{"id":47684,"date":"2026-08-18T20:02:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T19:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=47684"},"modified":"2026-08-18T21:04:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:04:53","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-more-than-a-century-later-adaptive-reuse-of-vancouver-heritage-building-completes-1911-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=47684","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the Global doorstep\u2019: More than a century later, adaptive reuse of Vancouver heritage building completes 1911 vision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vancouver\u2019s former Anglo-Canadian Warehouse building is being reimagined to align with the site\u2019s original vision, with \u2018adaptive reuse\u2019 to include the addition of four more storeys, reports <em>The Globe and Mail<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><u>The Globe and Mail<\/u><\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 1911 heritage building at the west end of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Vancouver has been saved from demolition as a local developer and architect are reimagining it into a burgeoning brick-and-beam mixed-use property&#8230; To preserve the building\u2019s heritage while accounting for modern-day demands\u2026 Architects and Designers decided to transform the two-storey warehouse\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The transformation is an example of adaptive reuse \u2013 the process of repurposing unused buildings into mixed-use spaces \u2013 and is a growing trend in commercial real estate\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 \u2018During our first site visit with the structural engineer, we were in awe at the size of the columns and the thickness of the walls,\u2019 says Bryan Lemos Be\u00e7a\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Projected for completion this summer, 837 Beatty St. is the only new commercial office development to be delivered in downtown Vancouver for the foreseeable future\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/industry-news\/property-report\/article-more-than-a-century-later-adaptive-reuse-of-vancouver-heritage\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vancouver\u2019s former Anglo-Canadian Warehouse building is being reimagined to align with the site\u2019s original vision, with \u2018adaptive reuse\u2019 to include the addition of four more storeys, reports The Globe and Mail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[734,759,29,962,961],"class_list":["post-47684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-adaptive-reuse","tag-canada","tag-heritage","tag-historic-building","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47684"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47718,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47684\/revisions\/47718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}