What does a rental near Oakridge-41st Avenue Station cost?

Posted one-bedroom rents near the station fall on either side of the City of Vancouver average. liv.rent’s October 2026 report puts that average at $2,329, which is 2.6% lower than a year earlier. That was the smallest drop of the nine Metro Vancouver cities the report covers. Over a year, the $246 monthly gap to the Metro Vancouver average comes to about $2,950.

The report doesn’t break out Oakridge, so the building prices here come from the owners’ own pages. Ambi on Cambie lists one-bedrooms from $2,590 as of October 2026, about $260 above the City average. Shannon Tower sits closer to it: Hollyburn’s building page, read in late October 2026, listed a one-bedroom from $2,300 for a November 1 move-in, about $30 under. Those are advertised starting prices for specific homes, not building averages, so what you’re quoted can differ.

Two-bedrooms are closer together. Ambi’s site lists them from $3,250 as of October 2026, while the same Shannon Tower page listed a two-bedroom from $3,150 for November 1. That’s about $100 less at Shannon Tower, against about $290 less on a one-bedroom, so the posted rents run lower there for both sizes.

Which neighbourhood is Oakridge-41st Avenue Station in?

The station sits on West 41st Avenue at Cambie Street. Three of the City of Vancouver’s 22 local areas meet there: Oakridge to the south, South Cambie to the northwest, and Riley Park to the northeast. That comes from the City’s local area boundary data, and a City report bounds South Cambie at West 41st. The City’s Oakridge page places the original Oakridge shopping centre at 41st and Cambie. Because the corner is a boundary, a building’s marketing name and its local area can differ. Ambi, on the northeast corner, falls on the Riley Park side of the City’s line, yet its own site presents the address as Oakridge.

The City’s 2018 Cambie Corridor Plan treats the area around Cambie and 41st as one of 17 regionally designated Municipal Town Centres, so it’s planned for density. Oakridge also has older rental housing: a City community profile from October 2015 described a large pocket of purpose-built rental housing southwest of Oakridge Centre. Oakridge Park, the rebuilt mall on that site, opened May 28, 2026.

Daily life is close by. Daily Hive reported that a Safeway of more than 50,000 square feet opened underground at Oakridge Park in August 2026. Ambi’s own site puts downtown Vancouver 14 minutes away by transit. PCI’s Ambi page lists Queen Elizabeth Park’s off-leash dog park and Bloedel Conservatory nearby, so you won’t have to go far for green space either.

The building work hasn’t been quiet, though. The City closed Cambie Street between West 41st and West 45th Avenues for three days in March 2026 to take down a construction crane. It said access to homes and businesses stayed open. The work isn’t finished: Business in Vancouver reported in May 2026 that Oakridge Park’s office towers were still under construction, with occupancy set for 2027. The same report described the mall’s tenant mix as aimed at wealthier shoppers.

What is changing at Oakridge Park and the station?

The new towers at Oakridge Park hold condos for sale and social housing, not market rentals. Daily Hive reported this fall that the first five towers hold about 700 strata condominiums and 180 social housing homes, with residents expected from early 2027. If you were hoping to rent in the new towers, that first batch isn’t where purpose-built rentals will come from.

The station is changing too. TransLink’s August 17, 2026 release says the full upgrade should finish in early 2027. It includes two new escalators, a renovated entrance with a new roof, direct underground access to Oakridge Park, an updated R4 RapidBus stop on 41st Avenue, and new public art. TransLink says customers can sign up for Transit Alerts to get updates while the work continues.

More rentals are on the way, just later. Anthem Properties said in December 2025 that an 18-storey building with 183 rental homes at Heather Street and West 41st Avenue should finish in early 2028. Grosvenor’s revised Mayfair West application, reported in June 2026, would bring about 1,400 rental homes to the old Oakridge Transit Centre site. That plan still needs City Council approval, and the project’s website expects a public hearing in the first quarter of 2027.

Oakridge Park itself will add rentals eventually. Daily Hive reported in January 2026 that its full build-out is planned to reach more than 4,300 homes by 2029, including nearly 1,000 secured purpose-built rentals, in later phases. A 100,000-square-foot City civic centre with a new Oakridge library branch is expected in the first half of 2027.

Which seven rental buildings are worth a look near Oakridge-41st Avenue Station?

These seven sit between West 36th and West 46th Avenues, on or near Cambie Street. Walking time to the station depends on the building, and the table gives each address. Some are brand-new towers, one is non-profit housing, and two are strata buildings where you’d rent from an individual owner. The table gives one fact about each, and the notes below say what that means for you.

New purpose-built towers

If you want a brand-new building with one landlord handling everything, start with Ambi and West 42. PCI Developments describes Ambi as directly across from the station, and its site lists air conditioning in the homes and a TD Bank on the ground floor. West 42 comes from Marcon’s rental brand, Mera, and its site says every home is air-conditioned and the minimum lease is 90 days. The amenities go well past the basics: a fitness centre with a sauna, a cinema, coworking lounges, a garden terrace, and a rooftop with firepits.

Read West 42’s prices with care. Mera’s site shows homes from $1,972 a month in October 2026, but it says that’s a net effective rent, which means a free-rent credit is already averaged in. The monthly rent you actually pay is the higher gross rate.

Rentals with on-site managers, and a non-profit option

Aria and Shannon Tower are both run by companies with managers on site. Aria’s own site describes a boutique rental with a live-in resident manager and in-floor radiant heating, while Hollyburn’s Shannon Tower page lists on-site resident managers and storage lockers alongside the pool. Hannelore works differently. Vancity’s affordable housing program lists 15 of its homes as rent geared to income, meaning rent is worked out from your income, and the other 31 as moderate income. Catalyst Community Developments Society runs the building, and its own page calls Hannelore pet-friendly. Because those homes are income-based, Hannelore isn’t a regular market rental.

Suites rented by their owners

In strata buildings like 41 West and Henry, each suite has its own owner, so the person you rent from changes from home to home. A realtor’s building profile credits 41 West to developer Washington Properties and describes two six-storey buildings, and realtor listings for Henry give it 48 homes. Pet rules go in the tenancy agreement, as the B.C. government explains, which means the terms can differ from one owner to the next.

If you rent: what should you check before you sign?

The building’s own rules differ from one address to the next. Shannon Tower doesn’t allow pets, Ambi is pet-friendly, and West 42 lets you lease for as little as 90 days. Hannelore’s rents are tied to income, which sets it apart from the market buildings. In B.C., the tenancy agreement is where pet rules are set, according to the Province.

Who you rent from also varies. At a building run by a company, you deal with an on-site team: Hollyburn’s page lists resident managers, and Aria’s site lists a live-in resident manager. In a strata building, you may deal with an individual owner or their agent, and a rental listing there is one suite, not the whole building.

If you are a landlord: how does new supply change your pricing?

Owners renting suites in older buildings now compete with about 525 brand-new rental homes at Ambi and West 42, and more are coming. Ambi’s own site advertised two months free on a 15-month lease through October 31, 2026, and Mera’s site lists free-rent and free-internet offers on some West 42 homes. That means a renter comparing your suite may be looking at an effective rent lower than the posted one.

If you rent out a suite yourself, liv.rent has guides on how to screen tenants and on digital tools for landlords and property managers. Anthem’s 183 homes in 2028 and the possible Mayfair West rentals after that would add to the supply you’ll be competing with.

What are B.C.’s rent rules for 2026 and 2027?

In B.C., the maximum rent increase for sitting tenants is 2.3% for 2026 and 2.2% for 2027, as the Province’s rent increases page says. The 2027 limit takes effect on January 1, 2027, per the Province’s August 27, 2026 announcement. Landlords must give at least three full months’ notice on the RTB-7 form, and rent can go up only once every 12 months. On a $2,500 rent in 2027, the 2.2% limit works out to a maximum increase of $55 a month. At Ambi’s $2,590 starting one-bedroom rent, the same limit would allow about $57 a month in 2027. This is general information, not legal advice, and you can read more in our rental laws guides.

Where else on the Canada Line can you look?

If nothing here suits you, the neighbouring stops are worth a look. King Edward is one stop north of Oakridge-41st, and our guide to apartments near King Edward Station covers it. Marine Drive is two stops south, and you’ll find it in our guide to apartments near Marine Drive Station. For more areas, browse our Neighbourhoods guides.

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If you’d rather live nearer Oak Street than Cambie, Crowne on Oak is one more building on liv.rent worth a look. It’s a strata building at 5770 Oak Street, built around 2000, near where Oak meets West 41st Avenue. A Sunstar Realty rental listing in September 2026 showed a suite for rent there, so you may find a home even though it isn’t purpose-built rental.

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Where is Yaletown-Roundhouse Station, and what is the Roundhouse?

If you live here, your train is at Yaletown-Roundhouse, an underground Canada Line station at Davie Street and Mainland Street on TransLink’s station map. In TransLink’s list of station travel times, it’s the second stop south of Waterfront Station, after Vancouver City Centre. The station is also small: the Canada Line’s project history says its underground box is 67 metres long, 19 metres wide and 20 metres deep, one of the smallest on the line.

The Roundhouse in the name is the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre, a historic railway complex that the City of Vancouver places in Yaletown. It has dance, pottery and woodworking studios, a gymnasium and a 200-seat theatre. It’s also home to Engine 374, the locomotive that pulled the first transcontinental passenger train into Vancouver in 1887. The Roundhouse’s own history says Concord Pacific turned the old building into a community centre and gave it and the surrounding parkland to the Park Board, and the Engine 374 pavilion opened in 1997.

Yaletown is a neighbourhood, not one of the City’s 22 local areas. The City’s 2025 Downtown profile says those areas don’t include newer neighbourhoods such as Yaletown. The City’s Areas of the city page does list Yaletown, and it notes some disagreement over the names and boundaries of these areas.

The City’s Downtown page says the name came after the Canadian Pacific Railway moved its repair shops from Yale, in the Fraser Canyon, to Vancouver.

This guide stays with the towers around Pacific Boulevard, Davie Street, Drake Street, Helmcken Street and Marinaside Crescent. The old warehouse streets north of Pacific have their own write-up in our guide to rental buildings for young professionals in Yaletown.

What’s the area around the station like?

Much of the land around the station was the Expo 86 site. Concord Pacific bought those lands in 1988. The City’s Downtown page says the 83-hectare (204-acre) site will include 8,500 homes for more than 14,000 people, along with parks, schools and a waterfront walkway.

You’d find the main green space at David Lam Park. The Park Board lists two tennis courts, two basketball courts, a playground and a soccer field there, plus seawall access and views of False Creek and Yaletown. Nearby, the City lists the Roundhouse as open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 9:45 p.m.

Renting is normal downtown. The City’s 2025 Downtown profile, drawing on 2021 Census data, says 61% of Downtown’s households were renters in 2021 and 98% of its homes were apartments.

How much does rent cost near Yaletown-Roundhouse Station?

Metro Vancouver’s average asking rent was $2.73 per square foot in October 2026, down 5.7% from September, according to liv.rent’s October 2026 Metro Vancouver report. If you’re pricing a place, a 600-square-foot suite at that average would cost about $1,640 a month, or roughly $19,700 a year. Vancouver is one of the three most expensive cities per square foot, along with North Vancouver and Richmond.

That’s a Metro-wide average, not a price for any one building. For a closer look, the same report has the average unfurnished one-bedroom in the City of Vancouver at $2,329 in October 2026, 2.6% below a year earlier. Each landlord sets its own price, so this guide doesn’t quote rents for individual buildings.

Which seven buildings are worth a look?

These seven buildings sit in the blocks around Pacific Boulevard, Davie Street, Drake Street and Helmcken Street. One is a rental tower run by a single landlord. The other six are strata buildings, so you’d usually rent a suite from its individual owner. The table gives each building’s address, what kind of building it is and one fact a source confirms. The paragraphs after it add the amenities and the history we found.

The one rental tower: 600 Drake

600 Drake is the only building here where one company owns every suite. Concert Properties said in 2023 that it owns and manages every rental home it has developed, and that its idea of Vancouver’s first “micro-suites” led to 600 Drake. A 2021 Vancouver Sun story described it as a 192-unit highrise built in the early 1990s, with one tenant’s first studio measuring 307 square feet.

That means one landlord for the whole building. In the same 2021 story, LandlordBC’s chief executive David Hutniak said a purpose-built rental has a single owner for the entire building, so individual units are never sold.

Beach Crescent and Marinaside towers

Quaywest I, Marinaside Resort Residences and King’s Landing West Tower are Concord Pacific towers along Marinaside Crescent and Beach Crescent. Their building pages describe big amenity floors. Quaywest I lists a 65-foot indoor pool, a 24-seat movie room, a bike room and kayak storage. The Yaletown realtor profiles describe a 70-foot pool and a 24-hour concierge at Marinaside, and an 80-foot pool at King’s Landing, which James Cheng designed. Those are marketing descriptions, and you’d see the amenities for yourself on a tour.

Each suite in these towers has its own owner. The Province says strata corporations can’t have rental-restriction bylaws but can restrict short-term rentals.

Davie, Drake and Helmcken towers

Pacific Plaza sits on Davie Street. Its amenities include a bike room, garden, gym and playground along with the pool, and sources disagree on the year: VADA says 1994, while a Yaletown realtor’s page says 1993. Concordia I is on Drake Street, and REW’s profile of the neighbouring Concordia II says both Concordia towers face David Lam Park. Robinson Tower on Helmcken Street is a 1995 building. Westhaven Group says residents have an exercise room, a sauna and an outdoor hot tub.

How old are these buildings?

Four of the seven date from the 1990s: 600 Drake, Pacific Plaza, Concordia I and Robinson Tower. Quaywest I and Marinaside Resort Residences went up around 2000 to 2002, and King’s Landing in 2005, though listings differ by a year on several. That puts these towers at roughly 20 to 33 years old.

How far are downtown and the airport from Yaletown-Roundhouse?

You’re on the Canada Line, so downtown and the airport are both on one line. TransLink says the trip between Waterfront Station and the airport takes approximately 25 minutes, and Yaletown-Roundhouse is the second stop south of Waterfront.

The station is busy on event nights. TransLink says it’s a key access point for Rogers Arena and BC Place. During the Taylor Swift weekend in December 2024, it says, the station averaged nearly 8,000 taps per fare gate a day across three gates, while Waterfront Station averaged about 3,800 across seven. TransLink announced two more gates on June 1, 2026, which brings the total to five.

What’s being built nearby?

Affordable rental homes are coming to the neighbourhood. At 450 Pacific Street, Concord Pacific said in December 2025 that a seven-storey building will provide 91 homes in Yaletown, with construction under way and completion expected in 2028. It said Entre Nous Femmes Housing Society will own and operate the building, with Hogan’s Alley Society as an operating partner for 30 homes dedicated to Black individuals and families.

These homes are for low- and moderate-income households and aren’t finished yet, so they aren’t part of the rental market you’d search today. A City land transfer agreement with Concord Pacific covers two more sites in False Creek North. The 1010 Expo Boulevard site is expected in 2029, and the City says 95 Nelson Street will have 283 homes, also due in 2029.

What are the B.C. rent rules?

In B.C., the Province caps yearly rent increases at 2.3% for 2026 and 2.2% for 2027, according to its rent increases page, last updated August 27, 2026. A landlord must give three full months’ written notice on Form RTB-7, and rent can’t rise more than once every 12 months. The 12 months run from when your rent was first set or last legally increased. This is general information, not legal advice.

If you rent near Yaletown-Roundhouse Station

Who your landlord is depends on the building. At 600 Drake it’s Concert Properties. In a strata tower it’s the owner of that suite. The Strata Property Act says that owner must give you the strata’s bylaws and rules and a Form K, the Notice of Tenant’s Responsibilities, before you rent.

The Province says that if you aren’t given those documents, you can end the tenancy without penalty within 90 days of learning of it. You can also claim reasonable moving expenses of up to one month’s rent. Our renter’s guide to liv.rent covers how renting on the platform works, and the Rental Laws hub explains your rights in more detail.

If you are a landlord with a suite here

Your strata can’t veto your tenant. The Strata Property Act says a strata corporation must not screen tenants or require its approval of them, and the Province says it can restrict short-term rentals only. You’ll still need to give your prospective tenant the bylaws and a Form K before you rent, then send the strata a copy signed by the tenant within two weeks.

Your rent increases follow the same B.C. limits as any other landlord’s: 2.3% for 2026 and 2.2% for 2027, with three full months’ notice on Form RTB-7. On a $2,500 rent, for example, the 2027 limit of 2.2% works out to at most $55 a month, and the Province says landlords can’t round up. Our guide on how to screen tenants covers the screening you can do yourself, and the Landlords hub has more.

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GEC Viva Tower at 828 Drake Street is a student residence, so it only suits you if you’re a student. GEC says it’s the largest student residence in downtown Vancouver, renovated in 2024, with up to 220 beds, furnished apartments and a minimum age of 19. When we read the page in September 2026, monthly rates ran from $1,400 for a shared bedroom on a long-term booking to $3,300 for a one-bedroom apartment on a short-term one. Pets aren’t allowed.

Looking at other Canada Line stops? Our guide to rental buildings near Broadway-City Hall Station covers the Cambie corridor further south, and the Neighbourhoods hub has more Vancouver areas.

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How much less do you pay in Collingwood?

In CMHC’s October 2025 rental market survey, the average one-bedroom in its Collingwood area rented for $1,628 a month, against $1,807 across Metro Vancouver. That’s $179 less each month, or about $2,150 a year. CMHC draws its own neighbourhood lines, not the City’s local areas, so its Collingwood area may not match the streets in this guide exactly. The survey also covers only purpose-built rental buildings with at least three units, so rented condo suites aren’t in it.

The west side shows the bigger gap. In the same October 2025 survey, CMHC’s Kitsilano/Point Grey South area averaged $1,923 for a one-bedroom. You’d pay about $295 more a month there than in Collingwood, or roughly $3,540 a year.

Current asking rents run on a different measure. liv.rent’s October 2026 Metro Vancouver report puts the average unfurnished one-bedroom at $2,083, down 6.3% from October 2025. Since February 2026 it has stayed between $2,061 and $2,098. Those are Metro Vancouver averages, so none of these numbers is the rent for a building below. Each landlord sets its own.

Where is Joyce-Collingwood Station, and what is Collingwood Village?

Joyce-Collingwood Station is an Expo Line SkyTrain stop at Joyce Street and Vanness Avenue, in the Renfrew-Collingwood local area of East Vancouver. Renfrew-Collingwood is one of the City of Vancouver’s 22 local areas, and the City says it runs along the city’s east boundary with Burnaby. Collingwood Village is the 28-acre master-planned community that Concert Properties built next to the station.

Concert says the village now has 2,700 rental and condominium homes in 16 buildings, with over 5,000 residents. It adds that the 28 acres were industrial warehouse land when they were rezoned in October 1993.

The City’s 2016 station precinct plan says Joyce Station formed part of a community originally known as Collingwood. The plan still guides development on the blocks around the station and the village.

If you live in the village, Concert says you’ll have a grocery store, a drug store, the Evergreen Community Health Centre and an elementary school close by. Collingwood Neighbourhood House, a 25,000-square-foot community centre with a gym and daycare, is part of the village, and 20% of its homes were designed for families with children.

Beyond the village, the R4 41st Avenue RapidBus links the station with UBC. Daily Hive reported on September 24, 2026 that it’s now TransLink’s second busiest bus route, behind the 99 B-Line.

Which seven rental buildings are near Joyce-Collingwood Station?

Seven buildings fit: one new rental tower, four Concert rentals in Collingwood Village, and two condo buildings where individual owners rent out suites. There’s no single measured walking time for all seven, so the table places each one by street address, with one fact from its building page, its owner, the City or the receiver. That lets you compare like with like.

How can you compare the seven on price?

This guide doesn’t quote a rent for any of the seven, because rents change suite by suite. Suite size and move-in offers are what you can compare.

Concert’s pages list studios at the Remington, the Melbourne and Wessex Gate, while the Bradford starts at one-bedrooms. In fall 2026, the Remington and Melbourne pages also advertised up to one free month for new residents, with terms that apply.

Joyce 2 was offering two months of free rent in September, The Realist reported on September 11, 2026, citing the building’s website. That offer may have changed since. Condo suites at Joyce by Westbank and Aura are priced owner by owner, so any offer comes from the individual landlord.

If you’re a renter, one free month takes about 8% off a first year’s rent. If you’re a landlord pricing a suite nearby, these offers are what yours is up against.

What should you know about each building before you view it?

Five of the seven are purpose-built rentals with a single owner, manager or receiver. The other two are condo buildings, where each suite has its own landlord and the strata’s bylaws apply to you as well.

Joyce 2: new, and still leasing

Joyce 2 at 5083 Joyce Street is the 35-storey rental tower beside the station. A B.C. Supreme Court order put it into receivership on April 27, 2026, according to Canadian Mortgage Professional. In May, Westbank and its lender, OPTrust, said in a joint statement that building operations and leasing continue and that residents aren’t affected.

The court-appointed receiver’s September 4, 2026 report says the building was about 55% leased, up from about 44% when the receiver was appointed. It also says that until the final occupancy permits are issued, tenants can’t use parts of the building, including certain parking areas and the gym. The receiver was targeting the end of October 2026 for those permits and plans to ask the court later for approval to market the building.

The four Concert rentals in Collingwood Village

The Remington, the Melbourne, the Bradford and Wessex Gate are all Concert Properties rentals. All four are listed as pet friendly, and Concert Realty Services manages them with on-site resident services. Concert’s Remington page describes a highrise with studios, one-bedrooms and two-bedrooms, EV chargers and a fitness centre. Its Melbourne page describes the same mix of suite sizes in a second highrise. Concert says all four sit steps from the station.

The two condo buildings: Joyce by Westbank and Aura

Joyce by Westbank at 5058 Joyce Street is the condo tower directly across from Joyce 2. The City’s rezoning report for a nearby site calls the pair station-marking towers of 30 and 35 storeys on the corners of Joyce Street and Vanness Avenue.

Its liv.rent building page lists 256 homes, a concierge, an exercise centre, a lounge, bike storage and a playground. Sources differ on whether it was finished in 2020 or 2021. Because it’s a strata building, each suite for rent comes from an individual owner.

Aura at 5399 Joyce Street is a six-storey building of 46 homes by Westbury Properties. The developer’s own site calls it a five-minute walk from the station, which is a sales claim rather than a measured route. Aura is a strata building too, so each suite for rent has its own landlord.

What new rental homes are coming near the station?

Beyond Joyce 2, two more rental towers have City approval near the station. Neither is ready to rent, so for you they’re a sign of what the area will look like in a few years.

Intracorp’s Vanness project at 3362-3384 Vanness Avenue and 3347 Clive Avenue is approved for 679 rental homes in 30- and 33-storey towers. The City’s February 3, 2026 report places the site within 200 m of the station. It says council approved the project in principle on January 23, 2024 and enacted the by-law on May 7, 2025.

At a public hearing on February 17, 2026, council approved raising the below-market share of the homes from 10% to 20% of the residential floor area, about 136 homes in the City’s count.

The City’s November 2024 public art plan gave July 2029 as a target for occupancy and marked its dates as estimates.

Sightline Properties’ project at 4975-4997 Joyce Street is a 38-storey rental tower. The City’s rezoning report puts the site about 200 m north of the station, and council approved the rezoning at a public hearing on June 19, 2025.

The rezoning described about 408 homes. The later development application describes 404, and the Director of Planning approved it on August 5, 2025, subject to conditions. If you own a suite nearby, this is the new supply you’ll be listing beside.

What do B.C.’s 2026 and 2027 rent rules mean for you?

The Government of B.C. caps yearly rent increases at 2.3% for 2026 and 2.2% for 2027 (page updated August 27, 2026). A landlord must give at least three full months’ written notice on Form RTB-7, and rent can rise only once every 12 months. This is general information, not legal advice.

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A valid notice shows the exact dollar amount and the date the increase takes effect. You don’t have to pay an increase above the limit, or one without proper notice. If you can’t settle it with your landlord, you can apply for dispute resolution. The Province also says you can deduct an overpayment from future rent if you explain why in writing.

Strata buildings add one more rule. In a condo such as Joyce by Westbank or Aura, the Province says the landlord must give you the strata’s bylaws and a Form K, and you must follow the bylaws either way. If the landlord gives you neither and also doesn’t give the strata a copy of Form K signed by you, you can end the tenancy without penalty within 90 days of learning of it. The Province says you can also claim reasonable moving expenses of up to one month’s rent.

If you are a landlord

The 12-month clock runs from when the rent was set or last lawfully increased. That holds even if a new landlord or a new tenant arrives through a sublet or assignment. You can’t round the increase up or add unused room from an earlier year. To go above the limit, you need the tenant’s written agreement showing the exact amount, the date, any conditions and their signature, and the tenant doesn’t have to agree. Our guide to screening tenants and the Rental Laws hub cover more.

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Two more buildings with liv.rent pages sit on Vanness Avenue near the station. The Centro at 3438 Vanness Avenue is a high-rise condo that a June 2026 sale listing describes as across the street from the station. An October 2026 listing says pets and rentals are allowed. Alexander Court at 3488 Vanness Avenue is a mid-rise built in 1995, according to condo listing records.

If you’re comparing stations, we also have guides to apartments near Marine Drive Station and rental buildings near Broadway-City Hall Station, and our Neighbourhoods hub covers more of Vancouver.

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How long is the commute from Marine Drive Station?

From Marine Drive Station, the Canada Line reaches Waterfront Station downtown in 17 minutes, based on TransLink’s station-to-station travel times (timetable effective April 20, 2026). Bridgeport, the first station in Richmond, is three minutes away. The same table puts YVR-Airport Station 10 minutes from Marine Drive on a YVR-branch train. For scale, YVR says the line connects the airport to downtown Vancouver in under 30 minutes.

After Bridgeport the line splits, and TransLink says trains alternate between YVR-Airport and Richmond-Brighouse. So you’ll see an airport train and a Richmond train in turn. Heading north, TransLink’s schedule page lists trains between Bridgeport and Waterfront about every three minutes at peak and every four at midday. Those are estimates, and the page says they can change.

The station is also a bus exchange. TransLink’s route 10 Granville, route 3 (Main), and route 17 (Oak) all serve it. If you’re heading toward Broadway, you can ride 10 minutes up the line to Broadway-City Hall. The Province says the Broadway Subway, a 5.7-kilometre Millennium Line extension to Arbutus Street, is scheduled to open for passenger service in fall 2027 (release dated September 21, 2026). Once it does, Broadway-City Hall will connect the two lines so you can transfer there.

Want to compare other stops? Oakridge-41st Avenue is five minutes north of Marine Drive, and our guide to rental buildings near Oakridge-41st Avenue Station covers it.

Which part of Vancouver is Marine Drive Station in?

Marine Drive Station is in Marpole, one of the City of Vancouver’s 22 local areas. TransLink places the station on the southeast corner of Cambie Street and SW Marine Drive and says it serves the Marpole residential area. The City’s Marpole community plan page describes Marpole as stretching from Angus Drive to Ontario Street and from West 57th Avenue to the North Arm of the Fraser River.

Marine Gateway is the big mixed-use development you’ll see at that corner. PCI Developments finished it in 2015. Its project page lists 415 condos, 46 rentals, a 14-storey office tower and more than 260,000 square feet of shops. The Canada Line station and the South Vancouver Bus Loop are next door. The blocks around it go by Marine Landing in City planning documents and in the press.

It helps to know the station sits at Marpole’s southeast edge. The City’s 2012 planning terms of reference put Marpole’s main shopping area on Granville Street and expected the station to bring a new commercial district of its own. Today that district is Marine Gateway, with a Cineplex and a T&T Supermarket. For more places to compare, browse the liv.rent Neighbourhoods guides.

What’s it like day to day around the station?

The corner around the station is a young town centre, not an old residential street. In a September 8, 2026 Vancouver Sun feature, a resident across from the station said at least three towers now surround him. The area was mostly industrial, with small shops, auto warehouses and big parking lots, when the station opened in 2009. Another resident, who works downtown, said he takes the train to work. He still leaves the area for bigger grocery trips and time outdoors, and he’d like more sit-down restaurants and green space.

The area is still changing, so you’d be moving into a neighbourhood that’s being built around you. The City’s 2021 Marine Landing policies call for a continuous public waterfront trail along the Fraser River, and a 30-storey, 324-room hotel at 8555 Cambie Street is seeking rezoning approval. The Sun also quotes Frank Ducote, a former City senior urban designer, saying the area can take more commercial development with less residential displacement than established low-rise neighbourhoods.

Which seven buildings are worth a look near Marine Drive Station?

Seven buildings stand out within a short walk or a short bus ride of the station. They’re a mix of purpose-built rental buildings, condo towers where owners rent out suites, and one older walk-up. The table gives one confirmed fact for each, and the notes underneath say what that fact means for you.

Marine Gateway

Marine Gateway is the one with the station at its door, so it’s the shortest commute on this list. The Marine Gateway site describes 46 dedicated rental suites alongside 415 condos, and Warrington PCI manages the rentals. At the time of writing, the site said the rental suites were 100 per cent leased, so you’d be asking to be notified rather than touring. liv.rent lists the complex under 488 Marine Dr SW and 489 Interurban Way.

SIGNAL at Marine Gateway

SIGNAL is the newest big name at the corner, from Oxford Properties and Intracorp Homes. The City’s 2021 public hearing material shows 524 secured market rental homes in two towers, next to a 16-storey building for Ashley Mar Co-op. A June 2025 developer announcement puts the towers within 400 metres of the station, so you can expect a short walk. The Cascades is also on Ash Street, which makes the pair easy to see on one trip.

The Cascades

The Cascades is Chard’s rental complex at 8433 Ash Street, with 580 homes in two towers and more than 17,000 square feet of shops. In a July 21, 2026 announcement, Chard said it expected first residents this fall. It also opened applications for income-tested homes with rents from $1,960 for a studio and $2,139 for a one-bedroom. The one-bedroom limit on household income was $102,672. The YWCA BC will also operate 28 affordable homes in the building, which are separate from the market suites.

W1 Rentals North Tower

W1 is Concord Pacific’s project on SW Marine Drive, and it replaced the old Marine Gardens townhouses. Along with two high-rise towers, Daily Hive reported that Council’s rezoning approval covered a mid-rise with 70 market rental units. liv.rent’s page for W1 Rentals North Tower lists 70 units and furnished, pet-friendly suites. The East and West towers are listed on liv.rent too.

GEC Marine Gateway

GEC Marine Gateway is a furnished option, in two rental buildings beside the MC2 towers. Its own site lists 110 apartments, built in 2016, and says the residence suits students, young professionals and families. Rent includes utilities and Wi-Fi, and shared units are single-gender. The next section covers what furnishing adds to rent across Metro Vancouver. You can view the building on liv.rent.

Northwest

Northwest is Onni’s pair of towers at 8189 Cambie Street, with SW Marine Drive as the cross street. A contractor’s project page describes a 350-home, two-tower project completed in 2018, and a building data page lists rentals as allowed. The towers are strata-titled, so you’d rent from an individual owner. The liv.rent listing is the place to check which suites are open.

Gainsborough Apartments

Gainsborough is the older, quieter pick: a two-storey walk-up at 1340 West 70th Avenue with 18 units. Dorset Realty’s page says it was built in 1965, includes heat, has coin-operated laundry and allows no pets. At the time of writing it showed no units available and offered a waitlist. The page puts the building two blocks east of Granville Street, away from the Cambie Street cluster, so the route 10 bus along Granville is the likelier way to the station than a walk.

What does rent look like near Marine Drive Station?

Furnishing costs a little extra across Metro Vancouver. In liv.rent’s October 2026 Metro Vancouver rent report, a furnished one-bedroom averaged $2,151 against $2,083 unfurnished, a premium of $68 a month. That’s about $816 a year. In the City of Vancouver alone, the unfurnished one-bedroom average was $2,329 in October 2026.

GEC advertises furnished suites, and liv.rent’s W1 North Tower page describes furnished ones too. Chard’s income-tested one-bedroom at the Cascades was $2,139 in July 2026, about $190 under that October City average, though you’d need to fit its income limit. We’ve left out advertised rents for the other buildings because they change often.

If you rent near Marine Drive Station

You’re renting in a corner that has added a lot of new homes fast. Between SIGNAL’s 524 market rentals and the Cascades’ 580 homes, more than 1,100 rental homes now sit within a few blocks of each other. Chard said in July 2026 that the Cascades was in the final stages of construction, so move-in dates there may still be settling. Chard also says leases there, including the income-tested homes, fall under B.C.’s Residential Tenancy Act.

Pets and furnishing differ by building. W1’s rental building lists pets as allowed, while Gainsborough doesn’t allow them. Our renter guide walks through the steps once you’ve picked a place. If you’d like a very different SkyTrain line to compare, see our post on rental buildings near Joyce-Collingwood Station.

If you are a landlord near Marine Drive Station

If you own a suite near the station, brand-new buildings now sit all around you. The two big complexes above add about 1,100 rental homes, and PCI’s second phase of Marine Gateway could add about 1,000 more. The Vancouver Sun reported on September 8, 2026 that its rezoning is approved but it hasn’t reached the building permit stage.

Strata bylaws differ from building to building. The MC2 towers’ bylaws, for example, allow rentals and pets with restrictions, according to a building data page. Our guides to writing a rental ad and screening tenants can help, and the Landlords section has more. If you’re weighing furnishing a suite, liv.rent’s October 2026 Metro Vancouver report put the furnished premium at $68 a month on average.

What are B.C.’s rent increase rules for 2026 and 2027?

B.C. caps annual rent increases at 2.3% for 2026 and 2.2% for 2027, according to the Province’s rent increases page, last updated August 27, 2026. A landlord can raise rent only once every 12 months and must give at least three full months’ written notice on the Notice of Rent Increase form (RTB-7). The 2027 cap takes effect January 1, 2027, per the Province’s August 27, 2026 announcement.

If you get a notice, the Province says it must show the exact dollar amount of the increase and the date it takes effect. That’s general information, not legal advice. For more on the rules, see our Rental Laws guides.

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One more complex near the station is listed on liv.rent: the MC2 condo towers at 8031 Nunavut Lane and 8131 Nunavut Lane. Intracorp’s MC2 page describes 444 homes completed in 2016, and you’d rent these suites from their owners. The rental buildings at MC2 are the GEC apartments above.

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Where is King Edward Station, and which neighbourhood is it in?

TransLink puts King Edward Station on the northwest corner of Cambie Street and West King Edward Avenue. It opened with the rest of the Canada Line on August 17, 2009. The City of Vancouver’s local-area boundaries follow Cambie, so the station’s entrance is in South Cambie, and the blocks east of Cambie are in Riley Park.

You’ll hear other names too. The City’s Cambie Corridor Plan calls the stretch south of King Edward Avenue the Queen Elizabeth neighbourhood, and the Cambie Village Business Association says Cambie Village runs up to King Edward Avenue. liv.rent’s own building pages label the same blocks Riley Park, South Cambie or Cambie Village, depending on the building. They’re different kinds of names: two City local areas, a planning neighbourhood and a business improvement area.

Two more places matter if you’re renting here. The City describes South Cambie as sandwiched between Queen Elizabeth Park and Shaughnessy, and known for its medical facilities, including BC Children’s Hospital. Hillcrest Centre, with its pools and ice rink, sits on the Riley Park side, east of Cambie.

What are the seven rental buildings near King Edward Station?

Seven buildings along Cambie Street and King Edward Avenue stand out: Sterling, Cambie Star, The Columbia, Savoy at Queen Elizabeth Park, Monarch at QE Park, Parc Elise and Empire at QE Park. Only Sterling and The Columbia are confirmed purpose-built rentals. The other five were sold as condominiums, so a suite there is usually rented out by its owner.

We’ve placed each building by street address, because no source we found gives a walking time for all seven. Where the City or an owner gives a distance, we say so, so you can tell what’s measured and what isn’t.

Which building suits a commuter, a pet owner, a park walker or a family?

Sterling and Cambie Star fit commuters best, because both sit at the station corner. The Columbia suits pet owners and anyone who swims or skates at Hillcrest. Savoy and Monarch are for people who want Queen Elizabeth Park out the door, and Parc Elise and Empire are for those who need more room.

Commuters: Sterling and Cambie Star

Sterling sits on the southeast corner of Cambie and King Edward. The City’s 2021 rezoning report puts it across the street from the station and describes six storeys with 90 secured market rental homes. The plan was for studios, one-bedrooms and two-bedrooms, with a shared amenity room and outdoor area on the roof. Pennyfarthing Homes, the developer, shows the building as now leasing.

Cambie Star at 4083 Cambie has 59 homes over eight storeys, as listed by its architect. It sits on the northwest corner of Cambie and King Edward, the corner TransLink gives for the station, and Vancouver Market reported in 2016 that part of the building sits directly above the station entrance. liv.rent’s page lists an elevator, air conditioning, bike storage and wheelchair access, and says pets are allowed. The same report says sales began in November 2014, so each suite has its own owner.

The real choice between the two is your landlord. Sterling is run as a rental building by a company, and at Cambie Star you’d deal with whoever owns the suite.

Pet owners and Hillcrest regulars: The Columbia

The Columbia at 268 W King Edward Ave is a 51-home rental building from the developer Strand. Strand’s site describes parkside homes with near backyard access to Queen Elizabeth Park and gives a six-minute walk to the Canada Line and 15 to the park. The building’s leasing site calls the homes pet-friendly. liv.rent’s page lists four floors, air conditioning, balconies, in-suite laundry and bike storage.

It’s on the Riley Park side of Cambie. If you swim, the City says Hillcrest Aquatic Centre, at 4575 Clancy Loranger Way, has indoor and outdoor pools and is its largest aquatic facility.

Park walkers: Savoy and Monarch

The City says Queen Elizabeth Park covers 52 hectares and, at 125 m above sea level, is the highest point in Vancouver. It has the Bloedel Conservatory, tennis courts, lawn bowling and pitch and putt. The City’s rezoning report for the Sterling corner measured the park at about 400 m south, and Hillcrest Park at about 700 m southeast.

Savoy, at 4240 Cambie, is a six-storey concrete building with 64 homes, says Rafii Architects. The firm gives 2023 as its completion year and describes a rooftop lounge with a barbecue area and planter gardens, with views over the park. Savoy was sold as condos, so a rented suite usually belongs to an individual owner.

Monarch, at 4427 Cambie, was completed in 2017. Prompton Real Estate, a property manager, lists it among its rentals as a six-storey concrete building with 52 residences plus townhomes. Its page names a clubhouse, playground, garden, bike room and elevator.

Families who need bedrooms: Parc Elise and Empire

Parc Elise sits on the northeast corner of Cambie and West 29th Avenue, next to the park. The City’s 2013 rezoning report described two six-storey buildings and lane-facing townhouses, with 102 planned homes. Of those, 49 were to have two bedrooms and 10 three bedrooms. liv.rent lists the finished building at 91 units and says pets and rentals are allowed.

Empire at QE Park is the biggest of the seven. The City’s 2013 summary for the site recommended three six-storey buildings with 175 homes, from the developer Intergulf. liv.rent lists six floors, a 2015 completion, in-suite laundry and patios.

What is it like to live near King Edward Station day to day?

Day to day, you get parks, hospitals and Cambie Village errands within walking distance, with the Canada Line as your way out. TransLink’s 2025 station data shows about 2.15 million boardings at King Edward, which puts it 29th of the 54 stations on the list. Broadway-City Hall had 3.56 million, in 16th place.

Wikipedia’s entry for the station lists the 15 and 33 buses on Cambie and the 25 on King Edward. It also puts BC Children’s Hospital, Nat Bailey Stadium and Queen Elizabeth Park within walking distance. The City’s 2021 report on the Sterling site adds that Cambie Village, with its local shops and services, is to the north.

One stop north, Broadway-City Hall will become the transfer point between the Canada and Millennium lines, the Broadway Subway Project says. The Province’s September 21, 2026 release says passenger service on the extension is scheduled for fall 2027.

More rental homes are coming, too. Daily Hive reported that a B.C. court rejected a neighbourhood association’s challenge to Sightline’s 229 secured rental homes at 520-590 West 29th Avenue and 4510-4550 Ash Street. Council approved the rezoning in July 2025, and the development permit was issued in December 2025. The paper puts the site about a 10-minute walk south of the station. If you’re renting, that’s future supply, and we haven’t found a construction date. If you own a suite nearby, it’s new purpose-built supply within about a 10-minute walk of the station.

How much is a two-bedroom in Vancouver this October, and does it apply here?

Two-bedroom rents in the City of Vancouver went up. liv.rent’s October 2026 Metro Vancouver rent report put the unfurnished average asking rent at $3,125, up 5.2% from $2,970 a year earlier. If you’re renting, that’s $155 more a month, or about $1,860 over a year.

The same October 2026 report had the City of Vancouver’s unfurnished one-bedroom at $2,329, which is 2.6% below October 2025. Both are city-wide averages, not the blocks around the station, and each building here sets its own price, so the rent for a specific suite will differ.

What do B.C.’s rent rules mean for you near King Edward Station?

In B.C., rent can rise by no more than 2.3% in 2026 and 2.2% in 2027. A landlord must give at least three full months’ written notice on Form RTB-7, and rent can go up only once every 12 months. The Government of B.C.’s rent increases page, last updated August 27, 2026, sets out all three rules, and the 2027 limit takes effect on January 1, 2027. This is general information, not legal advice.

If you rent

A valid notice states the exact dollar amount of the increase and the date it starts. The Province says landlords can’t round up or add unused room from earlier years. You don’t have to pay an increase above the limit, and if you’ve already overpaid, you can deduct it from future rent after explaining why in writing. If talking to your landlord doesn’t settle it, you can apply for dispute resolution.

Five of the seven buildings began as condominiums, so your landlord may be an individual owner in a strata. Under the Province’s guidance for tenants in stratas, your landlord must give you the strata’s bylaws and a Form K. If they don’t, and they also don’t give the strata a signed Form K, you can end the tenancy without penalty within 90 days of learning of it. Bylaws can set quiet hours and ban smoking, and they can ban or limit pets, which matters in buildings that advertise pet-friendly homes.

If you are a landlord

The 12-month clock starts when the rent was set or last legally increased, and it still applies when a new landlord or tenant arrives through a sublet or assignment. Anything above the yearly limit needs the tenant’s written agreement, showing the exact dollar amount, the start date, any conditions and their signature. The Province also describes additional increases for costs and expenses as a separate route.

If your suite is in a strata building, you give the tenant the bylaws and a Form K and send the strata a signed copy. Our guide on how to screen tenants covers choosing who gets the keys, and the Rental Laws hub collects more B.C. rules.

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Three more buildings from liv.rent’s list sit close to this stretch of the Cambie corridor. Marquise at 469 W King Edward Ave has 58 units over six floors and a 2020 completion year. Chelsea at 502 W 30th Ave has 79 flats and townhomes from Cressey Development Group, completed in 2021, and its page puts it steps from the park.

If you’d rather have an older, smaller building, Grace Estate at 4250 Heather Street has 40 units over two floors, a 1986 completion year, parking and in-suite laundry. All three sets of facts come from their liv.rent building pages. For more guides to Vancouver areas, browse our Neighbourhoods hub, or compare the stops either side of this one: Broadway-City Hall and Oakridge-41st Avenue.

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Which neighbourhood is Broadway-City Hall Station in?

Broadway-City Hall Station sits at West Broadway and Cambie Street, right where Fairview meets Mount Pleasant. Both are among the City of Vancouver’s 22 local areas, so you’ll see buildings here labelled either way.

The City’s own pages give you the clues. Its Mount Pleasant page tells the story of City Hall opening at 12th Avenue and Cambie Street, and its Broadway Plan page says the subway corridor covers parts of Kitsilano, Fairview and Mount Pleasant. Wikipedia’s descriptions of Fairview and Mount Pleasant put the dividing line at Cambie, with Fairview to the west. That’s a commonly described boundary, not an official street-by-street definition from the City.

Even one address can carry both labels. Hollyburn Properties places its building on West 12th Avenue in the “South Granville/Mount Pleasant district,” while liv.rent’s building page files it under Fairview. If you’d rather live toward the Main Street end of Mount Pleasant, our Mount Pleasant guide covers that side, and our neighbourhoods hub has the rest of the city.

Should you rent near Broadway-City Hall Station now or wait for the Millennium Line?

If you rent now, you live beside active construction, but you’re already in place when the Millennium Line is scheduled to open in fall 2027. If you wait, you skip the detours and get to see the finished station before you commit. The Province’s September release gives a season, fall 2027, and not a day.

What you live with today

The Province’s September 21, 2026 release says West Broadway between Alberta and Cambie streets has been closed to vehicles since July. It expects Broadway to fully reopen in January 2027. Crews finished removing the traffic deck over the station in August. They’re now installing utilities, backfilling above the station and restoring the street and sidewalks.

Your commute changes too. Daily Hive reported that buses, including the 99 B-Line and Route 9, were detoured along two blocks of West 8th Avenue, and the Province says pedestrian access to businesses, services and residences stays open. TransLink also moved some stops near Broadway and Cambie starting July 16, 2026, so the stop you remember may not be where it used to be.

What you get later

The station is being rebuilt to handle the change. The Broadway Subway Project says it’s adding five elevators and 12 escalators, connecting to the Canada Line in four places and lengthening the Canada Line platforms from 40 to 50 metres. Transfers between the two lines will happen inside the fare-paid area.

The extension runs 5.7 kilometres from VCC-Clark Station to Arbutus Street. Once it opens, the Province says the trip will take 11 minutes, saving the average transit commuter almost 30 minutes a day. Train testing began on finished track on May 29, 2026, and the Province’s September release says the trackwork was due to finish that week.

There’s also new housing on the way. One block east of the station, at the northeast corner of Broadway and Yukon Street, Council approved a 33-storey tower on July 14, 2026. The City’s project page says it includes 196 secured rental homes. It gives no opening date.

How the dates line up

Put the dates side by side and the story is simple. The road is expected to reopen in January 2027, and the Millennium Line is scheduled for fall 2027. A one-year lease that starts now runs through the road reopening and into the fall 2027 window, so you’d live through the last months of street work and be close by when the trains start. Wait until the road reopens and you skip the detours, but you’d still have months before the trains run.

How do you get around from here without a car?

The Canada Line and several bus routes already serve the station area, and the Millennium Line is the next piece. The City lists Broadway-City Hall SkyTrain Station, the 99 B-Line, and the 15 and 9 buses as the transit options at City Hall. TransLink’s stop-change notice names Routes 15 and 17 on Cambie Street and Routes 9 and 99 on Broadway.

The Canada Line already has separate northbound and southbound platforms here. Northbound trains go toward downtown, and southbound trains go toward Richmond and the airport, the Broadway Subway Project’s station page says. The next stop south is King Edward, and the one after that is Oakridge-41st Avenue.

Hollyburn Properties’ page for its building says the SkyTrain, grocery stores and Vancouver General Hospital are “all just steps from your front door.” That’s marketing language, not a measured walk.

What does a one-bedroom cost in the City of Vancouver right now?

In October 2026, the average asking rent for an unfurnished one-bedroom in the City of Vancouver was $2,329, in liv.rent’s October 2026 Metro Vancouver rent report. That works out to about $27,900 a year, and it’s 2.6% lower than October 2025, the smallest drop of the nine cities in the report.

That’s a city-wide number, so it isn’t a price for any building near the station. What it does tell you is that one-bedroom asking rents in all nine cities in the report are lower than a year ago.

Which seven rental buildings are around Broadway-City Hall Station?

You’ll find these seven buildings in the blocks around Cambie and Broadway, between roughly West 7th and West 12th avenues. Hollyburn Court is the only one whose landlord’s page confirms it as a rental building. The other six show up in strata records, where individual owners may rent out suites.

Hollyburn Court is the one building of the seven that a rental company lists itself. Hollyburn Properties’ own page lists studios, one-bedrooms and penthouses, with heat and hot water among the suite features. The no-pets line matters here: in October 2026, liv.rent’s report found 54% of units listed on liv.rent were pet-friendly, against 25% on other platforms.

Crossroads, Cambie+7 and Tapestry are the newer buildings. Cambie+7 has the most direct tie to the station. The engineering firm that worked on it, RJC, describes it as “near the bustling Cambie and Broadway neighborhood” on “a quiet tree lined street.” Tapestry is the biggest of the seven, at West 12th Avenue and Heather Street, with strata records from VADA showing rentals allowed.

The older buildings trade newness for size and amenities. VADA’s building record puts Cambridge Court at West 10th and Cambie and lists a gym, hot tub, playground, pool, sauna and steam room. Loft 338 and Heather Park are smaller: Heather Park has just 24 units.

The listed amenities vary more than the ages do. Loft 338’s page lists a library, a garden, parking, an elevator and in-suite laundry. Heather Park lists an elevator and in-suite laundry, and Tapestry has a recreation centre and underground parking. A strata record for Cambie+7 lists a ground-floor fitness centre, a multi-purpose room and bike lockers, while Crossroads has an exercise centre and in-suite laundry.

Because six of the seven are strata buildings, suites are individually owned, so rent, lease terms and move-in dates can differ from one suite to the next. This post quotes no building rents, because they change with every listing.

What should you check if you rent near Broadway-City Hall Station?

Two things affect daily life here right now. West Broadway between Alberta and Cambie streets is closed to vehicles, with a reopening expected in January 2027, and some bus stops near the station have moved. Current listings near the station are on liv.rent’s Broadway-City Hall Station page.

In a strata building, the Province says your landlord must give you a copy of the bylaws and rules and a Form K, the Notice of Tenant’s Responsibilities. You’re bound by the bylaws either way. Pets are the quickest example. Hollyburn Court says no, and in the strata buildings the answer depends on each strata’s bylaws.

What should you know if you’re a landlord near Broadway-City Hall Station?

If you own a suite in one of these strata buildings, the Province’s strata rules apply to you. Its tenants in stratas page says you must give your tenant a copy of the bylaws and rules and a Form K. If you skip that, and you also don’t give the strata a copy of the Form K your tenant signed, the tenant can end the tenancy without penalty within 90 days of learning of it.

On pricing, the City of Vancouver’s unfurnished one-bedroom average of $2,329 in October 2026 is a city-wide figure and isn’t a read on your block. Nearby supply could change, though. The 196-home rental tower approved one block east would add homes once it’s built, and the City’s page gives no opening date. Our guide to screening tenants covers the application side, and liv.rent’s Trust Score reports are one way landlords check applicants.

What are the B.C. rent rules near Broadway-City Hall Station?

If you rent in British Columbia, the maximum rent increase is 2.3% for 2026 and 2.2% for 2027. That comes from the Province’s rent increases page, last updated August 27, 2026. Landlords must give at least three full months’ written notice on Form RTB-7, and rent can only go up once every 12 months.

The limit covers increases for an existing tenant: the Province’s Form RTB-7 says a landlord may raise “the rent for the existing tenant” once a year. The Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre, a B.C. tenant group, says rent at the start of a tenancy is whatever the landlord and tenant agree. These rules are for British Columbia only, and the strata side is covered on the Province’s tenants in stratas page, linked above. This is general information, not legal advice; our rental laws hub has more.

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Three more liv.rent-listed buildings sit near the station and didn’t make the seven. Affiniti at 585 West 7th Avenue has 35 units on eight floors, built in 2008, on its building page. The Werks at 555 West 7th Avenue has 20 units on seven floors, built in 2013.

Cambridge Place is farther south at 555 West 14th Avenue, with 57 units on three floors, built in 1984. If you’re looking at the next Canada Line stop south, our guide to apartments near King Edward Station picks up from there.

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How we chose these Osborne Village rental buildings

We chose each building because its listing showed units for rent. P3 Realty manages three of the seven and Globe Property Management manages four. We didn’t rank them. We compare all seven on rent, pets, utilities, and parking, so you can see where a listing says less.

For each building we looked at rent, pet policy, utilities, and parking, and we use the landlord’s wording. Neither P3 Realty’s nor Globe’s listings are dated, so every price here is as listed on October 14, 2026. Where we write “not listed”, the landlord gave no figure. Every walking time and distance comes from the landlords, and we measured none. The same goes for every transit statement.

Landlords use the name Osborne Village loosely, so we define it by the City of Winnipeg’s Osborne Village Neighbourhood Plan (June 2006). The plan’s boundaries are the Assiniboine River to the north and west, Donald Street to the east, and the Osborne Street underpass to the south. That covers approximately 231 acres and, in 2006, approximately 8,000 residents. The plan says Osborne Village “forms part of the broader Fort Rouge community”. The Spot at East Village’s landlord places it in Fort Rouge, but we describe it as in or next to Osborne Village.

A few limits apply. The company behind 391 Gertrude doesn’t publish rent. We couldn’t check River Crescent Gardens’ address against the plan’s boundary map, so we’ve relied on Globe’s placement of it in Osborne Village. Availability can change daily, and the landlord’s current listing is the final word.

How the seven Osborne Village rental buildings compare on rent, pets, utilities, and parking

Where buildings list a price, the lowest one-bedrooms run from $1,230 a month at The Zü (not yet marked available) to $1,425 at The Spot at East Village, as listed on October 14, 2026. If you want utilities covered, three of the seven include heat, water, and hydro: The Spot at East Village, Canterbury House, and Strada Villa Apartments. Six of the seven allow pets in some form, and Strada Villa Apartments is the only one that says “No Pets”.

For context, liv.rent’s October 2026 Winnipeg rent report puts the citywide average asking rent for an unfurnished one-bedroom at $1,319, down 0.1% from September’s $1,321. That’s $34 below July’s high of $1,353, though still 1.7% above the $1,297 average in October 2025. The report doesn’t map neighbourhoods to its six regions, so read this as citywide context, not a price for any building below.

The seven buildings in detail

The Zü Apartments: three buildings on Wardlaw Avenue

On The Zü’s floor plans, the lowest one-bedroom is the Hendrix at $1,230 a month, though the landlord hasn’t marked it as available. The lowest available one is the Eileen at $1,395, and the lowest-priced two-bedroom listed is the Rosanna at $1,920. All three prices are as listed on October 14, 2026. The Zü’s site describes the complex as “a purpose-built rental complex, comprised of three buildings located at 430, 435, and 445 Wardlaw Avenue”. liv.rent’s building page for The Zu gives 160 Osborne Street instead, so we’ve used the address from The Zü’s own site.

Pets are welcome. The Zü’s FAQ calls it “a cat and dog friendly building” and allows up to two pets, each not exceeding 24 inches long or 50 pounds. There’s a pet deposit of half of one month’s rent and a non-refundable $65 DNA kit fee for dogs, as of October 14, 2026. Water is included; heat and hydro aren’t mentioned. The suites have in-suite laundry and an air conditioner, and there’s heated underground parking, though the cost isn’t listed.

The Spot at East Village: a station across the street, by the landlord’s account

At The Spot at East Village, the Chelsea one-bedroom starts at $1,425 a month. The Belmont one-bedroom is $1,775, and both have November 2026 move-in dates. The other plans say “Call for details” on the floor plans page, as of October 14, 2026. The building, at 221 Stradbrook Avenue, appears on liv.rent as East Village. The landlord places it “in the heart of the desirable Fort Rouge neighbourhood” and says a rapid transit station is across the street. It lists Harkness, Osborne, Fort Rouge, and Jubilee stations without saying which one. It also advertises $1,000 off the first month’s rent on two-bedroom units, but no terms are listed.

Heat, water, and hydro are all included, along with in-suite laundry, central heat and air conditioning, covered parking, a 1,500-square-foot fitness facility, and secure bike storage. Pets follow the same P3 terms as The Zü, including the $65 DNA kit fee for dogs “for participating buildings”, as of October 14, 2026. It has the most utilities included of the three P3 buildings.

The walk-up at 391 Gertrude: rent not published

Neither plan at 391 Gertrude lists a price, so you’d need to call: both say “Call for pricing”. The 550-square-foot one-bedroom is available now and, as of October 14, 2026, carries a $508 deposit the listing doesn’t explain. The 725-square-foot two-bedroom isn’t yet marked available. The landlord calls the building, at 391 Gertrude Avenue, a “2 1/2 storey walk-up apartment building” that is “nestled in the heart of Osborne Village” and “only two blocks from Osborne Street”. It also advertises same-day approvals once an application is complete.

Heat and water are included; hydro isn’t mentioned. Amenities include common laundry, outdoor parking, a dishwasher, and air conditioning in select suites. The listing names Safeway, Shoppers Drug Mart, and parks within a 10-minute walk. Cats and dogs are allowed on the same size and number limits as the other P3 buildings, though the deposit amount isn’t stated.

Canterbury House: a high-rise with every utility included

Globe describes Canterbury House, at 270 Roslyn Rd., as a high-rise “tucked away in Osborne Village”. It’s also “an easy walk to groceries, a drug store, restaurants and shops”, with upper-floor views of the Assiniboine River. One-bedrooms start at $1,349, but that unit has an application pending, and the listing’s headline says from $1,455. The lowest one-bedroom available immediately is $1,480 a month, as of October 14, 2026. Others open on November 1 or December 1, 2026, and townhouses are listed at $2,240 (two-bedroom) and $2,680 (three-bedroom). Bachelors and two-bedrooms show waiting lists.

Heat, hydro, and water are all included, along with heated underground parking, air conditioning, and a balcony. In-suite laundry and a dishwasher appear in only some units. The listing says only that it’s pet friendly, with no size or fee detail.

River Crescent Gardens: heat and water included, with a seasonal pool

Globe says River Crescent Gardens, at 595 River Ave., is “tucked away in the quiet, highly desirable core of Osborne Village”. It’s also “minutes away from the lively Osborne Village strip and Corydon’s Little Italy”. That’s Globe’s placement. One-bedrooms (510 to 560 square feet) start at $1,325 a month (application pending), as of October 14, 2026. The next one, at $1,329, is available immediately, two others are $1,405, and the 901-square-foot two-bedroom starts at $1,599 (application pending).

Heat and water are included, along with air conditioning, a seasonal outdoor pool, and surface parking. Laundry and hydro aren’t mentioned. The listing says only that it’s pet friendly.

Roslyn Square: a historic building on Osborne Street

Roslyn Square, at 40 Osborne St., is the only one of the seven with an Osborne Street address. Globe describes large, spacious suites with character in a historic building. One-bedrooms show “No Vacancies” with a waiting list. The 1,185-square-foot two-bedroom starts at $1,399 a month (application pending), and the 1,042-square-foot three-bedroom is $1,949, available immediately, as of October 14, 2026. The listing’s headline says from $1,949, which conflicts with the $1,399 two-bedroom.

Heat and water are included, with a courtyard and surface parking; laundry isn’t mentioned. The listing says only that it’s pet friendly, and the building is smoke-free. Globe says residents can “take a brisk walk downtown” or reach it by bus in minutes.

Strada Villa Apartments: all utilities, but no pets

Globe says Strada Villa Apartments, at 333 Stradbrook Ave., is an Osborne Village block “nestled between the shops and restaurants along the Village strip”. It also mentions the River Walk to The Forks. One-bedrooms (574 to 628 square feet) start at $1,299 a month, as of October 14, 2026. Two more are $1,310, and all three are available immediately. The 832-square-foot two-bedrooms start at $1,499, available December 1, 2026, and one at $1,549 is available from November 1, 2026. The listing’s headline says from $1,249, which no listed unit matches.

Heat, hydro, and water are all included, with air conditioning and surface parking. The listing says “No Pets”, so it’s the only one of the seven that rules out cats and dogs.

Where each building sits in Osborne Village

Osborne Street is the neighbourhood’s main street. The City’s 2006 plan calls Osborne Street, from Roslyn Road to Confusion Corner, “the heart of Osborne Village”, and Roslyn Square’s address is on it. The other six have addresses on Wardlaw Avenue, Stradbrook Avenue, Gertrude Avenue, River Avenue, and Roslyn Road.

On the Osborne Street strip, the plan describes “a pedestrian-oriented neighbourhood main street, with older buildings abutting the street”. Roslyn Square’s landlord describes a historic building near a grocery store, pharmacy, liquor store, boutiques, and restaurants. On Stradbrook Avenue, the plan describes “more modest buildings lining River, Stradbrook, and Roslyn (east of Osborne Street) avenues”, and Globe places Strada Villa Apartments on the Village strip.

The plan lists Gertrude Avenue, where 391 Gertrude sits, and Wardlaw Avenue among the streets where development “will be characterized by street-oriented retail, entertainment, and restaurant / café uses”. Both The Zü and The Spot at East Village say “Only steps to the business district” and “a stone’s throw to dining and entertainment”, and The Spot adds “a quick stroll to Osborne Village”. The Zü also lists a main-floor restaurant.

Away from the strip, River Crescent Gardens’ listing asks, “Want the convenience of a high-traffic area, but not the hustle and bustle?” and goes on to call the location “tranquil”. Canterbury House is a high-rise on Roslyn Road, and the plan says “the majority of the area’s high-rise buildings are clustered around the western section of Roslyn Road”. We haven’t mapped Canterbury House against that description.

On transit, The Zü and The Spot at East Village both name Osborne, Harkness, and Fort Rouge stations on the Southwest Transitway, and The Spot adds Jubilee Station. Neither listing tells you the distance to a station, and 391 Gertrude says only “close to major bus routes”.

What to check before you sign a lease in Winnipeg

If you’re about to sign, these are Manitoba’s rules. The Residential Tenancies Branch’s rent increase information page lists a 2027 rent increase guideline of 3.0%, effective January 1, 2027. The Branch says tenants must be given proper written notice at least three months before an increase takes effect, and that in most circumstances rent can be increased only once a year. These rules apply in Manitoba only, and this section is general information, not legal advice.

The Branch’s guidance on deposits (last revised December 2023) says a security deposit “can’t be more than half of the first month’s rent”. It also says a pet damage deposit “can be up to one month’s rent” for deposits collected on or after August 1, 2014. The half-month pet deposit that P3 Realty lists for The Zü and The Spot at East Village is below that cap. As of October 14, 2026, P3 also lists a $65 non-refundable DNA kit fee for dogs at buildings it calls “participating”.

Before you sign, confirm in writing the rent for the exact unit, the lease term, which utilities are included, what parking costs, and the full pet terms. None of the seven lists a parking price, and three of Globe’s four say only that they’re pet friendly. Landlords and property managers can use the same checklist in reverse: the clearest listings here state the unit, the rent, the pet terms, and what’s included. For monthly citywide context, see liv.rent’s rent reports, and for more area guides, browse the neighbourhoods category.

More Winnipeg neighbourhoods to compare

If you’re still deciding where to look, Osborne Village is one of several areas to compare. The roundup of the best neighbourhoods to live in Winnipeg for young professionals compares the areas. Separate guides cover the best neighbourhood for young professionals in Fort Rouge and the best neighbourhood for young professionals in St. Boniface. If a rapid transit station is your priority, our guide to apartments near the BLUE line covers buildings that the companies behind them tie to rapid transit in their own listings. The Spot at East Village, described above, is one of them. For the search itself, see where to look for a Winnipeg rental.

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What are the seven rental buildings near Commercial-Broadway Station?

The seven sit along East Broadway, Commercial Drive and the avenues north and south of Broadway. We’ve placed each one by street address, because no source we’ve seen gives a walking time for every building. Where a source does give a distance, we say so, so you can tell what’s measured and what isn’t. Each fact in the table comes from the building’s liv.rent page unless we name another source.

Which building suits a commuter, a student, a Drive regular or a family?

If you commute, Hub Place and Caledonia on East Broadway fit best. If you’re a student, Alexandra Place is near Vancouver Community College. If you want Commercial Drive close by, Marquee on the Drive and Credo are the picks, and if you’d rather have quieter streets, Popolo and Lakeview Place are.

Commuters: Hub Place and Caledonia on East Broadway

Hub Place at 1649 E Broadway is the only confirmed purpose-built rental of the seven. The City of Vancouver’s September 15, 2020 public hearing summary describes a proposed 12-storey mixed-use building at this address, with 114 secured rental homes, 23 of them below-market, and commercial space at street level. CBRE’s track record for the building’s sale calls the finished building a 12-storey concrete purpose-built rental with street-level retail.

CAPREIT’s Hub Place listing, as of October 2026, shows in-suite laundry, a party room, bike storage and a bike repair room. It also lists EV charging, a pet wash station, a children’s playground, an elevator and underground parking. Dogs and cats are listed as allowed.

Caledonia at 1515 E Broadway is about one block west of Hub Place by address. liv.rent shows a 1983 completion year and lists an elevator, parking, shared laundry, a storage area and wheelchair accessibility. The trade-off is shared laundry here against the in-suite machines at Hub Place.

Students: Alexandra Place, on the campus side of the station

Vancouver Community College’s Broadway campus is at 1155 E Broadway. VCC says the campus is just steps from VCC-Clark Station on the Millennium Line, the stop west of Commercial-Broadway. If the campus side matters most to you, see our guide to student housing near Vancouver Community College.

Alexandra Place at 1440 E Broadway has 57 units over three floors and was completed in 1980, liv.rent says. Its description mentions a retrofit with a new building envelope, plumbing and roof, places the building between McLean and Woodland drives, and lists an elevator, laundry, parking and a storage area.

Drive regulars: Marquee on the Drive and Credo

Marquee on the Drive at 2250 Commercial Dr began as the Van East Cinema. Canadian Architect reported on June 7, 2014 that developer Image Development Inc. turned the cinema into a 58-unit condominium that reused more than 75% of the earlier structure. The cinema was designed by Bruno Freschi, the architect behind Expo ’86 and Science World. The developer’s release put the building less than two blocks from the station, and liv.rent lists bike storage, a clubhouse, an elevator and in-suite laundry.

Credo at 1533 E 8th Ave sits one avenue north of East Broadway, because Broadway runs in place of 9th Avenue. liv.rent lists 33 units over four floors, a 2009 completion year, developer Jacken Investment Inc, and secured underground parking, an elevator, a garden and in-suite laundry. You trade a Commercial Drive address for a side-street one.

Quieter streets: Popolo and Lakeview Place

Popolo at 2235 E Broadway is a recent condo development. liv.rent lists 81 units over six floors, names EPIX Developments Ltd. as the developer and puts the nearest crossroads at Garden Drive and East Broadway. Sources disagree on when it was completed.

Lakeview Place at 1950 E 11th Ave has 28 units over four floors and a 1991 completion year, and liv.rent lists a fireplace, bike storage, an elevator, a garden, in-suite laundry and storage. Quieter streets here mean Trout Lake. The City places Trout Lake Rink, part of the community centre, near Victoria Drive and East 12th Avenue. The City’s 2022 John Hendry Park Renewal Plan calls the park approximately a 10-minute walk from the Commercial-Broadway transit hub.

What is it like to live beside the Expo and Millennium Line interchange?

Commercial-Broadway is where the Expo Line and the Millennium Line meet, and it’s busy. TransLink counted 6,445,000 boardings there in 2025, the third-highest of any SkyTrain station, in its June 26, 2026 review of the busiest stations and routes. The 99 B-Line, TransLink’s busiest bus route, recorded 10,655,000 boardings in 2025 and also serves the station.

Wikipedia’s station entry says the Expo Line platforms opened on December 11, 1985, and the Millennium Line platforms on August 31, 2002. One stop toward Waterfront on the Expo Line is Main Street-Science World, and we have a separate guide to rental buildings near Main Street-Science World Station.

The Broadway Subway will extend the Millennium Line west from VCC-Clark to Arbutus Street. TransLink says it’s scheduled to open in 2027, and the Province’s September 21, 2026 release says passenger service is scheduled for fall 2027. No exact opening day has been announced. TransLink says B-Line buses will keep running between Arbutus Street and UBC. Daily Hive reported on July 30, 2026 that ending the B-Line east of Arbutus is expected to send more passengers to transfer between the two SkyTrain lines at this station.

For you as a renter, a building within a short walk of these platforms puts two SkyTrain lines and, until the subway opens, the B-Line within reach, at the cost of a busy corner.

How much is a two-bedroom in Vancouver this October, and does it apply near the station?

In October 2026, liv.rent’s Metro Vancouver rent report put the average asking rent for an unfurnished two-bedroom in the City of Vancouver at $3,125, up 5.2% year over year from $2,970. The report was published October 2, 2026. That covers the whole city, and the report gives no figure for the streets around the station.

The same October 2026 report put the City of Vancouver’s unfurnished one-bedroom at $2,329, which is 2.6% below October 2025. Statistics Canada’s second quarter 2026 rent statistics, released September 9, 2026, put two-bedroom asking rent in the Vancouver census metropolitan area at $3,030, down 4.1% from the second quarter of 2025. The directions differ because the measures differ: liv.rent’s figure is unfurnished listings in the City of Vancouver in October 2026, while Statistics Canada’s covers the wider metropolitan area over a quarter.

Neither figure is the rent you’d pay at a specific building, because each building above sets its own price.

What is being built next to the station, and does it affect renting today?

Two rental projects beside the station have been approved or are moving through approval, and neither is a building you can rent today. Daily Hive reported that Vancouver City Council approved the Safeway site rezoning at 1780 E Broadway on June 10, 2025, for three towers with 1,044 secured purpose-built rental homes, 104 of them below-market. Crombie REIT is redeveloping the Commercial-Broadway Safeway with Westbank. It lists the project as near-term and anticipates enactment of the rezoning by-law before the end of 2026, according to Buildups’ report on Crombie’s second-quarter 2026 results.

At a public hearing shortly before July 30, 2026, council also approved in principle the rezoning for 2516 Commercial Dr and 1704 E Broadway, the corner directly west of the Expo Line platforms. The concept is a 31-storey tower with 207 secured purpose-built market rental homes (25 studios, 103 one-bedrooms, 53 two-bedrooms and 26 three-bedrooms). Daily Hive reported on July 30, 2026 that the design may change to keep room for a future station platform and footbridge.

If you rent, this is future supply, and the sources give no construction date. If you’re a landlord with a nearby suite, more purpose-built rental homes could mean more competition when a suite turns over, though no source we’ve seen forecasts the effect on rents.

What should Commercial Drive renters and landlords know about the 2.3% cap and strata rules?

The Government of B.C.’s rent increases page, last updated August 27, 2026, sets the maximum annual rent increase at 2.3% for 2026 and 2.2% for 2027. Each increase needs at least three full months’ written notice on Form RTB-7, and rent can rise only once every 12 months. This is general information, not legal advice.

If you rent

A valid notice states the exact dollar amount of the increase and the date it takes effect. The Government of B.C. also says a landlord can’t round the increase up or add unused room from an earlier year. If a notice asks for more than the limit, you don’t have to pay the unlawful part. You can raise it with your landlord or apply to the Residential Tenancy Branch for dispute resolution.

Your landlord must give you the strata’s bylaws and a Form K (Notice of Tenant’s Responsibilities) if you rent in a strata building. Under the Province’s guidance for tenants in stratas, you can end the tenancy without penalty within 90 days. That applies if the landlord fails to give you both and also fails to give the strata a signed Form K. Bylaws can set quiet hours and rules on smoking and pets.

If you are a landlord

The Government of B.C. says the 12-month clock runs from when the rent was set or last legally increased. It applies even when a new landlord or a new tenant arrives through a sublet or assignment. If you want to go above the limit, you’ll need the tenant’s written agreement, with the exact dollar amount, the effective date and the tenant’s signature. The other route is an application to the Residential Tenancy Branch for an additional increase.

If your suite is in a strata building, give the tenant the bylaws and a Form K, and give the strata a signed copy. Our guide on how to screen tenants covers screening, and our Rental Laws hub collects more B.C. and national rules.

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If Lakeview Place appeals, two more buildings from liv.rent’s list sit on the next blocks of the avenues nearby. Royal Victoria at 1883 E 10th Ave has 14 units over four floors, a 1994 completion year and an elevator. Lakeview Court at 1928 E 11th Ave has 21 units over three floors, a 1993 completion year, an elevator, in-suite laundry, parking and a patio or terrace. Both sets of facts come from liv.rent’s building listings. If you’d like more East Vancouver guides, browse our Neighbourhoods hub.

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What do you trade for living beside the False Creek Flats?

You trade quiet residential streets for the shortest walk to a train, to Science World and to the seawall. Main Street-Science World Station sits at Main Street and Terminal Avenue at the foot of False Creek. TransLink says Science World and Pacific Central Station, the intercity bus and rail terminal, stand on either side of it.

The station opened in December 1985 as Main Street and added Science World to its name on September 21, 1990, according to Wikipedia’s station entry. It’s an Expo Line station only. Trains run toward Waterfront in one direction and toward King George, Braid or Production Way-University in the other, and, TransLink says, the Millennium Line is a change at Commercial-Broadway, the next stop east. Science World’s dome began as the signature building of the 1986 World’s Fair, as Science World’s own history tells it. The science centre itself opened at 1455 Quebec Street on May 6, 1989, says Wikipedia’s Science World entry.

What you give up is some of the calm. The City of Vancouver says the Olympic Village was built to house athletes and officials for the 2010 Winter Games and became residential housing afterward. Station Street is where Pacific Central Station and the new St. Paul’s Hospital stand, so it’s a rail-and-hospital address, not a quiet residential street.

What are the seven rental buildings near Main Street-Science World Station?

All seven of these are strata buildings, where individual owners rent out suites, so your landlord is a condo owner rather than a company that runs the building. Walk times are Walk Score’s algorithmic estimates, as listed in October 2026. The table gives one confirmed fact for each building, and the sections after it explain what each one costs you in trade.

Beside the platform on Main Street

City Gate, 1159 Main Street, is one of the two towers closest to the platform. Walk Score lists a one-minute walk to the Expo Line at 0.1 km. liv.rent describes a 1992 building by Bosa Properties with an exercise centre, hot tub, sauna and steam room, bike storage and in-suite laundry. BC Condos and Homes shows strata plan LMS519 with rentals allowed. The trade: you get the shortest walk, but in the oldest building on this list, and from an owner rather than a company that runs the building.

Station Place, 1255 Main Street, is the other. Walk Score lists the Expo Line at 0.0 km and a one-minute walk, and liv.rent shows a 1996 building with an exercise centre, recreation centre, sauna and steam room, and hot tub. Its strata listing calls it freehold strata and names 1012 Main Street as the second building in the complex. The trade: the shortest walk of all seven, at the station’s own corner.

On Station Street by the new hospital

The Left Bank, 919 Station Street, was completed in 2005 by Ballenas Project Management, says liv.rent. A strata listing describes strata lofts on nine levels, in a complex shared with RailCar at 212 Station Street. Walk Score lists the Expo Line at 0.4 km but gives no walk time to the SkyTrain station for this address. By address, it sits on Station Street, the same street as Pacific Central Station and the new hospital, and Providence Health Care puts that hospital four minutes from the station. The trade: a loft building and a hospital-side address, but no sourced walk time to the platform. BC Condos and Homes gives “rentals allowed w/restrictions,” which may be older bylaw wording, and the Province says stratas aren’t allowed to have rental-restriction bylaws.

East 1st and East 2nd Avenues and The Creek: three newer buildings

Navio at the Creek, 1678 Pullman Porter Street, is a newer building. liv.rent says it was completed in 2018 by Concert Properties, with 177 units and 14 floors, an exercise centre, lounge, garden, concierge and air conditioning. BC Condos and Homes shows freehold strata plan EPP46205. Walk Score lists a six-minute walk at 0.3 km. The trade: a short walk in a newer building, with an owner as landlord. Concert Properties says The Creek community also includes an affordable rental building, the Railyard Housing Co-op at 95 East 1st Avenue, which the Community Land Trust describes as non-profit co-operative housing. That one isn’t among the seven.

Block 100, 111 E 1st Avenue, is an Onni building completed in 2016, with about 230 units on 15 floors, an exercise centre, recreation room and patio or terrace, says liv.rent. Walk Score lists the Expo Line at 0.3 km and a five-minute walk, with Creekside Park, Thornton Park and Hinge Park nearby. The trade: newer finishes and a short walk, with an owner as landlord.

Second + Main, 180 E 2nd Avenue, is the newest building here. liv.rent says it was completed in 2021, with 233 units on 12 floors, air conditioning, a lounge, an exercise centre and a garden. A January 2020 Skyrise Cities report described 233 market condominiums plus 30 non-market rental units for artists on the block at Second Avenue and Main Street. Walk Score lists a seven-minute walk at 0.5 km. The trade: the newest building here, but with a walk that, like Sails, is the longest on this list by Walk Score.

Olympic Village: Sails

Sails, 1661 Ontario Street, is a 2010 building by Millennium Development Corporation. liv.rent lists 114 units on 10 floors, a bike storage room, exercise centre, recreation centre and sauna and steam room. BC Condos and Homes shows strata plan BCS3841 with rentals allowed. Walk Score lists a seven-minute walk to the Expo Line and puts Creekside Park, Hinge Park and Habitat Island nearby. The trade: the water and a second rail line, in exchange for one of the longest walks to the Expo Line.

Olympic Village or the Main Street side: which suits a renter better?

If your day starts on the Expo Line, the Main Street side suits you. If you want the seawall and the Canada Line, Olympic Village does. Walk Score lists the Main Street and Quebec Street towers at one to three minutes from the Expo Line. Block 100 and Navio at the Creek are five to six, and Second + Main and Sails are seven.

For Sails, Walk Score also lists the Canada Line at 0.9 km without naming a station. There’s an Olympic Village Station on the line, and TransLink says it runs from Waterfront to YVR-Airport and Richmond-Brighouse, so the Village gives you a second route to Waterfront. The City adds that a ferry dock beside the Creekside Community Recreation Centre gives access to non-motorized boats.

What is it like to live next to a SkyTrain hub and a train terminal?

It’s a busy station. Wikipedia’s station entry lists 3,620,000 passengers at the station in 2025, 15th among 54 stations, and Pacific Central Station sits next door with its own traffic.

The City’s Southeast False Creek Official Development Plan (document dated July 2026) says frontages on Main Street and Quebec Street should be designed “to provide a buffer from traffic and noise on these busy streets.” On either street, you’re living on what the City itself calls a busy street. VIA Rail’s January 30, 2026 release says Pacific Central has had more than $8 million in upgrades over two years. The Urbanist reported that U.S. customs preclearance for Amtrak Cascades began there on June 8, 2026.

How much does a one-bedroom cost around the station?

In liv.rent’s October 2026 Metro Vancouver rent report, published October 2, 2026, the City of Vancouver’s average unfurnished one-bedroom asking rent was $2,329, which is 2.6% below October 2025. The Metro Vancouver average was $2,083, so the city runs about $246 higher. Both figures are asking rents, not what existing tenants pay.

The same October 2026 report puts Downtown at $2,496 for an unfurnished one-bedroom, and unfurnished two-bedrooms in the City of Vancouver at $3,125, up 5.2% from $2,970. The public text doesn’t break out Mount Pleasant or Southeast False Creek, where liv.rent places these addresses, so we haven’t quoted a neighbourhood figure or stated any building’s rent. If you want more neighbourhood context, it sits in liv.rent’s Neighbourhoods guides and the Rent Reports archive.

What should renters and owner-landlords know about renting a condo suite in B.C.?

In a strata building, the landlord is the suite’s owner and the strata corporation sets the building rules, so a B.C. tenancy comes with two sets of paperwork. The Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB) rules cover the lease and rent; the strata’s bylaws cover how you live in the building. This is general information, not legal advice.

If you rent

You have to follow the strata’s bylaws and rules even if your landlord never gave you a copy, the Government of B.C. says. Your landlord must still provide the bylaws and a Form K, the Notice of Tenant’s Responsibilities, as its tenants in stratas page (publication date April 22, 2025) explains. If your landlord doesn’t provide them, you may be able to end the tenancy without penalty by acting within 90 days of learning of it.

On rent, the Government of B.C.’s rent increases page (last updated August 27, 2026) sets the 2026 limit at 2.3% and the 2027 limit at 2.2%, effective January 1, 2027. Your landlord must give at least three full months’ written notice on Form RTB-7, with the exact dollar amount and effective date, and may raise rent only once every 12 months. If a notice goes over the limit, you don’t have to pay the unlawful part. Raise it with your landlord first, apply to the RTB for dispute resolution if that doesn’t settle it, or deduct an overpayment from future rent with a written explanation.

If you are a landlord

The Province’s landlord and strata guidance (last updated November 26, 2022) says stratas aren’t allowed to have rental-restriction bylaws, though they can restrict or ban short-term rentals. You must give each tenant the bylaws, rules and Form K, and give the strata a copy of the Form K signed by the tenant within two weeks of renting. If a tenant incurs a fine, the strata can require you to pay it. You can collect that amount from the tenant, but the Province says you can’t hand the responsibility itself to the tenant.

The rent rules bind you equally: 2.3% for 2026, 2.2% for 2027, three full months’ notice on Form RTB-7, once every 12 months, and no rounding up or carrying over unused increases. You can go above the limit only with the tenant’s written agreement or through an RTB application. The Province announced the 2027 limit in a news release dated August 27, 2026. Read more in liv.rent’s B.C. rent increase guide and the Rental Laws pillar.

What is changing around the station in 2026 and 2027?

Three projects are changing the flats, and the first is the hospital. Providence Health Care (project last reviewed June 22, 2026) says the new St. Paul’s Hospital opens in 2027 and is bordered by Station Street, Prior Street, Trillium Park and National Avenue.

The second is rental housing. City Council approved a rezoning on February 10, 2026 for 42-storey and 25-storey towers with 780 rental homes at 1405 Main Street and 1510 Quebec Street, the City’s Shape Your City project says. The City’s presentation to Council describes the site as directly across from the station. The project shows no construction start date, so the homes aren’t available to rent yet.

The third is transit. The Broadway Subway extension of the Millennium Line is scheduled to open in fall 2027, says the Province’s September 21, 2026 release, and riders from this Expo Line station would change at Commercial-Broadway. For the extension’s Great Northern Way-Emily Carr stop, see our guide to rental buildings near Emily Carr University. The next station west is in our guide to apartments near Stadium-Chinatown Station, and the change point in our guide to apartments near Commercial-Broadway Station.

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If you’d like a Quebec Street address, two more Bosa-built towers there fit the same walk. The National, 1128 Quebec Street, has 147 units on 27 floors, was completed in 1994 and lists an indoor pool, sauna and hot tub. Walk Score gives it a two-minute walk to the station. Viceroy, 1088 Quebec Street, has 152 units on 27 floors, dates from 1997 and lists an indoor pool, and Walk Score gives it three minutes. Both come from liv.rent’s building listings.

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