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550 W Hastings St, Vancouver
An address in Downtown, Vancouver, zoned CD-1 (316) (Comprehensive Development). 3 building permits are on file, most recently “Elevator modernization Interior alterations to provide elevator modernization to the exis…” (issued 3 May 2022). The City's 2026 assessed value is $86,268,000.
Neighbourhood profile
From the 2021 Census, for the small area around this address that Statistics Canada calls a dissemination area (59153466, 693 people). Statistics Canada draws these areas; they are not the City's neighbourhoods.
Permit history
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2022-05-03
Elevator modernization Interior alterations to provide elevator modernization to the existing addressable two-stage fire alarm system to incorporate emergency recall of four elevators to meet the requirements of CSA-B44 in this existing 23-storey commercial (hotel) building on this site. Scope of work: - Reprogram and upgrade existing addressable two-stage fire alarm control panel to suite the automatic emergency elevator recall function. - Modify existing fire alarm annunciator to show additional automatic emergency elevator recall zones. - Add addressable smoke detectors, heat detectors and fire alarm strobes. - Install new elevator controllers, new elevator machines, operating fixtures, lobby emergency phone panel, relays and reprogram existing addressable FAS initiation devices to allow for activation of the automatic emergency elevator recall sequence. ******THIS PERMIT HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND ISSUED UNDER THE REQUIREMENTS OF VBBL 2019 ******** Building Review Branch Notes: · $1,557,739
no contractor listed Issued -
2019-02-22
Renovation of existing hotel from level 1 to 3. Scope of work includes enclosing the existing stairway to add space to the restaurant on first floor level, new kitchen and lounge on the second floor and minor reconfiguration on the third floor for a new meeting room. Note: 1.0. One class 1 cooking operation. 2.0. This permit has been reviewed under VBBL 2014. · $2,000,000
no contractor listed Issued -
2017-03-21
Interior alterations only to legalize conversion of 2 guest rooms on the 4th floor to a fitness area (ancillary to the hotel), to convert a lounge area on the 21st floor to 2 guest rooms and to combine 2 guestrooms on the 21st floor to one guestroom, thereby reducing the total number of guest rooms from 227 to 226 at this existing commercial (hotel) building on this site. CRP: Howard Bruce Knapp, [contact removed] · $60,000
no contractor listed 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