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5438 Main St, Vancouver

An address in Riley Park, Vancouver, zoned RT-2 (Residential). 3 building permits are on file, most recently “To construct a 2 storey + basement one-family dwelling with a secondary suite ($585,000) …” (issued 8 November 2021). The City's 2026 assessed value is $1,917,000.

Zoning
RT-2 · Residential
Neighbourhood
Riley Park
Permits on file
3
Assessed value (2026)
$1,917,000
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 5438 Main 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 (59150535, 641 people). Statistics Canada draws these areas; they are not the City's neighbourhoods.

People
641
Households
230
Median age
40
Median household income (2020)
$109,000
Own their home
56%
Vancouver: 45%
Average household size
2.8
Under 15
15%
65 and over
13%
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. 2021-11-08 To construct a 2 storey + basement one-family dwelling with a secondary suite ($585,000) located in the basement with a detached accessory building (garage), at the rear providing 2 parking spaces, having vehicular access from the lane. Note: This Building Permit will remain in a suspended status until the associated (green) Demolition Permit BP-2021-01606 is completed. Note: This is a 2 storey building pursuant to the Zoning and Development By-Law 1- Covenant registered at the Land Title Office under CA8971753 2- No strata titling permitted 3- No A/C unit proposed · $585,000
    Gill's Construction Ltd
    Issued
  2. 2021-10-12 To demolish the existing one family dwelling building ($15,000) on this site by means of deconstruction. Demo Declaration – Akal Demolition and Excavating Ltd [contact removed] This permit is subject to the Green Demolition Bylaw (11023) Pre-1950: Green Demolition Conditions Apply 75% Recycling Rate of Building Materials Required · $15,000
    AKAL DEMOLITION & EXCAVATING LTD
    Issued
  3. 2021-07-19 Salvage and abatement permit only for DB-2021-01605) and to be completed under the supervision of a registered professional. This permit does not authorize demolition, deconstruction or construction work. QP: Ramin Hamidnejad, CRSP of Kinetic OHS Services Ltd. The owner and applicant have to be aware that the Salvage and Abatement permit will expire 6 months after the issuance date. The current review time for projects is more than 12 weeks from application payment date to first deficiency communication from the assigned Project Coordinator, early completion of Salvage & Abatement will result in the property remaining vacant. It is the owner’s responsibility to maintain the property and house is a safe and secure manner prior to the commencement of Demolition work after final plan review and landscape review process has been completed. Excavation work is NOT part of scope of the Demolition Permit ; Excavation work is part of the Main Construction Permit after issuance.“
    AKAL DEMOLITION & EXCAVATING 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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