35-storey hotel and condo tower approved next to Robson Square in Downtown Vancouver

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/807-819-hornby-street-908-948-robson-street-vancouver-reliance-hotel-approved

Planned 30-storey hotel tower next to Marine Drive SkyTrain station in Vancouver

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/8555-cambie-street-vancouver-hotel-tower-breka-bakery-cafe

Major hotel and condo tower proposed for 1166 West Pender Street

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1166-west-pender-street-vancouver-hotel-condo-tower-reliance-hines-2026-concept 

Of course Vancouver still isn't allowed to have residential towers as tall as what's in Calgary and Seattle.

https://www.cedistrict.com/projects/marriott-hotel-residences 

https://majorprojects.alberta.ca/details/Stampede-Station-Hotel-Residences/11793 

https://skyscraperpage.com/b168430/calgary/w-calgary 

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=3&status=15 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Calgary#Proposed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telus_Sky 222.3 m (729 ft) vs 201 m in Vancouver.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Calgary#Tallest_buildings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainier_Square_Tower 850-foot (260 m) vs 201 m in Vancouver.

https://skyscraperpage.com/b103432/seattle/rainier-square-tower 

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=27&status=15  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Shangri-La 200.86 metres (659 ft) so, almost 201 m is the imposed height limit for Vancouver.

TSN's FIFA World Cup broadcast studio is at Jack Poole Plaza

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/tsn-ctv-fifa-world-cup-broadcast-studio-jack-poole-plaza-vancouver-construction 

Jack_Poole_Plaza provides plenty of inlet views.

https://www.vancouverconventioncentre.com/facility/spaces/outdoor-plazas 

https://do604.com/venues/jack-poole-plaza   

https://www.biv.com/news/economy-law-politics/vancouver-council-approves-250-room-floating-hotel-for-waterfront-12146901  4-15

https://www.biv.com/news/economy-law-politics/finnish-company-proposes-250-room-floating-hotel-on-vancouver-waterfront-12062760 3-26  

The unofficial Stubborn Vancouver Mind Virus was clearly against sunbornvancouver.ca .

https://www.sunbornvancouver.ca/project The pictures clearly show that the small ship hotel would hardly block out all of the views of the inlet. Its not even close in scale to the largest_cruise_ships.

https://www.sunbornvancouver.ca/public-dock Actually, a new public viewing platform would be provided with this project. 

29-storey tower with Marriott hotel and rental housing approved for Yaletown

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/888-896-cambie-street-vancouver-yaletown-marriott-hotel-rezoning-approved 

Never mind it being under 50 or 40 stories, it won't even have 30 floors. 

Burnaby's future 863-ft-tall tower in Lougheed to feature a hotel with a sky-high restaurant and bar destination on the 86th floor

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pinnacle-lougheed-burnaby-hotel-restaurant-revised-concept 

And Vancouver can't stop it, because Vancouver's restrictions have no control over Burnaby. 

Gateway landmark condo and hotel tower proposed beside Granville Street Bridge in Downtown Vancouver

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/601-beach-crescent-vancouver-condo-hotel-pinnacle-international-tower-revised-concept "The proposal now envisions a 650-ft.-tall, 67-storey tower..." 

While this would be the 2nd tallest in Vancouver, in several other cities it would just be an average tall building.

22-storey hotel with 408 affordable 'nano' pods proposed near Robson Square

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/948-howe-street-vancouver-nano-hotel-pod

Vancouver-convention-centre-floating-hotel-approved

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/sunborn-evolution-vancouver-convention-centre-floating-hotel-approved

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-bc-floating-hotel-approved-9.7164665 

https://globalnews.ca/news/11802600/floating-hotel-vancouver-harbour-approved/ 

https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/vancouver-council-approves-250-room-floating-hotel/

City of Vancouver moves to rezone 2,348 properties for rental housing and hotels

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-c-2a-rental-housing-hotels-zoning 

https://storeys.com/vancouver-hotel-development-policy-changes/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-hotel-shortage-2026-world-cup-1.7117696 

https://storeys.com/metro-vancouver-regional-district-housing/

124-148 East 6th Avenue hotel tower proposal would demovict apartment building under Broadway Plan

 https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2026/04/11/124-148-e6th-ave-hotel-tower-would-demovict-apmt-bldg/ 

Decades ago, Vancouver should have considered something like a Company_town approach, but for temporary housing. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_town#Model_company_towns 

Thus, when a developer buys a residential property for redevelopment, the current residents need temporary accommodations elsewhere. Then, either when the new development is open, a special section is reserved for the displaced residents. Or, if the developer is allowed to build a larger project, they are obliged to provide decent housing compensation at another location. 

So, if there were something like a pool of temporary company_town like housing provided by the city, the people would always have somewhere to live until the redevelopment is complete. 

Perhaps the renoviction approach was favored so as to add to the homeless numbers. 

https://www.tomorrow-building.com/richest-european-countries-more-social-housing/ 

https://www.iut.nu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Social-Housing-in-Europe.pdf 

It should be in the best interest of the city to try to retain and maintain people that exist on various levels of income.

New 189-suite Hilton hotel opens in Surrey City Centre

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/homewood-suites-hilton-surrey-health-technology-district 

What should have been at least a 65 story tower, or at least 50, is just another 25 story BC stump building.

https://surreynowleader.com/2026/03/26/extended-stay-189-suite-hotel-opens-in-surrey-health-tech-district/ 

https://engage.surrey.ca/city-centre-plan 

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/city-centre-4-office-tower-surrey-lark-group

https://www.citycentredistrict.com/ 

https://storeys.com/surrey-centre-block-office-tower While Vancouver still won't permit any office tower to have a 50 floor, Surrey had a chance to have the first 50 story office tower in BC. Now, it might only be 45 stories. 

https://investsurrey.ca/CityCentreFuture

Suite X in Vancouver, BC

https://www.fairmontpacificrim.com/stay/suite-x/

vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/viewing-room-how-douglas-coupland-shapes-spaces-in-vancouver-12068973 

https://www.fairmont.com/en/hotels/vancouver/fairmont-pacific-rim/rooms/vi1z.room.html 

https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/local-arts/step-inside-the-new-vancouver-hotel-suite-inspired-by-douglas-couplands-living-room 

https://vieamaggi.com/lifestyle/fairmont-pacific-rim-suite-x-by-douglas-coupland/ 

https://nuvomagazine.com/daily-edit/inside-suite-x-by-douglas-coupland-at-the-fairmont-pacific-rim?srsltid=AfmBOopmXWcwkuYgQlA3u6A15Wg0hY8EtRMqSIa-3fl-LYS3pHbHpu1s 

https://boldtraveller.ca/places-to-stay/hotels/hotel-reviews/vancouver-hotel-fairmont-pacific-rim-suite-x/

35-storey hotel and rental housing tower proposed for Helmcken Street in Granville Entertainment District

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1105-1109-granville-street-helmcken-vancouver-hotel-bonnis-properties

Hyatt brand coming to Listel Hotel redevelopment on Robson Street

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/hyatt-unbound-collection-listel-hotel-vancouver-robson-redevelopment

New 33-storey hotel tower for Granville Entertainment District approved

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1167-1193-granville-street-davie-vancouver-hotel-deecorp-rezoning-approved

SkyTrain's Canada Line service disruption

(service disruption ends after 14 hours) https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-canada-line-service-disruptions-january-14-2026 

For a rapid transit line that opened in 2009, on the surface, it sure wasn't designed to be an efficient high capacity line for the future. It's still just a 2 car joke of a train. Fortunately, most real cities around the world planned for not only 6 car trains, but even 8-10 car trains. 

Unfortunatly, Vancouver has been hit very hard with a multigenerational agenda of continually imposed small scale infrastructure. Vancouver has water on 3 sides, as its on a peninsula. Since the powers that be couldn't build a Boundary+Road moat or trench, the next best thing was to symbolically show the reluctance to build proper big city size infrastructure. This stunted approach to things is about symbolically holding the scale of the city back for as long as possible. 

Despite backwards Vancouver not being able to apply a castle-moat-and-drawbridge control system, the next best thing was to symbolically keep things smaller than what normal or proper big cities allow. 

Here are some of the best examples of holding the size of things back. The 3 lane joke that is the Lions+Gate+Bridge has never had a rapid transit rail tunnel and no express bus tunnel next to it. Especially, no 6 lane highway tunnel. It's a classic BC bottleneck-chokepoint, by design.

From a 3 lane joke of a bridge to a two car Canada+Line joke of a train. It met the symbolic requirement to be shorter than the LRT in Edmonton, the C Train in Calgary and the trains in Seattle and Portland. 

The+Post+building+complex could have been Vancouver's first 50 story office tower, it's not even 25 floors. It would be impressive if it were in Victoria, Kelowna, Kamloops or Prince George. That's the unfortunate thing about Vancouver, so much is done to only be impressive to small cities or towns.  

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=The+small+Westin+Bayshore+Hotel+in+Vancouver

Things have been kept so small in Vancouver throughout its history, that any big city stuff might seem overwhelming. There has been an unofficial KEEP THEM OUT mentality, but since the city cant have checkpoints, building things small symbolically demonstrates the perpetual reluctance to not allow a big city in backwater BC. 

Since Vancouver can't control Burnaby and can't stop Surrey from eventually becoming the biggest city in BC, they are able to build things on a larger scale than Vancouver.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=YVR-Canada+Line

Vancouver has 29 hotel projects totalling 5,800 rooms in development plans

 https://www.biv.com/news/real-estate/vancouver-has-29-hotel-projects-totalling-5800-rooms-in-development-pipeline-11714817

Perth New Year’s Eve Fireworks

 https://soperth.com.au/perthnews/perth-new-years-eve-fireworks-2025-2026-132795

https://www.perthnow.com.au/wa/iconic-raffles-hotel-promises-to-be-among-the-places-to-be-this-nye-for-a-great-fireworks-vantage-point-c-21094454 

https://visitperth.com/events/new-years-eve-in-the-city-2025 A nice hot summer in Perth is so much better than a cold, damp depressing winter in Vancouver, BC.

https://www.perth.wa.gov.au/news-and-updates/all-news/double-firework-spectacular-to-ring-in-2026 

The people of Perth and WA in general, are so fortunate that nothing like the Vancouver Mind Virus has ever been accepted there. 

https://www.worksafe.wa.gov.au/schedule-fireworks-events

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Perth+and+Seattle

22-storey hotel tower proposed near future Mount Pleasant SkyTrain station

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/75-east-8th-avenue-vancouver-hotel-nicola