Your City Hall just okayed more towers downtown
Okay, so there was a public hearing on March 12th that just got finalized, and it looks like a significant rezoning passed for 2028-2038 Barclay Street. This spot, right in the West End, will now be allowed for a new CD-1 development. That means custom zoning, basically.
Council voted unanimously in favour, with Mayor K Sim and Councillors M Klassen, P Meiszner, L Zhou, and R Bligh all saying yes. This is a pretty common pattern for high-density proposals in the downtown core. You see it a lot, especially as the city tries to balance housing needs with neighbourhood character. The specifics of what's going there, beyond "CD-1 rezoning," aren't in this record, but Barclay is already a street of mixed development. It’s a familiar story for anyone walking those blocks, watching the cranes.
Meanwhile, a look at recent building permits shows a mix of the expected and the… well, the Vancouver. Permit BP-2025-04962, issued on April 16th, is for a $615,382.72 elevator upgrade at 3055 Cambie Street for high-density housing and commercial space. Practical, necessary. But then there’s DB-2026-00968 for a $350,000 two-storey laneway house at 3092 E 6th Avenue. It just keeps getting more dense, more creative with space, doesn't it?
Beautiful out here. Complicated in here. That's the coast.
Kenji Nakashima (@westcoastweird_yvr)
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