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855 Expo Boulevard, Vancouver

An address in Downtown, Vancouver, zoned BCPED (Comprehensive Development). 2 building permits are on file, most recently “Interior alterations to change the use and major occupancy from General Office (Group D) …” (issued 13 May 2025). The City's 2026 assessed value is $2,567,000.

Zoning
BCPED · Comprehensive Development
Neighbourhood
Downtown
Permits on file
2
Assessed value (2026)
$2,567,000
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 855 Expo Boulevard, 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 (59154000, 3,103 people). Statistics Canada draws these areas; they are not the City's neighbourhoods.

People
3,103
Households
1,815
Median age
34
Median household income (2020)
$83,000
Own their home
39%
Vancouver: 45%
Average household size
1.7
Under 15
8%
65 and over
6%
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. 2025-05-13 Interior alterations to change the use and major occupancy from General Office (Group D) to Fitness Centre (Group A2) with ancillary Health Enhancement Centre (Group D) on the B1 level of this existing commercial building on this site. 105 person Occupant Load = 100 patrons + 5 staff Building Review Branch Notes: N3 Upgrade Assessment and required remedial work to be completed prior to final inspection to the satisfaction of the District Building Inspector. Entire Building Exits – Restrain interior partition walls. Restrain ceiling supporting frames, T-bars assemblies, ceiling gypsum wall boards, overhead mechanical equipment and services, sprinklers, sprinkler system, overhead electrical equipment and services. Restrain falling hazards to resist forces due to a seismic event from non-structural elements including cladding, veneer, cornices, canopies, awnings, and ornaments over exit and extended to 5 m on either side of exit. Change Notice #1- 2025-09-11- S.Le Contractor changed. Change Notice #2- 2025-10-24- S.Le Change Applicant. · $700,000
    ARKHAUS CONSTRUCTION CORP.
    Issued
  2. 2023-06-15 SPECIAL EVENT: To erect and install 1 - 20' x 100' tent for the BC Lions Backyard Street Party 2023 for a limited period of time expiring June 16, 2023. Notes: · $6,048
    no contractor listed
    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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