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688 Hamilton St, Vancouver

An address in Downtown, Vancouver, zoned DD (Comprehensive Development). 13 building permits are on file, most recently “SPECIAL EVENT: To erect and install 1-30'x60'' tent for the Just for Laughs Comedy Festiv…” (issued 17 February 2026). The City's 2026 assessed value for the 2 accounts at this address is $138,078,000.

Zoning
DD · Comprehensive Development
Neighbourhood
Downtown
Permits on file
13
Assessed value (2026)
$138,078,000
2 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.
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Neighbourhood profile

From the 2021 Census, for the small area around this address that Statistics Canada calls a dissemination area (59154183, 196 people). Statistics Canada draws these areas; they are not the City's neighbourhoods.

People
196
Households
70
Median age
46
Median household income (2020)
not published
Own their home
21%
Vancouver: 45%
Average household size
1.3
Under 15
2%
65 and over
2%
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. 2026-02-17 SPECIAL EVENT: To erect and install 1-30'x60'' tent for the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival event at the South Plaza of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre for a limited period of time expiring Feb. 21, 2026. · $4,000
    no contractor listed     Issued
  2. 2020-09-15 To erect and install artwork, street lanterns attached to 4 ft diameter concrete bases, and 12 ft height temporary fences for the Taiwan Fest for a limited period of time expiring September 28, 2020.
    no contractor listed     Issued
  3. 2019-05-22 To erect and install 2 - 30' x 120' and 1 - 15' x 40' tents for the Traction on Demand event for a limited period of time expiring May 23, 2019. · $5,000
    no contractor listed     Issued
  4. 2019-04-25 To erect and install 1 - 30' x 40' and 1 - 10' x 20' tents for the Vancouver Opera Festival for a limited period of time expiring May 5, 2019. · $4,900
    no contractor listed     Issued
  5. 2018-09-05 Building Permit for DP-2018-00362 Including the Operational Letter and Traffic Management Plan submitted by the Downtown Farmers Market, and stamped "Received" by this Department on April 17, 2018, to use this site for a Farmer's Market on the first Thursday of each month, between the hours of 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., (set-up from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., and tear-down between 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.), between the months of June to October. Approval is to begin on June 7, 2018, and end on October 6, 2023, unless extended in writing by the Director of Planning. · $12,000
    no contractor listed     Issued
  6. 2018-04-26 To erect and install 1 - 30' x 40' and 1 - 10' x 10' tents for the Vancouver Opera Festival for a limited period of time expiring May 6, 2018. · $2,064
    no contractor listed     Issued
  7. 2018-04-23 Salvage & Abatement only
    no contractor listed     Issued
  8. 2018-03-27 Interior and exterior alterations to this existing assembly space for a new restaurant tenant. Scope of work includes a covered patio and an open patio. Balance of building to be sprinklered. Kitchen contains both Class 1 and Class 5 cooking operation: 1. Class 1 Cooking (Grease-Laden Vapours): A. Class 1 cooking operations (Grease-Laden Vapours). B. Commercial kitchen exhaust system to NFPA 96 (Type 1 hood). 2. Class 5 Cooking (No Hood): A. Appliances are less than or equal to 6 kW. b. Cooking procedures producing significant grease laden vapours, or significant heat or steam are not permitted. Occupant load : Upper restaurant - 124 Upper covered patio - 161 Lower restaurant - 131 Lower open patio - 81 Revision #1 accepted Feb.1/19 Revision #2 accepted July 10/19 - to extend the screen around the roof top mechanical equipment. - to provide the exterior patio heater layout. - to provide structural details for the patio canopy on the lower level. · $2,700,000
    no contractor listed     Issued
  9. 2017-11-14 Interior alterations to remove interior walls on all floors of this existing commercial building (Queen Elizabeth Theatre). OK for Field Review per City staff: Related to BP-2017-03715, for new work. · $15,000
    X3 Constructors Inc     Issued
  10. 2017-09-22 To erect and install an approximately 12' x 24' stage at an approximate height of 6'-8" for the Walk for Reconciliation event for a limited period of time expiring September 24, 2017. · $5,000
    no contractor listed     Issued
  11. 2017-05-19 To erect and install 44- 10' x 10' and 6- 10' x 20' vendor tents for the Downtown Farmers Market for a limited period of time expiring October 5, 2017. · $12,000
    no contractor listed     Issued
  12. 2017-04-21 To erect and install 1- 40' x 60' and 1- 20' x 20' tents for the Vancouver Opera Festival for a limited period of time expiring May 13, 2017. · $8,312
    no contractor listed     Issued
  13. 2017-01-26 To erect and install 1- 30' X 45' and 1- 50' x 120' tents for the Lunar Festival for a limited period of time expiring January 29, 2017. · $7,200
    no contractor listed     Issued

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