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1648 E 1st Av, Vancouver

An address in Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver, zoned RM-4 (Residential). 3 building permits are on file, most recently “Change the use from Church to Social Service Centre for the entire existing building This…” (issued 18 April 2024). The City's 2026 assessed value is $2,659,000.

Zoning
RM-4 · Residential
Neighbourhood
Grandview-Woodland
Permits on file
3
Assessed value (2026)
$2,659,000
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 1648 E 1st Av, 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 (59150353, 495 people). Statistics Canada draws these areas; they are not the City's neighbourhoods.

People
495
Households
275
Median age
38.8
Median household income (2020)
$82,000
Own their home
54%
Vancouver: 45%
Average household size
1.8
Under 15
9%
65 and over
13%
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. 2024-04-18 Change the use from Church to Social Service Centre for the entire existing building This project will be a minor renovation of the existing building to an assembly Youth Centre (single tenant). The interior improvements include reconfiguring the floor space to support the Youth Centre program. The main floor will include a reception/coffee bar, lounge space, offices, communal spaces, a boardroom, interconnection to the lower level, storage rooms and accessible washrooms. The lower floor will include a small workout gym, a change room, accessible washrooms/bathrooms, a recording studio, a games rooms, a kitchen and a teaching kitchen. The exterior improvements will be limited to refurbishing / replacing existing windows, roofing replacement and envelope repairs where necessary. A new accessible ramp will provide access from the accessible stall in the parking lot the front entrance. Scope of work includes a new fire alarm. Class 1 cooking proposed. 2019 VBBL Stage 1 - Demolition, Abatement and Structural - accepted Dec.18/23 Stage 2 - full construction - accepted Apr.18/24 Revision 1 - exterior and interior layout changes including a class 1 kitchen added to the scope of work. - accepted Feb.3/25 · $2,875,623
    no contractor listed
    Issued
  2. 2019-07-15 1648 E 1st Ave Please re-activate the following permits and set expiry date for May 31, 2024. They should all read “……Social service center, temporary shelter ending May 31, 2022….” Permits for temporary use and or structure should not be completed until the event/use is over, site is clean and restored to original condition. No work proposed. Ok for Field Review as per City staff: - Related to DP-2018-00557 - Processed through CRC · $5,000
    no contractor listed
    Issued
  3. 2017-11-22 To change the use of this existing Church building to a Social Service Centre (Temporary Homeless Shelter) on the main and basement floors for a temporary period of time expiring May 31, 2018. Scope of work - interior painting on main floor only. Ok for Field Review as per City staff · $4,000
    no contractor listed
    Issued

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Recent permits in Grandview-Woodland

2320 Trinity St
#302 2320 TRINITY ST Interior alterations to provide improvements to this unit #302 on 3RD floor of this existing multiple dwelling building on this site. Project scope: Kitchen and bathroom reno Okay for DTI as per City staff · Modern Star Contracting Ltd
2026-10-30
1710 E Pender St
To construct a 19-storey mixed-use building (191 social housing units) consisting of: 1st storey - 2 CRUs; 7 live/work artist studios (Class A); indoor amenity 2nd to 18th storeys - dwelling units; indoor & outdoor amenities on Levels 4 & 7 19th storey - indoor & outdoor amenities all over 2 levels of underground parking accessed from the lane. Notes: 1. This permit has been reviewed under the provisions of the 2025 VBBL. 2. A radio antenna system is required. STAGED CONSTRUCTION STAGE I: Excavation and Shoring (S.Yoo) ISSUED: Oct. 22, 2026 · Chandos Construction
2026-10-22
2244 Mcgill St
#204-2244 MCGILL ST Interior alteration toto provide improvements to this existing residential unit #204 on 2nd floor in this existing multiple dwelling building on this site. Scope of work includes: removing of drywall to install wardrobe Okay for DTI as per City staff · no contractor listed
2026-10-20
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