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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Following #Vancouver council’s stinging rebuke, the controversial 2030 Barclay proposal has returned with substantial revisions that largely address past public feedback. Yet, not even free food from Mr. Tube Steak could calm its opponents who dominated its open house. #VanRe

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

There's been a significant revision to the plans for the West Point Grey Safeway moderate income rental building. Instead of two towers, at 19 & 21 floors, its recently filed development application reveals there's now three "towers" at 21, 7, & 6 floors #Vancouver #VanRe #VanCre

Rendering of proposed building layout from the rezoning application approved by city council in 2025.

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Now with homes, & a social services centre for veterans of Canada’s armed forces, the Arbutus & 7th Ave social housing building has returned larger than ever. Will #Vancouver embrace this once controversial proposal, or will #Lestweforget take on a new meaning? #Kitsilano #VanRE

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Plans for the future of another #Vancouver Safeway will be revealed at an open house today that could lead to Collingwood becoming the latest neighbourhood, after Kitsilano and Marpole, to see their local grocery store return with a sizable increase in housing. #VanRe #VanCre

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

More context 1) Council added several meetings to their July schedule. 2) Historically, public consultation is paused over the summer break to avoid the perception that things are being snuck through while many people are on vacation. 3) To our knowledge, no council has ever held a weekend meeting.

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Call Unite Here’s efforts filibustering, or foreign interference, but they’ve successfully delayed over 850 city-owned rental homes proposed at the 2400 Motel as there’s simply not enough time for council to hear from #Vancouver residents before the election break #VanRe #VanCre

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Coal Harbour’s new school has finally been issued an occupancy permit, almost six years after rezoning plans were first submitted. This includes both the building’s daycare, below-market homes & cəw̓as Ch’elxwá7elch Skwuláw̓txw Seaside Elementary. #Vancouver #WestEnd #VanRE #OurVSB

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

While some are trying to spread misinformation that the @cityofvancouver.bsky.social only provided last minute notice of this open house, thanks to the efforts of the @waybackmachine.bsky.social, we can see it was published at least 18 days beforehand, & the truth can prevail #Vancouver #VanRe

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

If you ever enjoyed a day at the #Vancouver Maritime Museum, this event is one you won’t want to miss. While the VMM hopes this proposed floating spa will keep their head above water, a group of hostile voices, including some Kits Point residents, hopes to sink them. #VanRe

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

if approved next week, major changes will be coming to #Vancouver’s Cambie Street Bridge that include widening the W 2nd Ave off-ramp, a bi-directional bike lane on the east side, replacement of the pedestrian staircase, & the demolition of the City Studios building underneath

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

As the opposition to the Waterfront Station Office Tower never really materialized, & with firms outside #Vancouver expressing interest in leasing space here, it shouldn’t be surprise this concept easily won the DP Boards approval, even if it will never be built. #VanRe #VanCre

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

A last minute hatchet job will eliminate 20% of the job space in the tree inspired Waterfront Station office tower. Its actually suggested that after 12 years of review, the proposal wait until a future city council eases Downtown #Vancouver’s height restrictions. #VanRe #VanCre

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

There was once far more rental, & below-market homes in this proposed building across from the #UBC Bus Loop. While it fit in with the long planned UBCX #SkyTrain station, a warning that public outrage today would led to rejection saw it hacked down from 20 floors to 12 #VanRe

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

As chatter about a UBC #SkyTrain expansion heats up yet again, this open house will offer a sneak peak at plans for a 12 floor rental building across from the #UBC Bus Loop. As it would replace two ~$6.5 million mansions, some of its UEL neighbours may arrive boiling hot #VanRE

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

It’s no wonder that after 7 years of review these 266 homes have been removed from #Vancouver’s permit system. Not only are the 2 proposals mere blocks from the E Hastings St towers city council recently shot down, they underwent the same “policy enquiry process” too. #VanRE

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

What was planned in 2019 to be a #passivehouse, #masstimber, social housing building with 88 homes has quietly been removed from #Vancouver’s permit system. While 20% of its living space was cutback in 2022, the fatal blow was likely the end of the Community Housing Fund #VanRe @cltrust.bsky.social

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

In 2023 it looked like this 14 floor strata building would further reduce #Vancouver’s dwindling number of gas stations. Now instead of 85 homes, the Esso at King Edward & Oak will live on, as this proposal was withdrawn last month. #VanRe #VanCre www.shapeyourcity.ca/1010-w-king-...

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

601 Cordova has been labelled many things during its decade long review process, but this week the Urban Design Panel simply call it something worthy of their support, albeit with a couple recommendations. #VanRe #VanCre #Vancouver - www.shapeyourcity.ca/601-w-cordov...

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

After a 4+ hour long marathon session, #Vancouver’s first #supertall proposal has earned the unanimous support of the Urban Design Panel. There were a few minor recommendations, including one to consider increasing the space between these trio of towers. #VanRE #VanCre

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

The team behind this 18 floor rental building got the message after city council referred these 165 homes back to staff last year. To keep council’s hands clean, they’ve “voluntarily” withdrawn this Broadway Plan application, & listed the property for sale. #Vancouver #VanRe

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

A proposal for a 5 floor, 82 strata home building between BC Women’s & Children’s Hospital, & the Heather Lands has been pulled 16 months after it was submitted. Whether that’s a sign of optimism about the Villages Plan, or something more bleak, it’s hard to say #Vancouver #VanRe

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

The infamous “Icepick,” easily one of the most controversial redevelopments in #Vancouver’s history, seems set to reappear 11 years after it was first proposed at Waterfront Station. The latest version is a few floors shorter, but retains the same local architects #VanRe #VanCre

Rendering of the 2019 application that was cancelled in 2022.

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

While a two story grocery store may sound like a huge improvement to this vacant lot at Georgia & Richards, it’s far smaller than the 2019 plans for a 23 floor office building. That proposal was approved in 2021, & ultimately went nowhere. #Vancouver #VanRe #VanCre

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

A scathing introduction by city staff allowed the Urban Design Panel to quickly tear apart this student housing building planned a block away from the new Broadway #SkyTrain station. They blasted it as a negative fit for Mount Pleasant, & the immediate area. #Vancouver #VanRe

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

After 3 years of review, these 25 rental homes, the last proposed under #Vancouver’s failed Affordable Housing Choices Policy have been withdrawn. That interim vision allowed less living space on this site than what’s allowed for a multiplex or even a single family home #VanRe

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

The failure of a concrete piling wall days before the cancellation of the Ardea strata building was announced can’t have been a coincidence. After all, when your construction site is flooded by the Fraser River, its budget is probably deep underwater too #Vancouver #VanRe

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Exactly 450 multiplex applications have been submitted since the R1-1 policy was approved almost 2 years ago, & we’ve kept track of them all. You can find our detailed spreadsheet, & an interactive map at this link cityduo.wordpress.com/city-duos-mu...

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City Duo’s Multiplex Map & Tracker

Updated: September 21, 2025 It’s hard to believe that, until recently, over 50 square kilometers of Vancouver was zoned exclusively for detached houses. In other words, it was illegal to build anyt…

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Following in the footsteps of the City of Vancouver, BC Housing has purchased a newly completed six-floor building across from Clark Park at 3077 Maddams St. Yet, unlike the city, their plans are to convert these rental homes into 81 social housing apartments. #Vancouver #VanRe

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Having lost in the council of public opinion, the opponents of a 6 floor, 230 home rental building at Ash & W 28th Ave are taking their fight to the courts. While costly, judicial reviews are increasingly being used to slow, & halt growing density #Vancouver #VanRe #VanPoli

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

With four towers planned over an an entire city block, the first rezoning proposed under the Rupert & Renfrew Station Area Plan isn’t a small one. Included is a new privately owned public space, along with a daycare, strata, rental, & below-market homes. #Vancouver #VanRe #VanCre

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

The demolition of the 75 year-old Salvation Army Temple at 301 E Hastings has been approved, despite its appearance on Heritage Vancouver’s Top 10 Watch List in 2016, & 2024. However, this site won’t sit empty for long. #Vancouver #DTES #VanRe

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Next week Wendy's will open its doors at Broadway & Oak, occupying a storefront in the Industrial Alliance building that has sat vacant since Johnny Rockets left Canada in 2022. #Vancouver #VanCre

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Break out your accordions boys & girls, another “mega-tower” has been proposed at the southeast corner of E Broadway & Commercial Dr. With 223 rental homes, it also offers to lease 2 floors to the city for community services next to the #SkyTrain station #Vancouver #VanRE #VanCre

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

While there will be lots of fireworks tonight, this proposal to add 300 slot machines to the Parq Casino is sure to trigger a far louder debate. This 50% increase remains lower than the 1,500 rejected in 2011 & is possible as #Vancouver city council relaxed restrictions last year

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

The residences at the Stories, aka the South Granville SkyTrain Station tower have been cleared for occupancy. This mix of 182 market, & 44 below-market homes resulted in 0 displacement, making room for the Broadway Plan’s tenant protections to fully function. #VanRE #Vancouver

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

We are ecstatic to announce that today marks the end of our role as City Duo. We are now forever a City Trio! Our new addition joined us today, but they won't be posting until sometime after they learn their first words.

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

The long promised Olympic Village Elementary School is finally on its way to becoming a reality. With space for 630 students, it’s 5 meters taller than first planned, meaning construction can only start after a lengthy rezoning review, & city council’s approval #Vancouver #OurVSB

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Even #Vancouver’s own real estate division isn’t immune from the demands of its planning department as “negotiations” have led to the elimination of 47 homes / ~20,000 sq.ft. of residential space from the city-owned rental buildings proposed at Burrard & Pacific #VanRe #VanCre

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

We’re excited to reveal that plans are in the works to split #Vancouver’s old Nordstrom into several new stores, & create a new entrance to Granville Plaza. Like with Mark Twain, the rumours of Downtown’s demise may be a little premature. #VanRe #VanCre

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Though it was limited to avoid shadowing Robson Park, this proposal has grown from a 2020 mid-rise concept to include 286 market rental, 41 below-market rental homes, & a 20 space daycare. That’s thanks to the #BroadwayPlan, & adding in a couple adjacent lots. #Vancouver #VanRE

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Thanks to recent updates to the #BroadwayPlan a proposed 10 floor office tower at Cambie & W 7th Ave has been scrapped in favour of a new zero-displacement 33 storey building with 170 market, & 42 below-market rental homes, atop 4 floors of office space. #VanRe #VanCre #Vancouver

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

For the first time in over 17 years a rezoning application has been submitted in First Shaughnessy. With 31 rental townhomes planned at the NE corner of W King Ed & Granville, it’s twice as large as a 2008 building that outraged hundreds of affluent homeowners. #Vancouver #VanRe

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

A total of 319 multiplex applications have been submitted in the 16 months since #Vancouver’s R1-1 policy came into effect, with only one enabled by Bill 44. Yet, less than 16%, totalling a meagre 204 homes, have been issued a permit. #VanRE #BCPoli

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

As international events continue to flock to #Vancouver, large cutbacks have been made to a 32 floor hotel first proposed at W Pender & Richards in 2023. Yet, this latest attempt to appease the UDP, and city staff, isn’t the only significant change in its design. #VanRE #VanCRE

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Land Ho! Thar be a rezoning for a floating hotel proposed off the shore of #Vancouver’s Convention Centre. With 250 rooms, restaurants, shops, & public viewing deck, can it arrive before the #2026WorldCup? Or will landlubbers flog it down? #VanRE #VanCre plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public/Defau...

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

In hopes of providing a way for their children to remain in #Vancouver, the parents at 3581 E 45th Ave submitted plans to turn their home into a multiplex, only for their dreams to turn into a nightmare in May 2024. #VanRe

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

While too small for a trolley line, this site’s proximity to #GranvilleIsland may make it the perfect location for this proposed #MassTimber hotel. At 18 floors, it also offers a mix of office, & light industrial space as envisioned by the #BroadwayPlan. #VanRe #VanCre #Vancouver

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

How hard is it to build housing in West Vancouver? Well this 2024 proposal for a single family home originally included a coach house, but it was eliminated due to public feedback. A second open house will be held Jan 8 to see if any further revisions are demanded. #VanRe #WestVan

4798 The Highway - Second Concept Coach House Removed

4798 The Highway - First Concept With Coach House

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

For those eager to learn more about the upcoming demolition of the former 4 Seasons Hotel, or the alterations to the old Nordstrom’s space, here are the official permits from the city’s database. #Vancouver #VanCre #VanRE plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public/Defau... plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public/Defau...

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City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

The Broadway Plan updates go to city council tomorrow, & over 130 people have already registered to speak. Make sure your voice is heard too by signing up at the link below before 5pm today. #Vancouver #VanRe vancouver.ca/your-governm...

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Request to speak at a Council meeting

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