Your new tower on Barclay Street just got the green light

Okay, let's talk about what's shifting beneath our feet here in Vancouver, particularly around the West End. On March 12th, City Council held a public hearing for a rezoning application at 2028-2038 Barclay Street. This is for a new CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) zone, essentially paving the way for a new high-rise residential building.

The vote was unanimous among those present. Mayor Kennedy Stewart, along with Councillors Melissa Klassen, Pete Meiszner, Lily Zhou, and Rebecca Bligh, all voted in favour. This means the project, which aims to add significant density to a neighbourhood already feeling the squeeze, is moving forward. It’s part of a broader trend, this steady push for more housing, but the question of *what kind* of housing, and for whom, always lingers. You see these towers rise, and you wonder who gets to call them home.

Also, on April 9th, a permit was issued for a new laneway house at 7130 Granville Street for $300,000. It’s a small, quiet addition compared to a West End tower, but it speaks to the different scales of development happening across the city.

Beautiful out here. Complicated in here. That's the coast.

Kenji Nakashima (@westcoastweird_yvr)

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