Woodward’s is a mixed-use, urban redevelopment project in the Gastown area of Vancouver’s east side, very close to downtown. Located on the site of the former Woodward’s department store, the redevelopment involved the demolition of several of the department store buildings, the restoration and adaptive use of one historic structure for office space, and the construction of two new residential towers, nonmarket housing units for both singles and families, new educational and cultural space for Simon Fraser University, an atrium, a daycare center, and ground-level retail space—all within the confines of a 2.32-acre site in an area with a variety of social and poverty issues. The project includes a total of 1,073,715 square feet of space.

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Format

Full



City

Vancouver



State/Province

BC



Country

Canada



Metro Area

Vancouver



Project Type

Mixed Use



Location Type

Central Business District



Land Uses

Atrium

Child Care

Civic Uses

Cultural Use

Education

Multifamily For-Sale Housing

Multifamily Rental Housing

Office

Retail

Supermarket



Keywords

Affordable housing

Healthy place features

Mixed-income housing

Pedestrian friendly

Public-private partnership

Revitalization

Social housing

Urban infill



Site Size

2.32 acres

acres hectares



Date Started

2001



Date Opened

2009





Websites

http://westbankcorp.com/woodwards

http://henriquezpartners.com/work/woodwards-redevelopment/

http://petersonbc.com/property/101-west-hastings-street-woodwards

PROJECT ADDRESS

Woodward's

128 West Cordova Street

Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 1H7

Canada

DEVELOPER

Westbank Projects Corp.

Vancouver, British Columbia

Canada

604-685-8986

http://westbankcorp.com

Peterson Investment Group Inc.

Vancouver, British Columbia

Canada

604-688-4885

http://petersonbc.com

ARCHITECT

Henriquez Partners Architects

Vancouver, British Columbia

Canada

604-687-5681

http://henriquezpartners.com

PUBLIC SECTOR/UNIVERSITY PARTNERS

City of Vancouver

Province of British Columbia

Simon Fraser University

HOUSING MANAGEMENT PARTNERS

PHS Community Services Society

Affordable Housing Society

Vancouver Resource Society

VIDEO

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