SRO Closures-375 Units Lost
The Downtown Eastside is turning inside out, with record numbers of hotels and low-rent buildings kicking all of their tenants out.
Recent closures include:
- Star Beach Haven, 19 rooms at 658 Alexander Street (today evicting all tenants as precondition of sale);
- Backpacker’s Inn, 42 rooms at 7 West Hastings at Carrall (closed today by owners as precondition of sale, power and gas shut off, same owners as Star Beach Haven);
- 334 Carrall Street, 30 apartments (closed in February by owner Robert Wilson for renovations);
- Marie Gomez Place, 76 apartments at 590 Alexander Street (closed in January by the province, condemned due to mold);
- Dominion Hotel, 67 rooms at 210 Abbott Street (closed in January for renovations);
- Columbia Hotel, 69 rooms at 303 Columbia Street (Carnegie discovered it was illegally converted to tourist accommodation in December, reported to City of Vancouver, no apparent response);
- Phoenix Apartments 18 units at 514 Alexander Street (closed as precondition of sale in February); and,
- Colonial Residence, 144 units at 122 Water Street (54 rooms empty since at least March 20, unknown why management is emptying the hotel).
Total lost since December 2007 (last 4 months): 375 units in 8 buildings.
Posted: April 10th, 2008 under Downtown Eastside, Homelessness, Housing, News, Poverty, Social Issues, Social Justice, Women's Issues.
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