Hotel-Led Tower Cluster Wins Approval for 1,783 Units in Downtown Vancouver
Vancouver has approved Holborn Group’s plan for a four-building development anchored by a hotel tower that could reach 315 meters, which would make it Canada’s tallest building west of Toronto. Canada’s civil aviation agency has indicated the tower may need to be reduced by 27 meters, which would still leave it as western Canada’s tallest structure. Henriquez Partners Architects designed the tower with a diagonal grid exoskeleton inspired by glass sea sponges native to British Columbia’s coast. An observation deck would cap the building.
Holborn’s plan calls for three towers in a downtown cluster plus a separate building several blocks away, totaling 1,783 housing units including 237 designated for social housing. The project would also deliver 920 hotel rooms and 70,000 square feet of conference and meeting space. If built at the proposed height, the hotel would be Vancouver’s first “super-tall” structure above 300 meters. Toronto’s Pinnacle One Yonge SkyTower, a condo project nearing completion at around 350 meters, will soon become Canada’s tallest habitable building.
Vancouver has faced a real estate slowdown driven by higher interest rates, lower immigration levels, foreign investment restrictions, and broader macroeconomic pressures. Several tower proposals have failed to move forward in recent years. The Holborn approval, along with a 250-room floating hotel cleared in April, shows the city continues to advance large-scale mixed-use projects despite market headwinds. Vancouver’s glass-and-steel skyline remains a defining feature even as development activity has cooled.
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