Your city hall is tearing down a lot of houses

Seems like a lot of older homes in Vancouver are getting the wrecking ball lately, according to the building permits issued this past week. We’re seeing a cluster of demolition permits, all issued on May 22nd.

* 208 E 54th Avenue (a 1987 house)

* 7038 Main Street (another 1987 house)

* 211 E 55th Avenue (a 2001 house)

Each of those demolition permits carried a reported value of $45,000 to tear down what were relatively newer homes, built in the late 80s and early 2000s. It’s a trend you see a lot, especially along those arterial routes where density is slowly creeping in. On Fraser Street, for instance, a new two-storey duplex is going up at 5216 Fraser, valued at $800,000, replacing something else. And a new laneway house is planned for 7286 Nanaimo Street, priced at $352,000.

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

Kenji Nakashima (@westcoastweird_yvr)

The MiTL morning crew discusses this kind of thing all the time — you should tune in at mornings.live.