Stylish South Granville
The Business Improvement Area
Established in 1907, the South Granville Business Improvement Area is south of Vancouver’s Downtown and north of the Kitsilano, Fairview, and Shaughnessy neighbourhoods. The area runs along Granville Street from the Granville Street Bridge over False Creek south to 16th Avenue, where the grand residences of Shaughnessy replace the shops, restaurants, and art galleries of South Granville.
When Vancouver as a city was three years old, South Granville already was an exclusive location and desirable destination before the first Granville Street Bridge went up across False Creek in 1889 to connect it to Downtown. Center Street became Granville Street in 1907. In the fall of that year, plans began for development of what would be First Shaughnessy, 423 acres between West 15th and King Edward avenues from Oak Street west to the BC Electric Railway interurban line to Lulu Island. New First Shaughnessy residents shopped on South Granville, establishing standards of high quality still extant today. Galleries and the Stanley Theatre followed, and the area acquired its cultural caché.
The Stanley Theater
The Stanley opened on the street between 11th and 12th avenues in December 1930 with a Lilian Gish movie, One Romantic Night. The Stanley was the only Vancouver theatre where juveniles could see not one but two Saturday matinees for ten cents. Granville Street and the Stanley went into decline during the ’80s, and it closed in 1991. After some talk of tearing it down, it rose again in 1997 as a fully refurbished venue for live performances. Whether for films or plays, the Stanley has been a major neighbourhood attraction, proof that the lively arts contribute much to neighbourhood prosperity and prestige.
The Granville Street Bridge
The present steel and concrete Granville Street Bridge, nearly a mile long and 90 feet high over Granville Island and False Creek, was the only eight-lane bridge on the continent outside New York City when it opened in 1954. The bridge supplanted an earlier structure that in 1909 had replaced the 1886 original.
Before construction began in 1951, politicians had tried to build a new bridge since 1945. A 1948 newspaper editorial complained that of “Vancouver’s obsolete bridges” “the Granville Bridge, because of its slippery surface, its pitted and rotted roadways, its wooden construction, its wooden approaches and the dangerous curve-in at its lift-spans mended with smooth-worn planks, is by far the worst.”
Information Links:
http://southgranville.org/
http://vancouver.ca/green-vancouver/fairview.aspx
http://www.falsecreekcc.ca
http://vancouver.ca/home-property-development/marpole-community-plan-granville.aspx
Gallery Row
In Vancouver, few would dispute that the highest concentration of art, antiques, painting, sculpture, and unique curiosities are in South Granville’s Gallery Row, the nerve centre of Vancouver’s art community for 40 years. Fourteen galleries cluster along this stretch of Granville Street between 5th Avenue and Broadway.
To list a few, Bau-Xi, the oldest contemporary gallery in Vancouver, exhibits paintings, sculpture, prints, and drawings. Heffel, “Canada’s National Fine Art Auction House” in the historic Heffel Building at 7th Avenue, displays and previews inventory in an expansive 7,500-foot space. Uno Langmann Limited specializes in European and North American paintings from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. The gallery showcases a careful selection of antique furniture, silver, and objets d’art in elegant, neo-classical surroundings. Douglas Reynolds Gallery, founded in 1995 between 7th and 8th avenues, specializes in historic and contemporary Northwest Coast aboriginal art. The gallery exhibits museum-quality artifacts of aluminum, bronze, glass, and resin in bentwood boxes, masks, and totem poles.
New South Granville Live MLS Listings
Stylish South Granville
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7531 GILBERT Road in Richmond: Granville House for sale : MLS®# R2786488
7531 GILBERT Road Richmond V7C 3W6 
$1,980,000Residential Detached- Status:
- Active
- MLS® Num:
- R2786488
- Bedrooms:
- 13
- Bathrooms:
- 9
- Floor Area:
- 3,216 sq. ft.
Great investment opportunity in Richmond's desirable Granville neighbourhood. This 3216 sq. ft home is situated on a 7700 sq. ft east facing lot, great for renting income or to build your dream home! Walking distance to Minoru Park, Richmond Library, Richmond Centre, Public transit and schools. Upstairs (total 6 rooms): A 3 bedroom + 2 bath upstairs unit with separate entrance and kitchen. With additional 3 rooms (2 en-suite)upstairs. Downstairs with 5 bedrooms (2 en-suite), 4 bath, laundry and kitchen. Bonus: Garage converted into a 2 bedroom separate unit with own laundry and kitchen. Generate $10,000 rental income monthly! More detailsListed by Sutton Group - 1st West Realty
- Aedis Realty
- 604-688-8669
- 604-657-1111
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5500 LINSCOTT Court in Richmond: Granville House for sale : MLS®# R2773639
5500 LINSCOTT Court Richmond V7C 2W9
$1,946,000Residential Detached- Status:
- Active
- MLS® Num:
- R2773639
- Bedrooms:
- 4
- Bathrooms:
- 3
- Floor Area:
- 2,590 sq. ft.
Location! Location! Location! Located in most desirable "Laurelwood" neighborhood in prestigious "Granville" area, this Well-maintained custom built home sits in the serene and safe Cul-de-sac, beautiful SQUARE LOT with no ditches and no wires. Lovely priavate backyard, and Air Conditioning!! Lots of renovation and upgrading done including roof,hot water tank,boiler,kitchen,flooring,paint and etc. Excellent school catchment, steps away from Thompson Community Center, J.R. Burnett secondary, two parks, playgrounds, tennis courts, and public transportation. Don't miss! Open house: September 24th, Sun, 2-4pm. More detailsListed by RE/MAX Crest Realty - Aedis Realty
- 604-688-8669
- 604-657-1111
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6111 NANIKA Gate in Richmond: Granville House for sale : MLS®# R2801671
6111 NANIKA Gate Richmond V7C 2W8
$1,910,000Residential Detached- Status:
- Active
- MLS® Num:
- R2801671
- Bedrooms:
- 5
- Bathrooms:
- 4
- Floor Area:
- 2,717 sq. ft.
FAMILIES/INVESTORS! Welcome to an absolutely beautifully renovated two level home located at a quiet street in central Richmond. It provides 5 large bedrooms, 3.5 bath rooms with huge living space and many updates: NEW countertop, faucet and sink. NEW window, door and wall painting. All electric appliance and carpet have been changed last year. Main level comes with 2 bedrooms mortgage helper with separate entrance! Beautiful rectangular corner lot has 70+ frontage and over 7000 sqft. Large fenced back yard gives you plenty of green space for all family activities. Great location! Brighouse Elementry across the road, theatre, hospital, swimming pool nearby, Minoru Park across the road, 10 minutes walk to richmond centre. Live in, rent out or build a dream house, you dont want to miss it! More detailsListed by RE/MAX Crest Realty - Aedis Realty
- 604-688-8669
- 604-657-1111
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6260 KALAMALKA Crescent in Richmond: Granville House for sale : MLS®# R2807728
6260 KALAMALKA Crescent Richmond V7C 2R5
$1,830,000Residential Detached- Status:
- Active
- MLS® Num:
- R2807728
- Bedrooms:
- 2
- Bathrooms:
- 2
- Floor Area:
- 1,250 sq. ft.
Very nice 6582 SF building lot. Backing onto private green belt. Great location and central to everything. Many new homes in the subdivision. 3 bedrooms rancher rented to the same nice family tenant for more than 25 years. Updating include furnace, roof, hotwater tank. Nice school catchment: Brighthouse elementary and Richmond secondary. French immersion: McRoberts secondary More detailsListed by Sutton Group West Langara Realty - Aedis Realty
- 604-688-8669
- 604-657-1111
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6091 ALTA Court in Richmond: Granville House for sale in "Richmond Garden" : MLS®# R2791448
6091 ALTA Court Richmond V7C 4A2
$1,760,000Residential Detached- Status:
- Active
- MLS® Num:
- R2791448
- Bedrooms:
- 3
- Bathrooms:
- 1
- Floor Area:
- 1,520 sq. ft.
BEST VALUE LOT! Prime Super Central / Next to Richmond Center. Can be New again if you are handy! Perfect to Build New Family home / for BIG PROFIT! New Homes are selling for $3.5M+! This Clean & Solid home is in a Safe, Quiet Inner street, Regular lot with SW exposure. Enjoy all city amenities. Walk to Richmond Centre! Walk to schools (Brighouse Elementary/ Richmond Secondary). So convenient and so private. Enjoy walking to all the fantastic $79 Million Minoru Complex. ..NEW Swimming Pool, NEW Minoru Park, library and transit. 5 minutes' drive to Olympic Oval, 2 T&T Supermarkets & Fraser River walk. No more driving people around. Everyone can walk to Richmond Center, Canada Line/Transit. friend can visit them too. Welcome to walk around the yard with notice. Please call for private viewing. More detailsListed by RE/MAX Select Properties - Aedis Realty
- 604-688-8669
- 604-657-1111
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