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897 Granville St, Vancouver
An address in Downtown, Vancouver, zoned DD (Comprehensive Development). 3 building permits are on file, most recently “747 Smite St Interior alterations to provide improvements for a new Retail tenant at this…” (issued 6 March 2024). The City's 2026 assessed value is $6,426,000.
Neighbourhood profile
From the 2021 Census, for the small area around this address that Statistics Canada calls a dissemination area (59154143, 844 people). Statistics Canada draws these areas; they are not the City's neighbourhoods.
Permit history
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2024-03-06
747 Smite St Interior alterations to provide improvements for a new Retail tenant at this Retail (shell) unit 747 Smithe St on the ground floor of this commercial building on this site. No Translucent or opaque film, artwork, posters, shelving, display cases or similar elements are to be installed on or directly outside or inside of the approved glazing frontages and windows so that the interior of the premises is visible at all times from the sidewalk. Separate Sign permit required for all singage. · $10,000
no contractor listed Issued -
2023-07-31
Exterior and interior alterations to provide first TI to this existing restaurant space (Group A2), for a new Restaurant tenant in a portion of the ground floor in this existing 2-storey commercial building. One class 1 cooking operation. Scope of work includes new commercial kitchen and roof top units. This is considered a small suite minor renovation. Part 11 upgrade triggers, F1, S1, N1 and A2 apply. · $300,080
no contractor listed Issued -
2023-06-08
Scope of work is for SHELL only and CHANGE OF MAJOR OCCUPANCY. Exterior and Interior alterations to divide the existing Retail suite (Group E) with the subsidiary occupancy of office (Group D) on the second storey into 2 tenant spaces and change the major occupancy of the east unit into Restaurant (Group A-2) in this existing 2 storey commercial building on this site. Scope of work includes: Exterior alteration to the building entrance on Smithe Street for new CRU. OK for DB as per City staffenovation and small suite change of major occupancy under the condition a TI with an occupant load less than 60 persons is applied for prior to issuance of the shell permit and must be issued prior to the completion of the shell permit. Upgrade triggers F1, S2, N1, A2 required. · $100,000
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