669 Howe St, Vancouver

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.

Permit history

1. 2026-01-12 #300 - 3rd Floor Interior alterations to provide improvements to this existing general office on the 3rd floor (#300) in this existing commercial building on site. Scope of work: Demolish interior wall, storage, re&re millwork in coffee station, new flooring, paint, electrical, plumbing and sprinkler work to suit. Revision #1: Minor changes to layout of IT closet and file storage room. Increase of $5,000 in project cost. - Mar 3/26 - LLL Building Sprinklered – Separate sprinkler permit required for proposed sprinkler work. Energy checklist is currently no longer required with your Building Permit (BP) application. Some supporting documents are still required at BP stage, specifically Envelope and HVAC, if applicable. Service Water Heating and Lighting supporting documents, if applicable, must be submitted with your related trades permits (e.g. electrical and plumbing). · $155,000
   CBI COASTAL BUSINESS INTERIORS LTD Issued
2. 2025-12-15 #650 & #630 - 6th Floor Interior alterations to provide improvements to this existing general offices on the 6th floor (#630 & #650) in this existing commercial building on site. Scope of work: Selective demo of partition walls to create open space, cosmetic upgrades to flooring, millwork, electrical, plumbing and sprinkler work to suit. Building Sprinklered – Separate sprinkler permit required for proposed sprinkler work. Energy checklist is currently no longer required with your Building Permit (BP) application. Some supporting documents are still required at BP stage, specifically Envelope and HVAC, if applicable. Service Water Heating and Lighting supporting documents, if applicable, must be submitted with your related trades permits (e.g. electrical and plumbing). · $285,000
   CBI COASTAL BUSINESS INTERIORS LTD Issued
3. 2025-12-03 #610 & #630 - 6th Floor (demise from #610) Interior alterations to demise the existing office unit #610 into two units to be #610 & #630 on the 6th floor in this existing commercial building on this site. Scope of Work: Construct a demising wall to separate the suite. NOTE: THIS PERMIT IS TO LEGALIZE/VALIDATE THE CONFIGURATION OF THE DEMISING WALL BETWEEN THE 2 UNITS (#610 & #630) THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DONE BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER. Building Sprinklered – Building inspector to determine on site if a separate sprinkler permit is required. Energy checklist is currently no longer required with your Building Permit (BP) application. Some supporting documents are still required at BP stage, specifically Envelope and HVAC, if applicable. Service Water Heating and Lighting supporting documents, if applicable, must be submitted with your related trades permits (e.g. electrical and plumbing). · $5,000
   CBI COASTAL BUSINESS INTERIORS LTD Issued
4. 2019-04-09 #950 Interior alterations to provide improvements for existing office tenant. Scope of work: remove and install new partition to increase size of storage room, change old boardroom into a file room, to create work space area, sprinkler & electrical works to suit new layout. Separate sprinkler permit required. Energy Upgrade: L2 - Lighting - Upgrade to incorporate Automatic Lighting Shutoff (per City staff.4.1.1 of ASHRAE 90.1 - 2010)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t · $72,000
   Mainland Office Environments Ltd Issued
5. 2019-04-03 #850 Interior alteration to provide improvements for existing tenant. Scope of work: change layout include removal of door and wall to create storage room, boardroom divided to offices, sprinkler & EL works to suite new layout. Separate sprinkler permit will be required. Energy Upgrade: L2 - Lighting - Upgrade to incorporate Automatic Lighting Shutoff (per City staff.4.1.1 of ASHRAE 90.1 - 2010) · $38,000
   Mainland Office Environments Ltd Issued
6. 2018-04-09 #560-5th floor Interior alterations only to provide tenant improvements for a new General Office use at unit #560 at this existing commercial Building 2. Scope of work: remove partition walls, millwork, door and construct new partition walls, new millwork, glazing, door, electrical work. TENANT: Delta Land Development · $72,658
   Mainland Office Environments Ltd Issued
7. 2017-12-12 #300 - 3rd floor (full floor tenant) Interior alterations to provide tenant improvements for this existing office tenant. Scope of work: demolish and construct new partition walls, remove, relocate and add new doors, ceiling work, card reader and electrical work (no lighting work proposed). TENANT: College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC Selected Energy Upgrade: L2 - Lighting - Upgrade to incorporate Automatic Lighting Shutoff (per City staff.4.1.1 of ASHRAE 90.1 - 2010) OK for field review per City staff · $15,500
   Mainland Office Environments Ltd Issued
8. 2017-11-27 #760 Interior alterations to demise unit #760 into 2 units on the 7th floor, and interior non load-bearing demolition to part of the remaining unit #760. · $25,000
   Mainland Office Environments Ltd Issued
9. 2017-06-06 #610 & #650-6th floor Interior alterations to provide improvements on the 6th floor (#650) to divide this existing full floor office space into #610 & #650 in this existing commercial building on this site. Scope of work: demolish some partition walls and construct demising walls to divide this floor into 2 units. Electrical and sprinkler work, new lighting, HVAC, exit signs, voice/data to suit new layout for new tenant in #650. Address Note: Suite numbers to be posted by suite entry prior to final building inspection. TENANT: #610 - vacant #630 - College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC #650 - Southern Arc Minerals Separate permit(s) and ASHRAE checklist will be required for any future tenant improvements to these spaces. OK for field review per City staff · $15,500
   Mainland Office Environments Ltd Issued

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