Metro Vancouver Hotel & Short Term Rental Market Discussion - Page 17

hollywoodnorth · #**321** Posted **Aug 8, 2026, 5:47 AM**

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/2538-birch

This application was approved by Council following the Public Hearings on July 23 and July 27, 2026.

Hotel conversion approved for this new build tower!

Feathered Friend · #**322** Posted **Aug 17, 2026, 1:51 AM**

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Development Permit Application DP-2026-00484
Application Date: Jun, 15, 2026
Details
Primary Location: 1965 W BROADWAY, Vancouver, BC V6J 1Z3
Specific Location:
Work Description: interior alteration and change the use from School use to Hotel use on the second level of this existing 2-storey mixed-use commercial building.
Type of Work: Addition / Alteration

https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public/Default.aspx?PossePresentation=Guest&PosseObjectId=299430253

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Development Permit Application DP-2026-00577
Application Date: Jul, 13, 2026
Primary Location: 2339 MAIN STREET, Vancouver, BC V5T 3C9
Work Description: To change the use from dwelling use to hotel use on the second and third floor of this existing mixed-use building, with surface parking level having vehicular access from the lane.
DB-2025-04895 - Minor Renovation BP ISSUED
Type of Work: Addition / Alteration

https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public/Default.aspx?PossePresentation=Guest&PosseObjectId=301288040

csbvan · #**323** Posted **Aug 17, 2026, 4:36 AM**

Nice to see these small hotels in neighbourhoods like Mt Pleasant and Kits. Small-scale and more budget-friendly hotels are needed too.

whatnext · #**324** Posted **Aug 17, 2026, 4:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by Feathered Friend

https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public/Default.aspx?PossePresentation=Guest&PosseObjectId=299430253

https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public/Default.aspx?PossePresentation=Guest&PosseObjectId=301288040

2339 Main is bizarre. And I thought we were in a “housing crisis”? Why would they approve losing affordable rentals for a few oddly placed hotel rooms?

Changing City · #**325** Posted **Aug 17, 2026, 5:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

2339 Main is bizarre. And I thought we were in a “housing crisis”? Why would they approve losing affordable rentals for a few oddly placed hotel rooms?

Hotels are a permitted use in the zone here. City Council approved new policy last year to help address Vancouver's hotel room shortage - so there's also a perceived "hotel rooms crisis".

WarrenC12 · #**326** Posted **Aug 17, 2026, 3:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by csbvan

Nice to see these small hotels in neighbourhoods like Mt Pleasant and Kits. Small-scale and more budget-friendly hotels are needed too.

I would say small = boutique, not budget friendly.

Think Opus in Yaletown.

WarrenC12 · #**327** Posted **Aug 17, 2026, 3:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

2339 Main is bizarre. And I thought we were in a “housing crisis”? Why would they approve losing affordable rentals for a few oddly placed hotel rooms?

But you think we aren't in a housing crisis. Will the whining ever cease?

csbvan · #**328** Posted **Aug 17, 2026, 5:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by WarrenC12

I would say small = boutique, not budget friendly.

Think Opus in Yaletown.

Sometimes yes, but these (especially the one on Broadway) seem like they will be more rudimentary. The West Broadway building in particular, it's a small 2-storey office/institutional use currently. I can't see more than a few rooms.

chowhou · #**329** Posted **Aug 17, 2026, 5:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by WarrenC12

I would say small = boutique, not budget friendly.

Think Opus in Yaletown.

Capsule hotels tend to be on the small and budget friendly side.

Changing City · #**330** Posted **Aug 17, 2026, 5:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by csbvan

Sometimes yes, but these (especially the one on Broadway) seem like they will be more rudimentary. The West Broadway building in particular, it's a small 2-storey office/institutional use currently. I can't see more than a few rooms.

Kalido's 'Block House' only has 19 rooms, in a converted office building in Gastown, but they're asking $500 and up a night. Viaggio's Modo Hotel that just opened in a converted SRO on Granville have some smaller, micro rooms that are $250+, and regular c 200 sf rooms are $400.

The West Broadway building probably only has 2,000 sf of second floor space, so will be pretty limited in scope. It was a Jewish Community Centre (above a kosher restaurant), so the conversion won't be as easy as a previous residential building.

jollyburger · #**331** Posted **Aug 17, 2026, 5:52 PM**

Maybe the Main Street project will be another Carmana with Peterson behind it. They seem to also own Porter 2 next door?

https://www.apartments.com/porter-2-vancouver-bc/gnwzdwz/

whatnext · #**332** Posted **Aug 18, 2026, 3:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/2538-birch

This application was approved by Council following the Public Hearings on July 23 and July 27, 2026.

Hotel conversion approved for this new build tower!

I'm curious, why doesn't this woebegone project have its own thread?

Changing City · #**333** Posted **Aug 18, 2026, 3:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

I'm curious, why doesn't this woebegone project have its own thread?

Because you never made one?

officedweller · #**334** Posted **Aug 18, 2026, 5:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

I'm curious, why doesn't this woebegone project have its own thread?

There's a trade-off between convenience and dogmatism (if that's a word).
This forum like grouping areas in omnibus threads for projects that are 'minor' or not updated often. That makes it hard to find posts afterwards.
Forums like Urban Toronto are dogmatic in having a thread for each project by address which makes it hard to find the thread to add a post if there's only an update every few months.
So the general threads make it easier to post and the forum isn't clogged up by minor projects.
You can see a bit of that with the number of separate threads for the various Metrotown projects.