Vancouver’s Broadway corridor gets a megadose of density

Just as Vancouverites were adjusting to the idea of a “second downtown” along the Broadway corridor, the city has announced plans to ramp up density even more.

“What’s being proposed are towers equivalent to the towers that line Georgia Street,” says development consultant Michael Geller, who attended a recent open house on the updated plan. “So, it’s three times the density of most of the West End.”

Proposed amendments to the two-year-old Broadway Plan would further increase density in about half the area, adding height and multiple towers to blocks near transit. In some cases, the heights would more than double.