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395 Railway St, Vancouver

An address in Strathcona, Vancouver, zoned I-4 (Industrial). 4 building permits are on file, most recently “395 Railway St 3rd floor Project Description: Interior alterations to demise unit #300 in…” (issued 15 April 2024). The City's 2026 assessed value is $8,157,000.

Zoning
I-4 · Industrial
Neighbourhood
Strathcona
Permits on file
4
Assessed value (2026)
$8,157,000
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 395 Railway 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 (59150762, 435 people). Statistics Canada draws these areas; they are not the City's neighbourhoods.

People
435
Households
365
Median age
52.4
Median household income (2020)
$37,600
Own their home
30%
Vancouver: 45%
Average household size
1.4
Under 15
3%
65 and over
29%
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. 2024-04-15 395 Railway St 3rd floor Project Description: Interior alterations to demise unit #300 into multiple office units in this existing four-story mixed-use building on this site. · $7,000
    no contractor listed
    Issued
  2. 2020-12-08 To install a new electromagnetic lock at the entrance door ( at south side) to this existing 4 storey mixed-use building. Building Review Branch Notes: 1.\tReviewed during the 2020 pandemic crisis 2.\tThis permit has been issued under the requirements of the VBBL #12511 (2019) 3.\tNo change of use proposed 4.\tNo exterior alterations. 5. Electrical Permit : EP-2020-01147. · $2,500
    Altek Construction Ltd
    Issued
  3. 2018-12-14 Change of Major Occupancy from Storage Warehouse (Group F2) to Parking Garage (Group F3) on the first storey of this existing four-storey mixed-use building on the site. Scope of work includes expanding the telephone room and converting to bike storage, and converting an existing washroom to accessible shower to meet 3.7.2.12. Notes: - See related DP-2016-00450 for parking relaxation. - Contractor to have valid business license. · $30,000
    no contractor listed
    Issued
  4. 2018-01-19 Second floor Interior alterations to provide renovation to the second floor for the electrical room. Scope of work includes a new shower area in women's washroom and new electrical room. OK for field review per City staff. · $20,000
    no contractor listed
    Issued

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Recent permits in Strathcona

565 Great Northern Way
#400 - 4th floor Interior alterations to provide improvements to this existing full floor office space on the 4th floor (#400) of this existing commercial building on this site. Scope of work: demo and construction of paritition walls to change layout. Electricall, mechanical/plumbing, & sprinklers to suit. Letters of Assurnace; · Canadian Turner Construction Company Ltd
2026-11-04
1888 Scotia St
Interior alterations to demise this existing two-storey Brewing or Distilling shell space (Group F2) into three (3) General Office (Group D) shell units on the ground floor of this 10-storey mixed-use building. ******THIS PERMIT HAS BEEN REVIEWED & ISSUED UNDER THE REQUIREMENTS OF VBBL 2025 AND AMENDMENT EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 3, 2026 ******** Building Review Branch Note: 1. Separate Building Permit required future Tenant Improvement work. · no contractor listed
2026-11-02
208 E Georgia St
Exterior and interior alterations to reduce the number of Single Room Accommodation (SRA) rooms from 71 to 50 and provide housing and recovery support services (Group C) on floors 2 to 4 in this existing mixed used protected heritage building on this site. Proposed work includes addition of a new covered roof top patio. Roof deck to be sprinklered to NFPA 13 requirements. Mechanical Review Notes: - Class 2 Cooking Operation (Steam and Heat Removal) is proposed on Level 3. - A metal sign shall be posted on the Type 2 hood, "Cooking causing grease-laden vapours is not allowed Exhaust system is designed for steam and heat removal only". · no contractor listed
2026-10-26
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