Your city hall just approved a West End tower
It was a pretty straightforward week for Vancouver City Hall. The kind where a few key decisions get made, quietly, and then the city just… keeps turning.
On March 12th, during a public hearing, city council voted to approve the CD-1 Rezoning for 2028-2038 Barclay Street. That’s in the West End, for those not constantly checking zoning maps. Mayor Kennedy Stewart and Councillors McBride, Klassen, Meiszner, and Zhou all voted in favour. This means a new tower, likely residential, is slated for that stretch of Barclay. It's a pattern we see often enough now: more density in established neighbourhoods.
* **Location:** 2028-2038 Barclay Street, West End * **Decision:** CD-1 Rezoning Carried * **Date:** March 12, 2026 * **Votes In Favour:** Mayor K. Stewart, Councillor M. Klassen, Councillor P. Meiszner, Councillor L. Zhou, Councillor R. Bligh
Meanwhile, the city issued a few interesting building permits this week. One, a new building permit issued on April 8th for 2042 W 36th Avenue, is for a single detached house valued at $1.5 million. Another, at 2635 W 43rd Avenue, also a single detached house, is a "Net Zero" build, valued at $1.06 million. It’s a good sign to see those Net Zero projects coming through, even if they remain, for most of us, aspirational.
Beautiful out here. Complicated in here. That's the coast.
Kenji Nakashima, MiTL Vancouver.
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