October 21, 2020 — Four single-family lots on West 64th Avenue near Cambie and Marine Drive will be consolidated to make way for an apartment building.
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Housing
March 16, 2020 — Another new market rental housing project has been proposed for the Marpole neighbourhood in Vancouver. The redevelopment will replace a 1969-built, three-storey building with 36 units at 1325 West 70th Avenue.
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Housing
November 19, 2019 — A new building proposal promises to be the largest redevelopment for Granville Street in South Vancouver’s Marpole area since the 2015 completion of Westbank’s Granville at 70th, the redevelopment of the Safeway grocery store site.
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Commercial, Housing
August 5, 2019 — Make less than $20 per hour, or $41,600 per year? To find a place in the City of Vancouver, we need to jump to Marpole. Marpole Remainder (Marpole less Marpole South), requires a wage of $19.25 to afford the average one-bedroom. The gap between income and rent in Greater Vancouver seems to be getting wider every day.
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Housing
September 1, 2018 — Marpole, one of Vancouver’s oldest communities, is on track to become the fastest-densifying area in Vancouver. And that means there’s a lot changing. The City has approved 15 rezoning applications in principle under the Marpole Community Plan, with eight applications enacted.
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Housing
February 14, 2018 — There’s a brand new development underway in the historic neighbourhood of Marpole called 8888 Osler. A six-storey boutique collection of 76 residences in the hidden gem of Vancouver with studios, one, two, and three-bedroom homes.
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Housing
February 14, 2018 — The units in the modular apartment building set to open in Marpole this month are small, just 250 sq. feet, but each will offer a homeless person their own small kitchen and bathroom with a shower stall. Tenants will be 45 years and older, people with disabilities and homeless living in the local neighbourhood. B.C. Housing is now vetting tenants.
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Housing
February 14, 2018 — One of the city’s oldest boroughs, Marpole is home to many young families. The community plan requires that new multi-unit developments (except for seniors and supportive housing) have two- and three-bedroom units for families as both market and social housing. The area’s amenities and well-regarded schools are among the reasons it appeals to families.
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Housing
