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Common questions

Is a unit in Shangri-La or One Wall Centre a normal strata purchase?

The residential floors are strata condominiums (Shangri-La: 307 residential units in two separate stratas above a hotel; One Wall Centre: 74 condos on floors 31–48 above a hotel), but the building's hotel and commercial components mean the Form B, the air-space parcels and the cost-sharing agreements need reading, not just the suite documents.

Can I rent out a Downtown condo?

For a long-term tenancy, yes — rental-restriction bylaws have been unenforceable since November 24, 2022. Short-term rentals are a separate question: stratas can still restrict them and Vancouver licences them. The Empty Homes Tax declaration applies if the unit sits empty instead.

Why is this Downtown tower filed under a different name in my search?

Vancouver House listings say "Yaletown," Shangri-La listings say "West End VW," and Fairmont Pacific Rim listings say "Coal Harbour" — search by building name and address, not sub-area alone.

Are there leasehold condos downtown?

Tenure for a specific Downtown building: confirm Freehold Strata on title — the counted buildings above are each recorded as Freehold Strata in their sources.

Which schools serve a Downtown address?

SD39 catchments are address-based. The two VSB elementaries located in Downtown are Elsie Roy (150 Drake Street) and Crosstown šxʷwəq̓ʷəθət (55 Expo Boulevard); no public secondary school inside the local area was confirmed pass. Run the building's exact address in the VSB locator.

A listing calls a Yaletown unit a "townhouse." What am I actually buying?

A strata lot in an apartment tower — MLS sub-type "Townhouse" describes the unit's two-level, ground-oriented layout, but built form governs: your strata is the tower, with its depreciation report, CRF and levy history. Read the tower's Form B package, not a townhouse-complex package.

Can I rent out a Downtown unit long-term?

Under provincial law, strata rental-restriction bylaws have been void since Nov 24, 2022, even where a listing still prints one. Short-term rentals can still be restricted by bylaw — and the City's Empty Homes Tax declaration is a separate annual filing every owner must make.

Is Downtown an official City of Vancouver area, and is the West End part of it?

Downtown is one of the City's 22 distinct local areas; the West End is a separate official local area west of Downtown and is not part of Downtown.

Which sub-neighbourhoods sit inside Downtown?

Yaletown and Gastown sit inside the Downtown local area; the Downtown Eastside and Chinatown need qualification — the City's Strathcona page states Strathcona includes the Downtown Eastside, at the east side of the Downtown local area.

Which schools are located in Downtown?

Two VSB elementaries — Elsie Roy, 150 Drake Street, and Crosstown šxʷwəq̓ʷəθət, 55 Expo Boulevard.

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Condo buildings in Downtown

The West End is its own separate official local area and its stock is not imported here. (4) This is the densest condo stock in the region: the list below is a selective, verified set of major named towers, not an exhaustive census.

Living Shangri-La (Shangri-La Vancouver) — 1128 West Georgia Street and 1111 Alberni Street (Westbank)

A 62-storey mixed-use tower completed 2008: a 119-room hotel and offices on the first 15 floors, with 307 residential units above — 234 general live-work homes on floors 16 to 43 and 63 private-access residences on floors 44–60 plus penthouses — in two separate stratas. Current listings record Title to Land as Freehold Strata and year built 2008.

Vancouver House — 1480 Howe Street (Westbank)

The twisting Bjarke Ingels Group tower in the Beach District at the Granville Street bridgehead: the presale source records 548 units in a 52-storey tower and 9-storey podium, while an earlier project source records 502 units — sources give different unit counts. Completion: the building directory records built 2019, while the project history records completion postponed to summer 2020 and current listings record year built 2020 — 2020 is used here, though some sources differ.

One Burrard Place — 1289 Hornby Street (Reliance Properties and Jim Pattison Group)

A 60-storey tower at Hornby and Drake: the building directory lists 394 homes in 60 storeys, Freehold Strata title, Strata Plan EPS8296. Sources differ on the completion year: a furnished-rental source gives built 2021, while current listings and the building directory give 2022.

One Wall Centre — 1088 Burrard Street (Wall Financial Corporation)

A 48-storey mixed-use tower completed 2001: the first 27 floors are the Sheraton hotel, floors 28–30 are resort floors operated independently of the hotel, and floors 31–48 are residential condominiums — 74 condo units.

Woodward's W-43 (W Building) — 128 West Cordova Street

The 43-storey west tower of the Woodward's redevelopment in Gastown, Strata Plan BCS3528, Freehold Strata per listings: 366 residences. Sources differ on the completion year: the building directory and listings record built 2009, while the project history records completed 2010. A current listing describes pets and rentals as allowed; the rental rules are governed by the post-2022 provincial law.

Capitol Residences — 833 Seymour Street (Wall Financial Corporation)

A 41-level concrete tower at Seymour and Robson, Strata Plan BCS3995, built 2011 per the building directory (some listings record 2010): 372 units in development and in strata.

TELUS Garden Residences — 777 Richards Street (Westbank)

The residential tower of the TELUS Garden project: 46 floors, completed 2016, LEED Gold certification for the residential tower per the tallest-buildings record. A current listing describes 24-hour concierge, outdoor heated pool, hot tub, sauna, fitness centre and yoga studio.

Streets, schools and getting around Downtown

  • Downtown is the downtown peninsula: the primary business district between Burrard Inlet and False Creek, bounded by Burrard Inlet on the north, False Creek and Yaletown to the south, the West End and Stanley Park to the west, and Gastown, Chinatown and Strathcona to the east.
  • Where the condo stock concentrates: almost everywhere in the local area — the housing form is strata apartment towers, from the Georgia / Granville CBD core (Shangri-La, One Burrard Place, Capitol Residences, TELUS Garden) to Yaletown at the south shore (Vancouver House at the Granville bridgehead) and Gastown at the east edge (Woodward's). Detached houses are not a Downtown housing form.
  • Main streets: West Georgia, Granville, Burrard, Howe, Hastings, Pender and Cordova Streets.
  • Transit: Downtown is the hub where the Expo Line, Millennium Line and Canada Line meet — Waterfront, Burrard, Granville and Stadium-Chinatown stations serve the local area; the R5 Hastings St RapidBus terminates at Burrard Station.

Local rules that affect condo buyers in Downtown

  • Additional school tax: at Downtown price points the Province's additional school tax can apply — 0.2% on the residential portion of assessed value between $3 million and $4 million and 0.4% on the portion above $4 million for 2026, rising to 0.3% and 0.6% on January 1, 2027.
  • District energy charges: several Downtown towers sit on district-energy or ambient systems and the charge can sit outside the strata fee.

Good to know about Downtown

  • Shangri-La's condos are two stratas, not one. The tower's 307 residential units split into 234 live-work homes (floors 16–43) and 63 private-access residences (floors 44–60) in two separate stratas — a unit's floor determines which strata corporation, budget and depreciation report govern it.
  • One Wall Centre's middle floors are neither hotel nor condo. Floors 28–30 are resort floors operated independently of the Sheraton below them, between the 27 hotel floors and the 74 condos on floors 31–48 — three tenures stacked in one tower.
  • The city centre moved uphill. The City states growth moved the centre from Water and Cordova Streets up to Georgia and Granville Streets after incorporation — the reason Gastown stock (Woodward's, 2009/2010) and CBD stock (Capitol Residences, 2011) read as different eras of the same local area.
  • Downtown has elementaries but no confirmed secondary. Elsie Roy and Crosstown elementaries sit inside the local area, but no public secondary school inside Downtown is confirmed — a family buyer's catchment answer comes only from running the address in the VSB locator.
  • The False Creek floodplain touches the south shore of the peninsula. The City's designated floodplain includes the False Creek coastal floodplain, with Building By-law setback and flood construction level requirements for parcels in it — relevant to Yaletown and Beach District parkades, including Vancouver House's.
  • Vancouver Central Library is the civic anchor. Vancouver Public Library Central Library at 350 West Georgia Street sits in the middle of the CBD condo cluster — the nearest thing Downtown has to a community centre pass, which confirmed no park, community centre or pool inside the local area by name on a City page.

The province-wide rules are on one page: BC condo buying rules.

Sources for the condo notes on Downtown

Townhome complexes in Downtown

The West End is its own separate official local area and its stock is not imported here.

Streets, schools and transit near Downtown townhomes

  • The City describes Downtown as the primary business district between Burrard Inlet and False Creek, at the city's core.
  • Townhouse-form units exist mainly as ground-oriented podium units inside tower strata.
  • Library and hospital anchors: Vancouver Public Library Central Library, 350 West Georgia Street, is Downtown; no hospital located inside the Downtown local area was confirmed — Vancouver General Hospital, 899 West 12th Avenue, is in Fairview, across False Creek.

Local rules that affect townhome buyers in Downtown

  • There is no strata townhouse complex to diligence here — the diligence is tower diligence: A Downtown ground-oriented unit is a strata lot in an apartment tower, so the full apartment-strata package governs: Form B Information Certificate under Strata Property Act s. 59 — monthly strata fees, amounts owing, approved special levies still payable, the CRF balance and an insurance summary, with the rules, current budget, any Rental Disclosure Statement and the most recent depreciation report attached; provided within 7 days, maximum $35 plus up to 25 cents per page.
  • Heritage controls: the City's heritage areas work gives regulations for Gastown, Chinatown and Yaletown — Gastown is north of Hastings Street between Richards and Main Streets, and Yaletown is bordered by Homer and Nelson Streets to the north and east and Cambie, Mainland and Drake Streets to the south and west; heritage rules affect renovation and alteration plans for older ground-oriented units.
  • Property tax calendar: City of Vancouver 2026 advance taxes were due February 3, 2026 and main taxes July 3, 2026, with a 5% penalty on the unpaid balance after each due date; the home owner grant was also due July 3, 2026. The Province's additional school tax can also apply at Downtown price points — 0.2% on the residential portion of assessed value between $3 million and $4 million and 0.4% on the portion above $4 million for 2026.
  • Presales (REDMA), where a Downtown presale is bought: the buyer must receive the developer's disclosure statement (REDMA s. 18) and has a 7-day rescission period from the later of signing or acknowledging it (REDMA s. 21), with deposits in trust. No known Downtown presale is carried in, so this is the standing frame only.

Good to know about Downtown townhomes

  • Downtown began as Granville, now Gastown. The City states Vancouver began as a collection of buildings called Granville on Burrard Inlet, competing to be the west coast terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway; growth later moved the city centre from Water and Cordova Streets up to Georgia and Granville Streets — the layer cake a Downtown buyer is pricing, from heritage warehouse conversions to new towers.
  • No secondary school was confirmed inside the local area. The VSB neighbourhood list names only the two elementary schools under Downtown — families pricing a Downtown home on a secondary catchment are pricing an address outside the local area's own school list, and must run the locator.
  • The False Creek floodplain touches the south shore. The City's designated floodplain includes the False Creek coastal floodplain, with Building By-law setback and flood construction level requirements — ground-level Yaletown units sit closest to that line, and the building's insurance and strata documents should be read against it.
  • The additional school tax starts at $3 million. At Downtown penthouse and townhouse-form price points the Province's additional school tax can apply — 0.2% on the residential portion between $3 million and $4 million and 0.4% above $4 million for 2026, rising to 0.3% and 0.6% on January 1, 2027.

The province-wide rules are on one page: BC townhome buying rules.

Sources for the townhome notes on Downtown

Lots and land in Downtown

Fee-simple lots

  • No fee-simple house-lot stock exists to document: the Downtown District (DD) schedule permits the uses in the Downtown District Official Development Plan — commercial, residential, institutional and light industrial uses, parks and open spaces, and public uses — within a district the City describes as the primary business district; the housing form is overwhelmingly strata condominium, with rental apartment buildings and hotel and office strata also in the mix. There is no historic house-lot fabric to describe — the peninsula's lot fabric is commercial and strata parcels.
  • Lot character — district minimums, as the schedules state them: Downtown parcels are governed by the DD, CD-1 and C-3A districts rather than house-lot minimums. CD-1 districts are site-specific comprehensive development districts — the parcel's own CD-1 bylaw, not a district-wide table, states what its land can hold.
  • Serviced position: Downtown homes are on City water and sewer services, as fully urban serviced stock.

Bare-land strata

  • No bare-land strata plan or bare-land strata community in Downtown was verified

Named developments

  • Shangri-La Vancouver (Westbank) — Alberni Street at West Georgia Street; Vancouver House (Westbank) — in the Beach District at the Granville Street bridgehead: No lot count is taken from either, and neither is a land offering.
  • Assemblies / development sites / rezoning proposals
  • Downtown presale history sells strata units and airspace parcels, not lots.
  • Streets, schools and transit near Downtown lots

    Sub-neighbourhoods
    Yaletown and Gastown sit inside the Downtown local area. Chinatown and the Downtown Eastside need care — the City's Strathcona page states Strathcona includes the Downtown Eastside and False Creek Flats, so the Downtown Eastside sits at the east side of the Downtown local area and overlaps into Strathcona, which is its own official local area; neither is presented here as simply "in Downtown" without that qualification.
    Nearby areas
    West End (west), Strathcona (east), Mount Pleasant and Fairview (south, across False Creek), and Kitsilano (south-west, across False Creek).
    Roads and transit
    West Georgia Street, Granville Street, Burrard Street, Howe Street, Hastings Street, Pender Street and Cordova Street are the downtown streets named in City and TransLink sources; the City's history names Georgia and Granville as the city-centre streets, and Water and Cordova as the earlier centre. Downtown is the hub where the Expo Line, Millennium Line and Canada Line meet — Waterfront, Burrard, Granville and Stadium-Chinatown stations serve the local area; the R5 Hastings St RapidBus runs from Burrard Station to SFU Exchange, and route 22 runs from Burrard Station toward Knight Street and Richmond.
  • Local rules that affect land buyers in Downtown

    Zoning framework
    the Downtown District (DD) schedule of Zoning and Development By-law No. 3575 governs much of the area — the only permitted uses are those in the Downtown District Official Development Plan (commercial, residential, institutional and light industrial uses, parks and open spaces, and public uses), with development permits approved by the Development Permit Board or the Director of Planning as the schedule states; CD-1 comprehensive development districts and C-3A districts also apply in parts of the area.
    SSMUH position
    the provincial small-scale multi-unit housing framework is a house-lot framework. Density here is set by the DD/CD-1 position of the specific parcel, not by a lot-size table — never quote an R1-1 multiplex figure for a Downtown parcel.
    Additional school tax
    at Downtown price points the Province's additional school tax can apply — 0.2% on the residential portion of assessed value between $3 million and $4 million and 0.4% on the portion above $4 million for 2026, rising to 0.3% and 0.6% on January 1, 2027.

Good to know about Downtown lots

  • The city centre moved uphill, and the heritage map still shows it: the City states Vancouver began as Granville, now Gastown, on Burrard Inlet, and growth moved the centre from Water and Cordova Streets up to Georgia and Granville Streets after incorporation — the Gastown heritage regulations at the area's east edge and the Georgia/Granville commercial core are the two ends of that one move.

The province-wide rules are on one page: BC land buying rules.

Sources for the land notes on Downtown

What's nearby Downtown Vancouver East

Times are from OpenStreetMap routing, November 2026.

Transit

  • Nearest rapid station: Stadium-Chinatown Station (Expo Line).
  • Route 23 Main Street Station, via Abbott, Keefer, Quebec and National, TransLink.

Parks and recreation

  • Andy Livingstone Park, 89 Expo Blvd, with sports fields and a playground.
  • Vancouver Public Library, Central Library, 350 West Georgia Street.

Schools

  • šxʷwəq̓ʷəθət Crosstown Elementary, grades K-7, 55 Expo Blvd, School District 39 Vancouver; confirm the catchment with the district.
  • Lord Strathcona Community Elementary, grades K-7, 592 Pender St E, School District 39 Vancouver; confirm the catchment with the district.
  • Britannia Community Secondary, grades 8-12, 1001 Cotton Dr, School District 39 Vancouver; confirm the catchment with the district.

Measured walking and driving times

Measured on November 2, 2026 with OpenStreetMap routing (OSRM for driving, routed-foot for walking), from šxʷwəq̓ʷəθət Crosstown Elementary, 55 Expo Blvd
ToHowMinutesDistance (km)
Andy Livingstone ParkWalk30.2
T&T Supermarket, 179 Keefer PlaceWalk50.4
Stadium-Chinatown StationDrive20.6
Central Library, 350 West Georgia StreetDrive41.6

Sources for what’s nearby

What's nearby, building by building

Times are from OpenStreetMap routing from each building’s address, November 2026.

  • Capitol Residences, 833 Seymour Street

    Transit
    Nearest rapid station: Granville Station (SkyTrain, Expo Line), listed in TransLink's SkyTrain timetable. Route 44 UBC / Downtown, via Burrard Street, Pender Street and Seymour Street to Hastings Street, TransLink. Route 5 Robson / Downtown, via Burrard Station and Robson Street, TransLink.
    Parks and recreation
    Emery Barnes Park, 1170 Richards Street, Vancouver: City park with a playground and off-leash dog area, per the Vancouver Park Board park finder. Vancouver Public Library, Central Library, 350 West Georgia Street.
    Schools
    šxʷwəq̓ʷəθət Crosstown Elementary, grades K-7, 55 Expo Blvd, School District 39 Vancouver. Elsie Roy Elementary, grades K-7, 150 Drake St, School District 39 Vancouver.
    Shopping
    CF Pacific Centre, 701 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, per the centre's own site.
  • Living Shangri-La, 1128 West Georgia Street

    Transit
    Nearest rapid station: Burrard Station (SkyTrain, Expo Line), listed in TransLink's SkyTrain timetable. Route 2 Burrard Station, via Macdonald Street, Cornwall Avenue and Burrard Street, TransLink.
    Parks and recreation
    Nelson Park, 1030 Bute Street, Vancouver: City park, per the Vancouver Park Board park finder. Harbour Green Park, 1199 West Cordova Street, Vancouver: City waterfront park, per the City park finder.
    Schools
    Lord Roberts Elementary, grades K-7, 1100 Bidwell St, School District 39 Vancouver. King George Secondary, grades 8-12, 1755 Barclay St, School District 39 Vancouver.
  • One Burrard Place, 1289 Hornby Street

    Transit
    Nearest rapid station: Burrard Station (Expo Line). Route 2 Burrard Station, via Burrard and Dunsmuir to Thurlow (Burrard Station). Route 5 Robson, via Burrard St (Burrard Station), Robson and Denman.
    Parks and recreation
    Emery Barnes Park, 1170 Richards St. Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews.
    Schools
    Elsie Roy Elementary, K-7, 150 Drake St, School District 39 Vancouver; confirm the catchment with the district. King George Secondary, 8-12, 1755 Barclay St, School District 39 Vancouver; confirm the catchment with the district. Pattison High School, 10-12, 981 Nelson St, independent; confirm the catchment with the district.
    Shopping
    IGA, 110-909 Burrard Street, per the retailer's own store page.

One Wall Centre, 1088 Burrard Street

  • Parks and recreation: Nelson Park, 1030 Bute St.
  • Schools: Lord Roberts Elementary, K-7, 1100 Bidwell St, School District 39 Vancouver; confirm the catchment with the district.
  • TELUS Garden Residences, 777 Richards Street

    Transit
    Nearest rapid station: Vancouver City Centre Station (Canada Line). Route 5 Robson, from Cambie at Dunsmuir via Cambie, Pender and Burrard St. Route 6, from Cambie at Dunsmuir via Cambie, Pacific and Davie (Yaletown-Roundhouse Station).
    Schools
    šxʷwəq̓ʷəθət Crosstown Elementary, K-7, 55 Expo Blvd, School District 39 Vancouver; confirm the catchment with the district. Alexander Academy, 10-12, 570 Dunsmuir St Suite 400, independent; confirm the catchment with the district.
    Shopping
    CF Pacific Centre, 701 West Georgia Street, per the centre's own site.

Vancouver House, 1480 Howe Street

  • Transit: Nearest rapid station: Yaletown-Roundhouse Station (Canada Line). Route 6, from Cambie at Dunsmuir via Cambie, Pacific and Davie (Yaletown-Roundhouse Station) to Denman. Route 23 Main Street Station, via Abbott, Keefer, Quebec and National.
  • Parks and recreation: George Wainborn Park, 450 Beach Crescent. David Lam Park, 1300 Pacific Blvd.
  • Woodward's W-43, 128 West Cordova Street

    Transit
    Nearest rapid station: Waterfront Station (Expo Line, Canada Line). R5 Hastings Street to Burrard Station, via Hastings, Howe and Dunsmuir. Route 22, from Burrard Station via Melville, Thurlow, Pender and Gore.
    Parks and recreation
    Andy Livingstone Park, 89 Expo Blvd.
    Schools
    Lord Strathcona Community Elementary, K-7, 592 Pender St E, School District 39 Vancouver; confirm the catchment with the district. Columbia Academy, 8-12, 602 West Hastings St, independent; confirm the catchment with the district.

Measured walking and driving times from each building

Measured on November 2, 2026 with OpenStreetMap routing (OSRM for driving, routed-foot for walking), starting at each building’s address
BuildingToHowMinutesDistance (km)
Capitol ResidencesCentral Library, 350 West Georgia StreetWalk50.4
Capitol ResidencesGranville StationWalk60.4
Capitol ResidencesEmery Barnes Park, 1170 Richards StreetWalk80.6
Living Shangri-LaUrban Fare, 1133 Alberni StreetWalk30.2
Living Shangri-LaBurrard StationWalk50.4
Living Shangri-LaNelson Park, 1030 Bute StreetWalk90.7
One Burrard PlaceEmery Barnes ParkWalk70.5
One Burrard PlaceIGA, 909 Burrard StreetWalk90.7
One Burrard PlaceElsie Roy Elementary, 150 Drake StWalk120.9
One Wall CentreIGA, 909 Burrard StreetWalk30.3
One Wall CentreNelson Park, 1030 Bute StWalk60.5
One Wall CentreBurrard StationWalk120.9
TELUS Garden ResidencesCentral Library, 350 West Georgia StreetWalk30.2
TELUS Garden ResidencesVancouver City Centre StationWalk40.3
TELUS Garden ResidencesCF Pacific Centre, 701 West Georgia StreetWalk50.4
Vancouver HouseGeorge Wainborn Park, 450 Beach CrescentWalk40.3
Vancouver HouseRoundhouse Community Centre, 181 Roundhouse MewsWalk120.9
Vancouver HouseYaletown-Roundhouse StationWalk131.0
Woodward's W-43Nesters Market, 333 Abbott StreetWalk20.2
Woodward's W-43Waterfront StationWalk70.5
Woodward's W-43šxʷwəq̓ʷəθət Crosstown Elementary, 55 Expo BlvdWalk90.6

Sources for what’s nearby each building

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