{"id":69810,"date":"2026-10-23T10:44:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T17:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liv.rent\/blog\/?p=69810"},"modified":"2026-10-23T10:44:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T17:44:42","slug":"apartments-near-granville-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liv.rent\/blog\/renters\/apartments-near-granville-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Apartments near Granville Station, Vancouver: 7 top rental buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you’re looking for apartments near Granville Station in Vancouver, we cover seven buildings around it: The Hudson, Telus Garden, the Private Residences at Hotel Georgia, Jameson House, Capitol Residences, L’aria, and The Standard. Six are condo towers whose owners rent out the suites, and one is a purpose-built rental, so who your landlord is depends on which you pick. The station itself logged 5,861,000 boardings in 2025, the fifth-most on SkyTrain, and we also cover what changed on Granville Street in 2026 and the rules for renters and landlords in B.C.<\/p>\n

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Which seven rental buildings sit around Granville Station?<\/h2>\n

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Seven buildings cluster on Granville, Howe, Seymour, and West Hastings streets in the downtown core. Six are strata condominium towers, so you’ll usually be dealing with an individual owner as your landlord, not one company running the whole building. The Standard on Granville Street is the exception: a purpose-built rental building. Positions below are by address and street, because none of our sources gives a walking time to the station.<\/p>\n

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The Hudson<\/a><\/td>610 Granville Street<\/td>Granville Street at Dunsmuir Street; condo tower<\/td>The station’s Dunsmuir Street entrance runs through it<\/td><\/tr>
Telus Garden<\/a><\/td>777 Richards Street<\/td>Block bounded by Georgia, Robson, Seymour, and Richards streets; condo tower<\/td>Residential space rated LEED Gold<\/td><\/tr>
The Private Residences at Hotel Georgia<\/a><\/td>667 Howe Street<\/td>Howe Street beside the heritage Hotel Georgia; condo tower<\/td>48-storey tower on the site next to the restored 1927 hotel<\/td><\/tr>
Jameson House<\/a><\/td>838 West Hastings Street<\/td>West Hastings Street, in the financial district; apartments above offices and shops<\/td>Foster + Partners tower that restored a 1920s heritage building<\/td><\/tr>
Capitol Residences<\/a><\/td>833 Seymour Street<\/td>Seymour Street near Robson Street; condo tower<\/td>43 floors and 372 units, completed 2011<\/td><\/tr>
L’aria<\/a><\/td>822 Seymour Street<\/td>Seymour Street near Robson Street; condo building<\/td>82 units over 13 floors<\/td><\/tr>
The Standard<\/a><\/td>1142 Granville Street<\/td>Granville Street south of the entertainment strip; purpose-built rental<\/td>106 studio rentals, managed by Concert Realty Services<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n

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We took the unit counts, floors, and amenities from each building’s liv.rent page as checked on October 20, 2026. The history comes from the third-party sources linked below.<\/p>\n

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What is each building like, street by street?<\/h2>\n

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The seven fall into three groups by street character: the Granville Street spine, the Robson and Seymour corner of the retail core, and the Howe Street and West Hastings blocks near the financial district. Every building below has at least one sourced fact beyond its address.<\/p>\n

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Granville Street: two buildings, two kinds of tenure<\/h3>\n

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The Hudson<\/a> at 610 Granville Street is the building the station runs through. Wikipedia’s station page<\/a> says the Dunsmuir Street entrance, with elevator and escalator access, passes through the Hudson condominium development and opened in 2006. On liv.rent’s page you’ll see 432 units over 32 floors, built by Wall Financial Corporation in 2006. Amenities include a concierge, an exercise centre, a garden, a lounge, and in-suite laundry, all verified live on October 20, 2026.<\/p>\n

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The Standard<\/a> at 1142 Granville Street is the only purpose-built rental in the set. A City of Vancouver staff report dated May 3, 2010<\/a> proposed 106 market rental units of about 320 square feet each. The plan was to secure rental tenure for 60 years or the life of the building, whichever is greater. On liv.rent’s page, the building has 106 units over 10 floors, completed in 2013 by Concert Properties and managed by Concert Realty Services Ltd., with an exercise centre, a lounge, and a meeting room. Concert Properties announced on September 11, 2023<\/a> that Concert Income Properties had acquired the building. Concert Properties describes the building as a residential rental building with two retail units facing Granville Street.<\/p>\n

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Robson and Seymour: three towers in the retail core<\/h3>\n

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Telus Garden<\/a> stands on the block bounded by Georgia, Robson, Seymour, and Richards streets, as Global News’ March 2011 report on the project<\/a> describes it. Wikipedia’s Telus Garden page<\/a> says its residential space is rated LEED Gold. liv.rent lists a concierge, a gym, and secured underground parking. Unit counts differ between sources, so we don’t give one here.<\/p>\n

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Capitol Residences<\/a> at 833 Seymour Street is a 43-floor, 372-unit tower completed in 2011 by Wall Financial Corporation. Its liv.rent page describes it as a high-rise condo in the Downtown neighbourhood, with an exercise centre, in-suite laundry, and air conditioning. L’aria<\/a> is in the same 800 block, at 822 Seymour Street, with 82 units over 13 floors, developed by DTKH Robson Development Ltd. It’s the smallest and least documented building here. Its sources disagree on the completion year, so we don’t state one.<\/p>\n

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Howe Street and West Hastings: heritage next door<\/h3>\n

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The Private Residences at Hotel Georgia<\/a> is a 48-storey condominium tower on the site next to the historic hotel. Wikipedia’s Hotel Georgia page<\/a> says the hotel closed in 2007 for restoration and tower construction and reopened on July 10, 2011. HistoricPlaces.ca<\/a> says the hotel was built in 1926 and 1927, and that it has had City of Vancouver heritage designation since 1974. Amenities on liv.rent’s page include an indoor pool, a restaurant, a media room, and a billiards room.<\/p>\n

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Jameson House<\/a> is a Foster + Partners tower, and Dezeen reported<\/a> in January 2012 that it has 11 storeys of offices and shops under 23 storeys of apartments. The project restored the internal volume of the A-listed 1920s Ceperley Rounsfell Building and kept the facade of the B-listed Royal Financial Building. liv.rent lists 138 units, built by Bosa. liv.rent’s list also holds a second Jameson House record (building 8181, at 838 W Hastings St), so confirm which record a suite sits under.<\/p>\n

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What does Granville Station offer a renter?<\/h2>\n

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Granville Station is an underground Expo Line station in fare zone one, between Burrard and Stadium-Chinatown stations. You’ll find entrances on Granville Street, Seymour Street, and Dunsmuir Street. TransLink’s Buzzer<\/a> counted 5,861,000 boardings there in 2025, fifth among SkyTrain stations and down from 6,149,000 and fourth place in 2024. TransLink counts a boarding each time a customer taps in at a fare gate or gets on a bus.<\/p>\n

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The platforms sit about 25 metres underground, the deepest on the Expo Line, says Wikipedia’s station page. TransLink’s SkyTrain page<\/a> lists the wheelchair-equipped Dunsmuir Street access as one of the ways in, and the Hudson is the building above it. Before you count on any one entrance, check TransLink’s alerts page, because the Granville Street side connects through the former Hudson’s Bay store.<\/p>\n

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Because the station is in zone one, you’ll pay the one-zone price if you stay in Vancouver: TransLink’s fare table<\/a> lists an adult monthly pass at $117.20, which reflects the July 1, 2026 fare increase. If you commute out of Vancouver, Waterfront Station, two stops away, is the better base, as our guide to rental buildings near Waterfront Station<\/a> explains. Stadium-Chinatown is one stop east, and our guide covers apartments near Stadium-Chinatown Station<\/a>. The BCIT Downtown campus at 555 Seymour Street<\/a> is on the same street as the station’s Seymour entrance, and our BCIT Downtown renter’s guide<\/a> covers that too.<\/p>\n

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Is Granville Street okay to live on?<\/h2>\n

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It depends on how much you mind noise. Granville Street is Vancouver’s entertainment district, so if you live on or beside it, expect evening and weekend noise, and the City has said so in writing. In its May 3, 2010 report on the rezoning of 1142 Granville Street, City staff attached a draft by-law. It says dwelling units there are in an “activity zone” under the Noise Control By-law and are “subject to noise from surrounding land uses and street activities.” The same report placed the Entertainment District “in the 600 to 900 blocks of Granville Street.”<\/p>\n

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The Hudson’s address, 610 Granville Street, falls inside the 600 to 900 blocks the report calls the Entertainment District. The Standard, at 1142 Granville Street, sits just south of that stretch, and the same report says the Entertainment District lies north of the site.<\/p>\n

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What is changing on and around Granville Street in 2026?<\/h2>\n

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City Council approved the Granville Street Plan on June 4, 2025, a 20-year plan for the street, and the summer of 2026 brought a pedestrian zone. The City of Vancouver says<\/a> Granville Street between West Georgia and Davie streets was closed to vehicles from June 11 to September 7, 2026. Buses were re-routed to Howe and Seymour streets from June 8 to September 11, with dedicated bus lanes installed on both. The City’s page says Granville will reopen to vehicles and transit from September 12, 2026, and that staff will report back in early 2027.<\/p>\n

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That matters most if you’re eyeing a building on Howe or Seymour. The June 4, 2025 committee minutes<\/a> record the plan’s policy to seasonally re-route bus service to Howe and Seymour streets during pedestrian zone pilots. A suite on either street may see more bus traffic in future summers. The City’s June 4, 2025 release adds that the plan treats Georgia to Smithe as a City Centre area for new mixed-use development. The Entertainment Core from Smithe to Davie restricts residential use to preserve nightlife.<\/p>\n

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The former Hudson’s Bay flagship at 674 Granville Street, which connects to the station, is also changing hands. Daily Hive reported on April 29, 2026<\/a> that Onni had signed a purchase agreement with the court-appointed receiver on April 23. Lee & Associates’ second-quarter 2026 retail report<\/a> says Onni acquired the site through a court-ordered sale at a reported $112.5 million. Neither source describes a redevelopment plan.<\/p>\n

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What does rent look like in the downtown core in 2026?<\/h2>\n

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In its September 9, 2026 release<\/a>, Statistics Canada put the average asking rent for a two-bedroom apartment in the Vancouver census metropolitan area at $3,030 a month in the second quarter of 2026. That’s down 4.1% from the second quarter of 2025. The same release put average paid rent for a two-bedroom, which is what existing tenants pay, at $2,470. Asking rent covers advertised suites, and paid rent covers sitting tenancies. The 2025 base is flagged for use with caution, so don’t read the two as one rent when you compare.<\/p>\n

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In the Downtown neighbourhood, an unfurnished one-bedroom averaged $2,496 in asking rent, against $2,329 for the City of Vancouver as a whole. Both figures come from liv.rent’s October 2026 Metro Vancouver rent report<\/a>, published October 2, 2026. Those are asking rents for one-bedroom suites, a different measure from the Statistics Canada two-bedroom figure. We don’t quote a rent for any single building, because rents are set suite by suite.<\/p>\n

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Should you rent a condo suite or a purpose-built studio here?<\/h2>\n

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The choice comes down to who your landlord is. In a condo tower such as the Hudson or Capitol Residences, you’ll rent from the suite’s individual owner, so the landlord and the terms can differ from one suite to the next. The Standard is a single rental building run by one manager. liv.rent describes its homes as studios, so couples and roommates may need a condo tower.<\/p>\n

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The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s Fall 2025 Rental Market Report, published December 11, 2025, shows how the market splits. In the Vancouver area in October 2025, CMHC<\/a> counted a 1.5% vacancy rate and a $2,900 average two-bedroom rent in rented condominium apartments. Purpose-built apartments had 3.7% vacancy and a $2,363 average two-bedroom rent. Those figures are about 10 months old, and CMHC’s calendar lists the next report for December 8, 2026.<\/p>\n

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What do strata bylaws say about noise?<\/h2>\n

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In a strata building, noise comes with a rule as well as a feeling. The Government of B.C.’s page on tenants in stratas<\/a>, published April 22, 2025, says the Standard Bylaws bar unreasonable noise and nuisance. It also says tenants must follow the strata’s bylaws even if the landlord never handed them over. Read the bylaws before you sign.<\/p>\n

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What do the cap, Form RTB-7, and strata Form K mean for a downtown tenancy?<\/h2>\n

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Whichever type of suite you rent or own, the same Residential Tenancy Branch rules apply. The Government of B.C.’s rent increases page<\/a>, last updated August 27, 2026, limits a yearly increase to 2.3% for 2026 and 2.2% for 2027. That page also requires Form RTB-7 and three full months of written notice, and it allows one increase in any 12-month period. A strata building adds one more document, Form K, which the sections below explain. General information, not legal advice.<\/p>\n

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If you rent<\/h3>\n

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An increase above the limit, or one given without proper notice, is not one you have to pay. The Government of B.C. says to raise it with your landlord first, then apply to the Residential Tenancy Branch for dispute resolution. It also says you may deduct an overpayment from future rent with a written explanation. In a strata building, the Government of B.C.’s tenants-in-stratas page says your landlord must also give you a copy of the bylaws and rules and a Form K, the Notice of Tenant’s Responsibilities. Our Rental Laws section<\/a> covers the wider rules, and the Neighbourhoods section<\/a> compares other parts of Vancouver.<\/p>\n

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If you are a landlord<\/h3>\n

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If you own a suite in one of these towers, the cap binds you too: 2.3% for 2026 and 2.2% from January 1, 2027, with Form RTB-7 and three full months of notice. The Government of B.C.’s page for landlords and strata corporations<\/a>, last updated November 26, 2022, says the strata needs a copy of Form K signed by your tenant within two weeks of renting. It also says the strata can require you to pay a fine your tenant earns, which you can then collect from the tenant. Our guide to how to screen tenants<\/a> and the landlord resources on liv.rent<\/a> are a place to start.<\/p>\n

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Seven buildings cluster around Granville Station: The Hudson, Telus Garden, the Private Residences at Hotel Georgia, Jameson House, Capitol Residences, L’aria, and The Standard. Six are condo towers whose owners rent out the suites, and The Standard is a purpose-built rental. Rents are set suite by suite.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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It can be lively. Granville Street is Vancouver’s entertainment district, so expect evening and weekend noise. A City of Vancouver staff report dated May 3, 2010 says dwelling units at 1142 Granville Street are subject to noise from surrounding land uses and street activities. The same report places the Entertainment District in the 600 to 900 blocks of Granville Street.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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Statistics Canada put the average asking rent for a two-bedroom apartment in the Vancouver area at $3,030 a month in the second quarter of 2026, down 4.1% from a year earlier. In the Downtown neighbourhood, liv.rent<\/a>‘s October 2026 report put the average asking rent for an unfurnished one-bedroom at $2,496.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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Mostly condos, so your landlord can differ from suite to suite. Six of the seven buildings in this guide are strata towers where owners rent out suites. The Standard on Granville Street is the purpose-built exception, a 106-unit studio building managed by Concert Realty Services.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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The Government of B.C. caps annual rent increases at 2.3% for 2026 and 2.2% for 2027, which takes effect January 1, 2027. A landlord must give three full months’ written notice on Form RTB-7, and rent can rise only once every 12 months. General information, not legal advice.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\n