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311 W Pender St, Vancouver

An address in Downtown, Vancouver, zoned DD (Comprehensive Development). 3 building permits are on file, most recently “Interior alterations and change of use from Office (Group D) to Fitness Centre (Group A2 …” (issued 2 January 2020). The City's 2026 assessed value is $3,816,000.

Zoning
DD · Comprehensive Development
Neighbourhood
Downtown
Permits on file
3
Assessed value (2026)
$3,816,000
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 311 W Pender 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 (59154181, 686 people). Statistics Canada draws these areas; they are not the City's neighbourhoods.

People
686
Households
350
Median age
56.4
Median household income (2020)
$26,200
Own their home
0%
Vancouver: 45%
Average household size
1.2
Under 15
2%
65 and over
26%
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. 2020-01-02 Interior alterations and change of use from Office (Group D) to Fitness Centre (Group A2 - Low Occupant Load, classified as Group D per City staff.1.2.6) for this new tenant in this basement of the existing 3-storey plus basement building. Scope of work: demo & relocation of interior partitions, doors, and millwork, install 4 new showers and gym equipment, new lighting and plumbing work, new flooring and painting throughout. Ok for field review per City staffwer floor. · $150,000
    Elevation Ventures Inc
    Issued
  2. 2018-11-23 Interior alterations to this existing restaurant, including an increase in the number of seats from 60 (existing: BU462440) to 90 (proposed). Alterations include changes to the design of the bar service area at the font of the suite, new booth seating, new fixed tables and seating, 2 new washrooms, a new storage room, and a new cold storage room. Notes: 1. The tenant has provided a letter which states there will be no changes to the kitchen area. 2. Maximum allowable occupant load (including seats and staff): 100 3. Any increase in occupant load will require further review of the VBBL and may require additional washrooms. · $175,000
    no contractor listed
    Issued
  3. 2017-06-09 Exterior alteration for an envelope to replace a structural beam and repair sidewalk located above basement to this existing 3 storey commercial building with a portion of the basement encroaching onto city property. · $80,000
    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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