1133 Barclay Street has been sold by Gordon Nelson Properties for $9,225,000 to a local investor. The purchase price represents a cap rate of 4.5% and a price per unit of approx. $300,000. The building was fully renovated including new stainless steel appliances, dishwashers, granite countertops, porcelain tiling and refinished floors. The building has an ideal location, but does not fall within the West End Plan’s potential rezoning area.

The building had been listed for sale for $9,898,000, and was sold by Matt Saunders and Steve Fame of Colliers in approx. 1 month.

A 48-unit apartment building known as El Toro Apartments at the Northeast corner of East 2nd Street and St. Andrews Avenue in the Lower Lonsdale area of North Vancouver has sold for $9,900,000, or $206,250 per unit. The purchaser is a local private investor. The building had been listed for sale for $10,000,000 in the fall of 2014.

The Lotus Hotel, a six-storey building retail and apartment property located at West Pender and Abbott Street in Downtown Vancouver has sold for $17,900,000.

The building, built in 1913, was substantially upgraded in 2001 and  2009  The main floor and basement  have been leased as a 12,000 SF retail tenant operating as The Pint Public House. The upper floors feature 110 bachelor suites, which are self-contained with kitchenettes (fridge, stove, sink) and three-piece bathrooms. These units reportedly average 210 SF.

The building was sold by Steve Fame at Colliers and had been listed for sale for $18,698,000.

An 11-unit apartment building, known as Bel Aire Apartments at 6356 East Boulevard, has sold for $4,710,000, or $428,000 per unit, or a 2.10% cap rate. The buyer is East Boulevard Property (Westland) Ltd.  The building had been listed for sale for $5,000,000.

An application has been submitted for a 7,686 SF site  on East Pender Street near Commercial Drive in East Vancouver. The plan calls for a 5-storey  mixed-use building with two levels of office space and three levels of residential space containing 15 residential units and 14 underground parking stalls. The site is zoned MC-1, which conditionally allows a mix of uses.

The site, currently improved with a single storey industrial building, was acquired earlier this year for $1,830,000 by Epix Developments.