VLC Properties Building
600 Drake at Seymour
Completed in 1993 by VLC Properties (established in 1989 as the
Vancouver Land Corporation and now known as Greystone), this 12-storey
building contains 193 dwelling units of market-rental housing. One
of the first of its kind, it demonstrates the type of high-density
residential form of development that is encouraged in the Downtown
South, and responds to the need for affordable, rental housing.
During the building’s planning stages there was considerable
discussion of the proposed size of the units. Considered to be small
by traditional standards, 64% of all units are less than 320 square
feet.
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