Renfrew–Collingwood, the second most populous Vancouver neighbourhood after Downtown, had over 50,000 residents in the 2011 Census. A large, diverse eastside neighbourhood on the Vancouver-Burnaby boundary with substantial business centers and some fast-growing residential sectors, this neighbourhood had a population of 44,950 in 2001, 43.6 percent of whom then spoke Chinese as their first language. Canada’s 2011 census reported only 28 per cent of Renfrew-Collingwood residents as native English speakers. Chinese, Filipino, and Vietnamese are the languages heard most often on the streets.
Renfrew–Collingwood’s northern border is Broadway, East 41st Avenue is on the south, Nanaimo Street on the west, and Boundary Road on the east. Kingsway runs through the southern part of the neighbourhood, Grandview Highway through the middle, and the Trans-Canada Highway through the northeast corner.
History
In 1861, Colonel Richard Moody built a military trail through the area from New Westminster to English Bay. By 1891, Canada’s first electric interurban railway along Vanness Avenue connected Vancouver’s Downtown to New Westminster and opened the area to what became the thriving community of Collingwood near the present intersection with Joyce Street, and to the north the Renfrew district began to grow in the 1920s.
Over the years, the two areas grew together with commercial developments along Kingsway, Grandview Highway, and Boundary Road and growing numbers of condominiums and multi-family residential developments joining traditional single-family homes throughout. Two SkyTrain lines, five stations, and interconnecting bus routes now serve neighbourhood transit needs well. Many immigrants find Renfrew-Collingwood attractive for that reason.
In 2007, the City of Vancouver announced several neighbourhood centre programs as parts of an Eco-Density initiative to rezone Renfrew–Collingwood from single-family to duplex with rowhouses along busy streets to increase density and encourage commercial development along Earles and Rupert streets. The plan is controversial; many residents want their neighbourhood to retain its traditional single-family home character.
The Collingwood Village community around the Joyce-Collingwood SkyTrain station is a story of successful redevelopment that might be instructive in the ongoing unrest over plans to redevelop neighbourhoods across the city. Renfrew-Collingwood once faced the unpleasant prospect of too many people packed into multifamily homes, but residents worked with the city government and a sympathetic developer to reach a satisfactory result. A new daycare facility was a welcome amenity.
Completed in 2006, Collingwood Village was the largest master-planned community in British Columbia at that time. The developer constructed 16 condominium and rental buildings of four-storey town homes and mid- and high-rise apartments. Since the 1990s, 2,700 new homes have gone up on what had been industrial land south of Vanness Avenue and east of Joyce Street. Kingsway shops and services are a few blocks south. More than a quarter of the community is parkland.
In 2011, the city council approved a rezoning proposal for 33 parcels of land east of Collingwood Village within Boundary Road, Vanness Avenue, and Ormidale Street to be developed as Wall Centre Central Park, three residential towers of 28, 29, and 30 storeys, all higher than any present Collingwood Village structure. In April 2013 the first 623 units went on sale, almost half priced under $300,000.
DEVELOPER ALERT! LAND ASSEMBLY. Entire block of Queens Ave - 6 houses on 6 lots totaling approximately 32,000 sq ft. Rezoned by the city. Approx. a 4 storey residential building can be developed. Steps away from Joyce-Collingwood skytrain station, all major banks, restaurants, grocery stores, schools and much more nearby! Call today for more information.More details
Investor or developer ALERT. The City of Vancouver has zoned this property and the neighbouring properties 140 feet 4.5 FSR mid rise. Steps from Joyce Collingwood Skytrain Station & Westbank's 30 story tower.More details
LAND ASSEMBLY. Entire 3500 block of Wellington (3520 & 3524 & 3528) - 3 houses on 3 lots totalling approximately 14,355 sq ft. Rezoned by the city and can be built 4 storeys residential. Steps away from Joyce-Collingwood skytrain station , all major banks, restaurants, grocery stores, schools and much more nearby! Call today from more information.More details
LAND ASSEMBLY. Entire 3500 block of Wellington (3520 & 3524 & 3528) - 3 houses on 3 lots totalling approximately 14,355 sq ft. Rezoned by the city and can be built 4 storeys residential. Steps away from Joyce-Collingwood skytrain station , all major banks, restaurants, grocery stores, schools and much more nearby! Call today for more information.More details
LAND ASSEMBLY. Entire 3500 block of Wellington (3520 & 3524 & 3528) - 3 houses on 3 lots totalling approximately 14,355 sq ft. Rezoned by the city and can be built 4 storeys residential. Steps away from Joyce-Collingwood skytrain station , all major banks, restaurants, grocery stores, schools and much more nearby! Call today for more information.More details
4 lot land assembly on Boundary Road near Rae Ave & Joyce Skytrain. Approx. 18693 sf with all 4 lots combined. Official community plan is for 3 ½ story multi family development & 1.45 floor space ratio. All houses are in good condition and could be held and rented, or developed immediately.More details
Investor or developer ALERT. The City of Vancouver has zoned this property and the neighbouring properties 140 feet 4.5 FSR mid rise. Steps from Joyce Collingwood Skytrain Station & Westbank's 30 story tower.More details
* Investor Developer Alert * Corner lot already rezoned to RM-9BN (Residential Multiple Dwelling) to build mid-rise apartments or town homes. Lot is on the corner of Ann and Vanness, just a few steps from Joyce-Collingwood Skytrain Station. The lot is on the West side of Ann, facing East. Possibility for Land Assembly.More details
DEVELOPERS AND INVESTORS ALERT. OCP - Norquay Village Center Plan. FSR from 2.0 up to 3.8. 5287 Dundee st, 5301 Dundee st, 5264 Earles st, 5276 Earles st are also for sale on MLS. 2768,2780,2784,2790 Kingsway are also for sale on Commercial MLS. Total assembled lot size up to 41215 SQFT with 9 properties. Perfect to hold or develop.More details
Listed by RE/MAX Crest Realty
and Royal Pacific Realty Corp.