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50 W Cordova St, Vancouver
An address in Downtown, Vancouver, zoned HA-2 (Historical Area). 6 building permits are on file, most recently “Interior alterations to room #116 & #122 in this existing SRA Municipally Designated Vanc…” (issued 11 December 2025). The City's 2026 assessed value is $11,247,800.
Neighbourhood profile
From the 2021 Census, for the small area around this address that Statistics Canada calls a dissemination area (59153582, 1,396 people). Statistics Canada draws these areas; they are not the City's neighbourhoods.
Permit history
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2025-12-11
Interior alterations to room #116 & #122 in this existing SRA Municipally Designated Vancouver Heritage Register building. Scope of work - Install wall insulation, interior walls & doors, ceiling, baseboard, flooring, plumbing fixtures & electrical work. Ok for Field review per City staff · $20,000
no contractor listed Issued -
2022-04-28
Exterior alterations to provide improvements to ground floor front facade of existing A2-Restaurant suite under new tenancy. Refer to DB-2021-05366. Scope of work : Work includes new cladding overtop of existing wall, removal of existing easternmost windows to be replaced with solid wall, removal of existing awning to be replaced with new awning, new signboard at upper main fascia, and repainting of existing walls and cornice. No change to occupancy/use, location/capacity of existing exits, existing suite separations, or floor area. · $60,000
1543150 Alberta Inc Issued -
2022-02-09
50 W Cordova Interior alterations to to construct a new electrical room to house the electrical equipment in the basement area of this existing Hotel and Neighbourhood Pub in this Municipally designated Heritage C building, for the BC Hydro "H" frame elimination project. Energy Upgrade exempted: H-Frame Removal Project OK for Field Review per City staff · $4,800
Advanco Electric Ltd Issued -
2022-01-18
Interior Alterations for the new tenant of this existing neighbourhood pub (Group A2) in the 6-storey hotel/neighbourhood pub building that is on the Vancouver Heritage Register (Class C). Scope includes new partition walls, new washrooms and new Class 1 cooking operation including kitchen equipment and rooftop unit. Proposed occupant load is 302 persons; maximum occupant load cannot exceed 425 persons (400 seats plus 25 staff) including patio due to washroom capacity and subject to Liquor License approval. Mechanical Review Notes: 1. Class 1 cooking operations (Grease-Laden Vapours). 2. Commercial kitchen exhaust system to NFPA 96 (Type 1 hood). * Reviewed as per VBBL 2019 and Processed during Pandemic Crisis.* · $900,000
1543150 Alberta Inc Issued -
2021-11-10
Interior alterations to provide removal of non-structural, interior finishes to an existing tenant to this existing neighbourhood public house (Group A2) in this Municipally Designated Vancouver Heritage Class C building. Related to DB-2021-05366. TENANT: Greta YVR Ltd. c/o Chris DeCock OK For Field Review per City staff: · $25,000
1543150 Alberta Inc Issued -
2019-11-18
36 West Cordova St Interior alterations to provide improvements in this existing retail store of this existing Heritage Designated 'M' and Vancouver Heritage Registered 'A' building on this site. Scope of work: -validate the WWOP (remove the exit door to the lane and replace with roll-up door) and to install a fire separation wall to close off an opening behind a roll-up shutter door. -install new interior walls to create fitting rooms, mechanical room, storage rooms and exit stairway at level one -install new interior walls at basement level -relocate fire alarm and install new carpet and paint OK for field review as per City staffew Wroblewski · $39,000
applicant withheld (individual) Issued
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Recent permits in Downtown
#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 Inc2026-11-05
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 listed2026-11-05
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 Limited2026-11-05