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55 W Hastings St, Vancouver

An address in Downtown, Vancouver, zoned DD (Comprehensive Development). 3 building permits are on file, most recently “To construct a 10 storey mixed-use building with 1 storey below grade. The project will i…” (issued 28 January 2026). The City's 2026 assessed value is $2,953,000.

Zoning
DD · Comprehensive Development
Neighbourhood
Downtown
Permits on file
3
Assessed value (2026)
$2,953,000
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 55 W Hastings 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 (59153582, 1,396 people). Statistics Canada draws these areas; they are not the City's neighbourhoods.

People
1,396
Households
810
Median age
39.2
Median household income (2020)
$38,000
Own their home
20%
Vancouver: 45%
Average household size
1.3
Under 15
4%
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. 2026-01-28 To construct a 10 storey mixed-use building with 1 storey below grade. The project will include the following components: Basement - Residential storage, bike room, service rooms Level 1 - Retail CRU, bike storage, service rooms, garbage rooms Levels 2 to 9 - Dwelling units (total 32 secured market rental units) Level 10 - Amenity Notes: 1. This permit has been reviewed under the 2019 Vancouver Building By-law (#12511) with amendments effective on July 23, 2024. 2. Radio Antenna System is required. 3. A 2 hour vertical shaft with grease duct is proposed for the CRU from ceiling to the roof, with exhaust duct capped in the CRU. · $18,600,000
    Heatherbrae Builders Co Ltd
    Issued
  2. 2025-08-07 To demolish this existing one storey commercial building on this site to grade only. Demo Contractor: MATCON Humberto Fraga [contact removed] Related to DP: DP-2022-00665 Related to BP: BP-2024-03860 Note: 1) Notice of Demolition must be provided to District Building Inspector 24 hours in advance of demolition by calling 3-1-1 or [contact removed] outside Vancouver · $125,000
    Matcon Demolition Ltd
    Issued
  3. 2025-01-30 Salvage and Abatement permit only and to be completed under the supervision of a registered professional. This permit does not authorize demolition, deconstruction or construction work. QP: ENVIRO VAC EMMA GIBSON [contact removed] Related to demolition permit BP-2024-04715. Issued separately.
    Matcon Demolition Ltd
    Issued

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Recent permits in Downtown

1515 Homer Mews
#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 Inc
2026-11-05
200 Granville St
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 listed
2026-11-05
725 Granville St
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 Limited
2026-11-05
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