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535 Granville St, Vancouver

An address in Downtown, Vancouver, zoned DD (Comprehensive Development). 3 building permits are on file, most recently “Interior alterations to provide improvements at 533 Granville St for new Retail Store ten…” (issued 6 June 2019). The City's 2026 assessed value is $16,972,000.

Zoning
DD · Comprehensive Development
Neighbourhood
Downtown
Permits on file
3
Assessed value (2026)
$16,972,000
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Plan of the block around 535 Granville 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 (59154146, 1,156 people). Statistics Canada draws these areas; they are not the City's neighbourhoods.

People
1,156
Households
490
Median age
37.6
Median household income (2020)
$74,000
Own their home
32%
Vancouver: 45%
Average household size
1.6
Under 15
3%
65 and over
9%
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. 2019-06-06 Interior alterations to provide improvements at 533 Granville St for new Retail Store tenant in this existing commercial building. OK for field review as per City staff: 1. No sprinkler alterations proposed. District Building Inspector to determine if Sprinkler permit is required. · $18,500
    Farglory Corp
    Issued
  2. 2019-05-08 Interior & exterior alterations, a minor horizontal addition, a minor vertical addition (Mezzanine becomes a 2nd storey), and a change of major occupancy from shell retail CRU to a restaurant (occupant load > 60) within a part of the ground floor level + 2nd storey of this existing building. This is the 1st tenant in this vacant suite which has been unoccupied since the entire building was renovated via a separate CP Permit. Interior alterations include new partitions, kitchens and dining areas, and enclosing of a mezzanine (will become a 2nd storey: building will become 4 storeys). Exterior alterations include a new principle entry door to the City sidewalk plus a new exhaust louver at the North exterior wall at the 2nd floor level. ** A new 2 hour fire resistance rating demising wall between this suite and the adjacent ground floor vacant shell retail CRU was built under separate Permits issued to the Landlord ** NOTE: A total of 90 seats are proposed in this restaurant. · $975,000
    no contractor listed
    Issued
  3. 2018-08-01 531 & 533 Granville St Interior & exterior alterations and a major renovation of a single shell retail CRU to 2 shell retail CRUs of the ground floor of this existing mixed-use building at 535 Granville St. This ground floor CRU has been unoccupied since the entire building was recently fully upgraded (F4, S4, N4, A4, E3) via a CP Permit process (BU464033). The scope of work does not trigger any additional upgrades. Interior alterations include new demising wall with 2 hr fire separation to create 531 & 533 Granville, new exit corridor by the elevator to access stairs at the rear of the building, new bicycle storage and corridor in basement around stair 1. The exterior alteration includes reconfiguration of the principle entry doors of the CRUs to City sidewalk. Separate tenant improvement permits are required for tenant spaces on ground floor and basement. Related to DP-2017-01078 Addressing Note: 531 & 533 Granville St are to be posted as shown on the approved plans & clearly visible from the street prior to final inspection. · $80,000
    no contractor listed
    Issued

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