HOTEL CLOSURES LIST

Name Address # Rooms closed Reason Time period Source
SPINNING WHEEL HOTEL 210 Carrall 27 Closed by city Mar 01 - Mar 03 CoV
RAINIER HOTEL 309 CARRALL 21 Closed for renovations Mar 01 - Mar 03 CoV
EVERGREEN ROOMS 333 COLUMBIA 27 Closed by city Mar 01 - Mar 03 CoV
SHAMROCK HOTEL 635 E HASTINGS 28 Partial closure Mar 01 - Mar 03 CoV
HARBOURFRONT HOSTEL 209 Heatley 7 Closed by city Mar 01 - Mar 03 CoV
707 KEEFER 707 KEEFER 6 Closed for renovations Mar 01 - Mar 03 CoV
No. 5 ORANGE 205 MAIN 15 Closed for renovations Mar 01 - Mar 03 CoV
VETS ROOMS 311 MAIN 10 Closed for renovations Mar 01 - Mar 03 CoV
C&N BACKPACKERS 927 MAIN 18 Now fully converted to hostel Mar 01 - Mar 03 CoV
IVANHOE HOTEL 1038 MAIN 14 Partial conversion to hostel Mar 01 - Mar 03 CoV
228 E PENDER 228 E PENDER 10 Partial closure for Std. of Maint. Reasons Mar 01 - Mar 03 CoV
NEW WORLD HOTEL 396 POWELL 110 Converted to non-market housing Mar 01 - Mar 03 CoV
236 PRINCESS 236 PRINCESS 10 Conversion to dwelling units Mar 01 - Mar 03 CoV
320 UNION 320 UNION 6 Conversion to dwelling units Mar 01 - Mar 03 CoV
511 UNION 511 UNION 6 Conversion to dwelling units Mar 01 - Mar 03 CoV
GRANVILLE HOTEL 1261 GRANVILLE 48 Gradual closure to allow installation of bathrooms Mar 01 - Mar 03 CoV
PLAZA HOTEL 805 RICHARDS 11 Gradual closure again for redevelopment Mar 01 - Mar 03 CoV
HOTEL ST CLAIR 566 RICHARDS 6 Gradual conversion to hostel Mar 01 - Mar 03 CoV
ALEXANDER RESIDENCE 90 ALEXANDER 6 Renovations Jun 03 - Jun 05 CoV
RAINIER HOTEL 309 CARRALL 26 Remaining open units closed Jun 03 - Jun 05 CoV
143 DUNLEVY 143 DUNLEVY 46 Closed by City Jun 03 - Jun 05 CoV
PATRICIA HOTEL 403 E HASTINGS 74 Remaining open units converted to budget hotel Jun 03 - Jun 05 CoV
VICTORIA HOUSE 514 HOMER 25 Remaining open units converted to budget hotel Jun 03 - Jun 05 CoV
228 E PENDER 228 E PENDER 10 Closed by City Jun 03 - Jun 05 CoV
MARR HOTEL 403 POWELL 26 Closed by City Jun 03 - Jun 05 CoV
PHOENIX APTS 586 POWELL 10 Closed by City Jun 03 - Jun 05 CoV
DRAKE HOTEL 606 POWELL 24 Closed Jun 03 - Jun 05 CoV
LOW YOUNG COURT 404 UNION 7 Renovations Jun 03 - Jun 05 CoV
AMBASSADOR HOTEL 1212 GRANVILLE 42 Converted to budget hotel Jun 03 - Jun 05 CoV
GRANVILLE HOTEL 1261 GRANVILLE 52 Remaining units closed for conversion to non-market housing Jun 03 - Jun 05 CoV
PLAZA HOTEL 806 RICHARDS 21 Remaining open units closed for redevelopment Jun 03 - Jun 05 CoV
ROSEBERRY HOUSE 909 RICHARDS 7 Closed pending redevelopment Jun 03 - Jun 05 CoV
PENDER PLACE HOTEL 620 W PENDER 5 Renovations Jun 03 - Jun 05 CoV
PASSLIN 746 RICHARDS 40 Remaining open units closed for redevelopment Jun 03 - Jun 05 CoV
CHINESE FREEMASON 116 E PENDER 3 Conversion to housing for members only Jun 05 - Jun 07 Pivot
DUNSMUIR HOUSE 500 DUNSMUIR 167 Conversion to student housing Jun 05 - Jun 07 Pivot
CREEKSIDE 796 MAIN 22 Conversion to student housing Jun 05 - Jun 07 Pivot
BELMONT 241 E HASTINGS 3 Conversion to student housing Jun 05 - Jun 07 Pivot
JAY ROOMS 172 E CORDOVA 8 All rooms now closed by owner Jun 05 - Jun 07 CoV
PACIFIC HOTEL 208 E GEORGIA 12 Rooms being closed by owner Jun 05 - Jun 07 CoV
CARL ROOMS 575 E HASTINGS 32 Some rooms closed for renovations Jun 05 - Jun 07 CoV
BURNS BLOCK 18 W HASTINGS 18 Closed by City order Jun 05 - Jun 07 CoV
420 HAWKS 420 HAWKS 7 Fire Jun 05 - Jun 07 CoV
DOWNTOWN BACKPACKERS 927 MAIN 12 More rooms used as hostel Jun 05 - Jun 07 CoV
OLD AMERICAN 928 MAIN 37 Closed by owner Jun 05 - Jun 07 CoV
PENDER HOTEL 31 W PENDER 36 Closed by owner Jun 05 - Jun 07 CoV
HOMER APTS 335 SMITHE 8 Rooms being closed by owner -condo redevelopment project Jun 05 - Jun 07 CoV
PICADILLY HOTEL 622 W PENDER 39 Closed by City order Jun 05 - Jun 07 CoV
MARBLE ARCH 518 RICHARDS 8 Some rooms closed for renovations Jun 05 - Jun 07 CoV
HOTEL ST CLAIR 577 RICHARDS 15 More rooms used as hostel Jun 05 - Jun 07 CoV
IVANHOE HOTEL 1038 MAIN 15 More rooms used as hostel Jun 05 - Jun 07 CoV
HOTEL ST CLAIR* 566 RICHARDS 6 Total conversion to tourist use Jun 07 - Mar 08 Pivot
STAR BEACH HAVEN* 658 ALEXANDER STREET 19 Evicting all tenants as precondition of sale, currently at arbitration Jun 07 - Mar 08 DERA
PHOENIX APARTMENTS 566 POWELL 12 Unknown Jun 07 - Mar 08 UNK
BACKPACKER'S INN * 7 WEST HASTINGS 42 Fewer than 10 tenants remain, closed by owners as precondition of sale Jun 07 - Mar 08 DERA
334 CARRALL STREET 334 CARRALL 30 Closed for renovation and conversion to condos Jun 07 - Mar 08 CCAP
MARIE GOMEZ PLACE # 590 ALEXANDER 76 Social housing closed in January 08 by province, condemned due to mold, to be rebuilt in next 4 years. Jun 07 - Mar 08 DERA
DOMINION HOTEL 210 ABBOTT 67 Closed in January 08 for renovations Jun 07 - Mar 08 DERA
COLUMBIA HOTEL* 303 COLUMBIA 69 Renting rooms as daily/weekly rentals, removing tenants by attrition. Jun 07 - Mar 08 CCAP
PHOENIX HOTEL 514 ALEXANDER 18 Closed, sold shortly thereafter. Jun 07 - Mar 08 DERA
COLONIAL RESIDENCE 122 WATER 54 54 rooms empty since at least March 20, management is apparently renovating the suites for higher rents Jun 07 - Mar 08 CoV
PACIFIC HOTEL* 208 E GEORGIA 58 14 rooms closed earlier, remaining 58 tenants given 6 mos notice Jun 07 - Mar 08 CCAP

Date # Rooms Lost # closures since Olympic Games Awarded to Van July 2003
Mar 01- Mar 03 380 1314
Jun 03- Jun 05 421
Jun 05- Jun 07 442
Jun 07 - Mar 08 451

Key
CoV = City of Vancouver Low Income Housing Survey
CCAP = Carnegie Community Action Project
DERA = Downtown Eastside Residents' Association
Pivot = Pivot Legal Society
# = closure is social housing not SRO, but occupied by same demographic
* = closure is not complete and could be reversed