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488 W 40th Av, Vancouver

An address in Riley Park, Vancouver, zoned C-2 (Commercial). 3 building permits are on file, most recently “Interior alteration to change the use from Beauty Salon to General Office – Real Estate o…” (issued 22 February 2024). The City's 2026 assessed value for the 36 accounts at this address is $30,844,000.

Zoning
C-2 · Commercial
Neighbourhood
Riley Park
Permits on file
3
Assessed value (2026)
$30,844,000
36 accounts, total
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 488 W 40th 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 (59150542, 528 people). Statistics Canada draws these areas; they are not the City's neighbourhoods.

People
528
Households
235
Median age
37.2
Median household income (2020)
$74,500
Own their home
34%
Vancouver: 45%
Average household size
2.3
Under 15
9%
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. 2024-02-22 Interior alteration to change the use from Beauty Salon to General Office – Real Estate on the ground floor of this existing mixed-use building on this site. Scope of work to include new Interior walls, Sprinkler, Electrical, Lighting, Millwork, and Finishes Part 11 Minor renovation -Assure D type handles are installed at all egress paths Ok for Field Review as per City stafffixtures are non-working fixtures only and MUST be removed when the ‘sales centre’ tenant vacates the premises. NOTE: This building is sprinklered (SP400063). A separate sprinkler permit is required for all related work No translucent or opaque film, artwork, posters, shelving, display cases or similar elements are to be installed on or directly outside or inside of the approved glazing frontages and windows so that the interior of the premises is visible at all times from the sidewalk · $175,000
    no contractor listed
    Issued
  2. 2019-06-06 Interior alterations to provide improvements for existing Financial Institution tenant at 5636 Cambie St in this existing mixed-use building. · $283,000
    no contractor listed
    Issued
  3. 2017-04-20 Interior alterations to replace domestic water piping, including fire-stopping and repairing walls and ceilings in this existing Multiple Dwelling building on this existing mixed-use building site. · $45,000
    BMS Plumbing & Mechanical Systems Ltd
    Issued

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Recent permits in Riley Park

4488 Main St
Exterior and interior alterations to provide tenant improvements for this existing Restaurant - Class 1 (Group A2) for a new tenant in this existing one-storey with basement commercial building on this site. Scope includes adding partition walls, replacing exhaust hoods and cooking equipment, re-configuring male washroom and removing two windows facing south. Notes: - CF-2026-003230 - Class 1 Cooking Operation (Grease-Laden Vapours): Commercial kitchen exhaust system to NFPA 96 (Type 1 hood). - Proposed occupant load: 100 persons. · 1010541 BC Ltd
2026-10-26
195 E 33RD Av
Interior alterations to change the use from Beauty Salon to Retail Store in this existing commercial building on this site. · no contractor listed
2026-10-19
4175 Fraser St
4171 Fraser St Interior alterations and change of use and major occupancy from Retail (Group E) to Health Care Office (Group D) for a new physiotherapy tenant on the round floor of this existing mixed use commercial building on this site. OK For Field Review per City staff. · no contractor listed
2026-10-19
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