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Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin
Recently noticed this building in Mount Pleasant and thought it was an interesting infill project - a 6-storey "backyard tower". Couldn't find much info (or actual images) of the project, but it was constructed on the rear half of a standard SFH lot in a mixed-residential/industrial part of the city: https://maps.app.goo.gl/VRAo63jTQSj6YoibA
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It's been noted in the Vancouver threads, and like all recent buildings in the city's central area, is
on the Changing Vancouver blog.
It's a jewellery manufacturing building, with the showroom and office in the restored former house (that was removed from the site for construction, and then brought back and located on a new concrete footing). The bigger building behind is a new laboratory for AbCellera, a bio-tech company working with human antibodies. They're building an even bigger building next door. The area doesn't permit residential development, only a mix of office, industrial and some limited retail (associated with industrial operations). It's seen significant boost in development activity in the past few years, with a range of tenants and owners from manufacturing, (like this project), to gaming, movie special effects and animation, bio-tech and tech businesses like Hootsuite. There are also food manufacturers and several craft breweries.