some supporting documents are still required at BP stage, specifically Envelope and HVAC, if applicable. Service Water Heating and Lighting supporting documents, if applicable, must be submitted with your related trades permits (e.g. electrical and plumbing). · $4,000
    Reotech Construction Ltd
    Issued
  3. 2024-03-20 #310 - (combining #320 & #330) Interior alterations to provide tenant improvements to this existing general office to combine suite #320 and #330 (retaining #310) of this existing municipally designated Heritage 'B' commercial building. Scope of work: Demolish the demising wall between the suites to combine. Building Sprinklered – Building inspector to determine on site if a separate sprinkler permit is required. Energy checklist is currently no longer required with your Building Permit (BP) application. Some supporting documents are still required at BP stage, specifically Envelope and HVAC, if applicable. Service Water Heating and Lighting supporting documents, if applicable, must be submitted with your related trades permits (e.g. electrical and plumbing). · $3,000
    Reotech Construction Ltd
    Issued
  4. 2022-03-03 Interior alteration to add two doors between office (Group D) and ancillary coffee bar on the second storey (Hastings Street level) of this existing 6 story mixed-use building on this site. Scope of work includes removal of the existing security gate between 2 spaces and adding two doors with electric strike to separate coffee bar from the office space for security reason. The coffee shop is ancillary to the office and operated under same tenancy. Okay for BP per City staff. *** Reviewed under the VBBL 2019 *** · $25,000
    no contractor listed
    Issued
  5. 2018-09-25 #209 - 2nd Level Interior alterations to provide improvements for an existing office tenant at unit #209 on the 2nd floor of this existing municipally designated Heritage 'B' commercial building. Scope of Work: - demolish some existing interior partition walls, drywall ceiling, wood trusses, lighting fixtures, perforated panel, glass partition & doors and furniture and install new · $150,000
    Harmony Pacific Projects Inc
    Issued
  6. 2018-07-23 #400 - 4th floor Interior alterations to provide tenant improvements for this existing office tenant on the 4th floor (#400) of this commercial building. Scope of work: remove storage room, add work stations, add phone room. OK for field review as per City staff: L2 - Lighting - Upgrade to incorporate Space Control systems (per City staff.4.1.2 of ASHRAE 90.1 - 2010) · $38,000
    Reotech Construction Ltd
    Issued
  7. 2018-07-11 Interior alterations only to provide improvements, including two (2) new phone rooms, meeting room, and boardroom which are installed into an existing areaway space over the property line at this proposed General Office use at 390 Cambie Street at this existing Municipally Designated Heritage M Flack Block commercial building. Energy Upgrade Selected: L2 - HVAC - Clean and balance all Air Systems (per City staff.7.2.3.2 of ASHRAE 90.1 - 2010) Encroachment agreement to be completed prior to the issuance of this permit. Seismic structural upgrade under BU436373, completed September 10, 2010. OK for field review as per City staff. Revision #1: - Omit new phone room #10 wall and door - Align new partitions with steel beams and posts · $100,000
    Syncor Solutions Limited
    Issued
  8. 2018-04-04 #300 & #320 - 3rd floor (#300 was previously approved as #310) Interior alterations to demise #310 into #300 and #320 on the third floor and to provide tenant improvements for a new office tenant in #300 in this existing commercial building on site. Scope of work: construct new demising wall, partition walls, doors, finishes, ceiling work, electrical and sprinkler work. TENANT: #300 - Soft Choice and #320 - vacant REVISION #1: #310 changing to #300 as approved by Addressing Review Group on Apr. 20, 2018 OK for field review per City staff. Note: Energy trigger chosen; L2 - HVAC - Clean and Balance all Air Systems (per City staff.7.2.3.2 of ASHRAE 90.1-2010) Address Note: #310 dividing into two units to be #300 and #320. #300 and #320 are to be posted as shown on the approved plans and clearly visible from the suite entry prior to final inspection. · $50,000
    Reotech Construction Ltd
    Issued

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Recent permits in Downtown

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