MEDIA ADVISORY - FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO MAKE HOUSING ANNOUNCEMENT IN VANCOUVER
The federal government will be making a housing announcement.
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The federal government will be making a housing announcement.
The City of Vancouver Council has approved a new housing project to be developed, designed, and delivered by an entirely female team. The housing project project by GBL Architects at 546 West 13th Avenue in Vancouver will help address women’s housing needs by providing affordable, fulfilling the team’s goal of women helping women. Soroptimist […]
The project received support from the B.C. Housing, CMHC, Vancity, the City of Vancouver and the provincial and federal governments.
The site is an eight-minute walk from the transit hub and within very close proximity to City Square shopping mall, Vancouver City Hall, and the Vancouver General Hospital campus. Currently, the property is occupied by the 1960-built, two-storey SAH with 21 units. The organization first began as a hostel in 1932 and is the first Soroptimist Club in North America to open housing for low-income senior women. Site of the existing Soroptimist Apartment House for redevelopment at 546 West 13th Avenue, Vancouver. (GBL Architects/Soroptimist International Vancouver/Purpose Driven Development) Site o...