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501 Pacific St, Vancouver

An address in Downtown, Vancouver, zoned DD (Comprehensive Development). 8 building permits are on file, most recently “CF-2020-016664 Interior alterations to install a gate at level P3 (reducing parking by th…” (issued 8 September 2023). The City's 2026 assessed value for the 281 accounts at this address is $173,277,302.

Zoning
DD · Comprehensive Development
Neighbourhood
Downtown
Permits on file
8
Assessed value (2026)
$173,277,302
281 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 501 Pacific 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 (59150785, 1,905 people). Statistics Canada draws these areas; they are not the City's neighbourhoods.

People
1,905
Households
1,335
Median age
35.2
Median household income (2020)
$64,500
Own their home
31%
Vancouver: 45%
Average household size
1.4
Under 15
5%
65 and over
6%
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. 2023-09-08 CF-2020-016664 Interior alterations to install a gate at level P3 (reducing parking by three stalls) of this existing mixed-use building. Ok for field review per City staff: - This building is sprinklered. DBI to determine if a separate sprinkler permit is required. · $10,000
    no contractor listed
    Issued
  2. 2023-03-30 #2509-501 Pacific St. - 24th floor Interior alterations to provide improvements to the existing dwelling unit (#2509) on the 24th floor of this existing multiple dwelling building on this site. Scope of work includes bathroom renovation and replacing the flooring. OK for BP as Field Review per City staff · $15,000
    Boyes Brothers Contracting Ltd
    Issued
  3. 2022-10-13 Interior alterations to provide tenant improvements to suite #2204 on the 22nd floor of the existing mixed-use building on this site Scope of work: Bathroom update including removal and install of plumbing fixtures, tile, flooring & finishes, and to change tub to shower. OK for field review as per City staff. Energy upgrade: E2 - SWH - Install low flow shower heads in all showers · $15,000
    Modus Enterprises Ltd
    Issued
  4. 2021-08-27 Interior alterations to this existing Service Centre (Recycling Drop Off Centre) in this existing building on this site. Scope of work: Move interior wall to create more space in the rear of the unit. · $90,000
    no contractor listed
    Issued
  5. 2020-09-10 1391 Richards St Interior alterations to the existing retail for new cannabis retail tenant in this existing building. · $268,900
    no contractor listed
    Issued
  6. 2020-01-07 Per the 2019 VBBL, to provide exterior alterations to provide membrane repair (planter) only of this existing multiple dwelling building on site. Energy Upgrade Exemption: Site/external alterations OK for field review as per City staff · $47,620
    DSC Services Inc
    Issued
  7. 2019-09-05 Interior alterations for new tenant to change the occupancy from restaurant (A2) to beauty and wellness (D) for nail spa and to add partition walls to create a waxing room in this existing commercial building. OK for field review per City staffd, to be determined on site by DBI. L2 - Lighting - Upgrade all hard wired Lighting within scope of work area to High Efficiency light systems\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t · $30,000
    applicant withheld (individual)
    Issued
  8. 2018-12-05 1351 Richrards Interior alteration and change of use from Health Care Office to Beauty Salon in this existing commercial building on this site. Scope of work includes removal and construction of non-loadbearing partition walls and lighting changes. Okay for field review as per City staffmatic Lighting Shutoff (per City staff.4.1.1 of ASHRAE 90.1 - 2010)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t · $55,000
    Welbourn Construction Ltd
    Issued

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