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5505 Dunbar St, Vancouver

An address in Dunbar-Southlands, Vancouver, zoned C-2 (Commercial). 5 building permits are on file, most recently “5525 Dunbar St Interior alterations to provide first tenant improvements for new retail l…” (issued 6 May 2024). The City's 2026 assessed value for the 4 accounts at this address is $8,645,000.

Zoning
C-2 · Commercial
Neighbourhood
Dunbar-Southlands
Permits on file
5
Assessed value (2026)
$8,645,000
4 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 5505 Dunbar 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 (59150907, 630 people). Statistics Canada draws these areas; they are not the City's neighbourhoods.

People
630
Households
240
Median age
38.8
Median household income (2020)
$98,000
Own their home
69%
Vancouver: 45%
Average household size
2.6
Under 15
14%
65 and over
16%
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. 2024-05-06 5525 Dunbar St Interior alterations to provide first tenant improvements for new retail ltd food service (bakery) in retail shell unit of new mixed-use building on this site. Scope of work to include interior partition walls, new kitchen with class 2 cooking equipment, accessible washroom, plumbing and lighting installation. New Tenant: Artisanal Bread Culture Ok for field review per City staff · $100,000
    no contractor listed
    Issued
  2. 2024-02-19 Interior alterations to change the use and major occupancy from Retail (Group E) to School - Arts or Self-Improvement (Group A2) at 5549 Dunbar Street in this existing mixed use building on this site. Building Review Branch Notes: 1. This is considered the First Tenant Improvement. 2. Reviewed under the VBBL 2019. Revision #1- 2024-07-15- S.Le Add built-in bench at 'Waiting Area' and interior door at 'Room #4'. · $250,000
    no contractor listed
    Issued
  3. 2024-02-13 Interior alterations to change the use from Retail to Health Care Office and provide first tenant improvements for a new dental office on the ground floor of this mixed-use building on this site. Scope of work includes: 1) Install new interior metal stud partitions 2) New plumbing work 3) New electrical work 4) New interior finishes and equipment 4) Sprinkler alterations as required This building is sprinklered · $450,000
    Seasons Contracting Ltd
    Issued
  4. 2017-03-03 To demolish the existing service station on this site ($125,000). Note: demo to grade only OK for SIPS per City staff. · $125,000
    Jeff Colton Construction Ltd
    Issued
  5. 2017-02-28 Interior alterations to allow salvage of non-structural building components prior to or during abatement work and removal of non-structural hazardous materials in this existing service station. Related to BP-2017-00085 OK for SIPS per City staff.
    Jeff Colton Construction Ltd
    Issued

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Recent permits in Dunbar-Southlands

3309 Dunbar St
Interior alterations to provide tenant improvements to this existing Restaurant Class 1 on the ground floor of this existing mixed-use building on this site. Building Review Branch Notes: 1)\tTotal proposed Occupant load is 50 seats + 5 staffs = 55 Persons. 2)\tMaximum occupant load is 60 Persons. 3)\tA permanent sign indicating the above proposed occupant load shall be posted in a conspicuous location near the suite's principal entrance. · no contractor listed
2026-10-29
3595 W 26TH Av
#201 - 3595 W 26TH AV Interior alterations to provide residential improvement to an existing dwelling unit at #201 - 3595 W 26th Ave. on the second floor of this existing multiple dwelling building on the site. Okay for DTI per City staff · Bogdan Marin Electrical
2026-10-28
3042 W 33RD Av
3042 W 33RD AVENUE Interior alterations to change the use from Single Detached House to Single Detached House with Secondary Suite. Ok for field review per City staff · no contractor listed
2026-10-16
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