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DOMINANT AGE RANGE DOMINANT EDUCATION LEVEL FAST FACTS % 30-34 36 BIA SIZE RESIDENTIAL MARKET SIZE YEARS BACHELOR’S DEGREE average age is 40.7 22 BLOCKS 1.4 SQ. KM. BUSINESS SIZE RESIDENTIAL CATCHMENT AREA POPULATION % 842 BUSINESSES; 52 27,381 RESIDENTS OF WHICH HAVE FEWER THAN 11.6% growth from 2011-2016 FIVE EMPLOYEES

with a population density of COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL 15,904 SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE PER SQ. KM. RE-DEVELOPMENT

COMMERCIAL SIZE SINCE 2001 reﬂecting the area’s regeneration during the dot-com era of the late 1990s 539 PROPERTIES with an assessed commercial value of $1.9 BILLION ATTRACTIONS

DOMINANT HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Roundhouse BC Place 28 Heritage Vancouver David Lam $ Community Arts & Buildings Seawall Park 200,000+ Recreation Centre

BIZMAP.CA POPULATIONUpdated GROWTH August 2018 OF DOMINANT AGE GROUP 12% IS 30-34 from 2011-2016

THE TOP 3 % % % LANGUAGES 74 4 3 SPOKEN AT HOME ARE ENGLISH MANDARIN FARSI (PERSIAN)

% % 52 REPORTED 56 HAVE MOVED WESTERN EUROPEAN HERITAGE TO THE AREA WITHIN particularly English (18%), Scottish (13%), Irish (12%), THE PAST 5 YEARS and German (9%)

THE DOMINANT HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS $200,000+

AREA INCLUDES A MIX OF HIGH INCOME AND LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS

% % 25 OF RESIDENTS 21 HAVE PURSUED HAVE THE EDUCATION LEVEL POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION OF A BACHELOR’S DEGREE signiﬁcantly higher than Vancouver & Metro Vancouver

OTHER INCLUDE: MOST COMMON OCCUPATIONS LEADING OCCUPATIONS FOR RESIDENTS ARE IN BUSINESS, » Sales & service (18%) FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION % » Management (18%)

20 » Natural & applied sciences (13%)

43% 51% 1.8 OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE SINGLE PERSON AVERAGE PERSONS ARE FAMILIES HOUSEHOLDS PER HOUSEHOLD higher than Vancouver (39%) and Metro Vancouver (29%)

$ YALETOWN AVERAGE ANNUAL 90,122 EXPENDITURE PER HOUSEHOLD indicative of the disposable income buying power in this area

% OF DWELLINGS YALETOWN HOUSING IS 97 ARE APARTMENTS MOSTLY NEW much higher than Vancouver (80%) or Metro Vancouver (58%)

HIGH-END, SMALL SIZE % % CONDOMINIUMS HAVE FILLED 54 46 THE SPACE OF RESTORED ARE HOME OF RESIDENTS HERITAGE BUILDINGS OWNERS ARE RENTERS

96% OF COMMERCIAL SPACE IS ZONED AS H3-A which is a special zoning created for Yaletown to encourage conversion and renovation of existing warehouse buildings

4% OF COMMERCIAL SPACE IS ZONED AS CD-1

YALETOWN IS HOME TO HOME TO THE DAVID LAM, GEORGE ROUNDHOUSE COMMUNITY ARTS WAINBORN, HELMCKEN & RECREATION CENTRE & YALETOWN PARKS

HOME TO YALETOWN-ROUNDHOUSE STATION ON THE SKYTRAIN CANADA LINE

EASY ACCESS TO YVR AIRPORT AND CANADA PLACE

KEY EVENTS INCLUDE: » Halloween events %

50 » CandyTown » Pet-A-Palooza OF THE BIA IS 2 DESIGNATED SCHOOLS » Taste of Yaletown » Roundhouse Fun Fair HERITAGE NEARBY » Vancouver International Jazz Festival » Queer Arts Festival

TOP INDUSTRIES ARE RETAIL 16% BUSINESSES OPERATE AND PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC & 842 IN YALETOWN TECHNICAL SERVICES 16%

FASTEST » Agriculture, forestry, ﬁshing & hunting GROWING » Educational services SUB-SECTORS INCLUDE: from 2011-2016 » Health care & social assistance

% MICRO 52 BUSINESSES with fewer than ﬁve employees

LEASE RATES FOR GROUND LEVEL COMMERCIAL ARE $52-$62 PER SQ. FT.

LEASE RATES FOR OFFICE/ SECOND LEVEL ARE $11-$24 PER SQ. FT. YALETOWN YALETOWNINFO.COM

Photo by Britney Gill DOMINANT AGE RANGE DOMINANT EDUCATION LEVEL FAST FACTS % Overview People30-34 36 BIA SIZE RESIDENTIAL MARKET SIZE POPULATION:YEARS BACHELOR’S DEGREE Located at the southwestern edge of Vancouver’s average age is 40.7 downtown peninsula, Yaletown BIA extends from »»An estimated 27,381 people live in the Yaletown BIA residential BLOCKS SQ. KM. catchment area, which saw 11.6% growth between 2011 and 2016, 22the north side of False 1.4Creek to Homer Street in higher than Vancouver (4.6%) and Metro Vancouver (6.5%). the north and Robson Street in the east. Its central BUSINESS SIZE location and proximity to transit, including the »»Residents are more likely to be male (52%) and much more likely RESIDENTIAL CATCHMENT AREA POPULATION % Canada Line SkyTrain and False Creek Ferries, to be single (51%) BUSINESSES; as compared with residents in other parts of 842Vancouver and Metro Vancouver. 52 provides convenient27,381 access from mostRESIDENTS parts of the OF WHICH HAVE FEWER THAN Yaletown area residents are younger adults as compared with city as well as Vancouver11.6% growth from International 2011-2016 Airport. »» their city andFIVE regional counterparts, EMPLOYEES with a higher proportion of people aged 20-44 (see Figure 1). withYaletown a population offers density a colourful of mix of food and shopping, with trendy restaurants, sunny patios and FigureCOMMERCIAL 1: Population by DEVELOPMENT Age POTENTIAL 15,904boutique shops set along heritage brick walkways. 40%SIGNIFICANT PEOPLEIt is no wonder PER that Yaletown SQ. KM. is one of the most densely-populated areas of the city and one of RE-DEVELOPMENT35% Vancouver’s top destinations for visitors. Yaletown is 30% also one of the few BIAs in Vancouver that supports COMMERCIAL SIZE SINCE 2001 a strong office market with more than 1.6 million reﬂecting25% the area’s regeneration during the dot-com era of the late 1990s sq. ft. of office space where tech businesses, movie PROPERTIES 20% 539production, and advertising companies create

with an assessed commercial value of population % of total 15% world-famous shows, ads and software above the population % of total ATTRACTIONS $ground floor commercial spaces. 1.9 BILLION 10%

5% The Yaletown residential catchment area Under 20 20 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 or Older DOMINANTcomprises HOUSEHOLDresidents bordered INCOME by Robson Street Yaletown Vancouver Metro Vancouver (north), False Creek (south and east) and Roundhouse BC Place 28 Heritage Vancouver David Lam $Granville Street (west). Source: Community Statistics CanadaArts & 2016 Census Buildings Seawall Park 200,000+ Recreation Centre

Figure 3: Ethnic Origin POPULATION GROWTH OF DOMINANT AGE GROUP 30% % 12 25%IS 30-34 20% from 2011-2016 15%

% of population 10% BIZMAP.CA 3 Updated August 2018 5%

0% THE TOP 3 % English % Chinese Scottish % Irish Canadian LANGUAGES 74 4Yaletown Vancouver3 Metro Vancouver SPOKEN AT HOME ARE ENGLISH MANDARIN FARSI (PERSIAN)

Figure 4: Average Household Income

% 20% % 52 REPORTED 56 HAVE MOVED TO THE AREA WITHIN WESTERN EUROPEAN HERITAGE15% particularly English (18%), Scottish (13%), Irish (12%), THE PAST 5 YEARS and German (9%) 10% % of households

0% Less than $20K $20-$39KTHE$40-$59K DOMINANT$60-$79K $80-$99K $100-$149K $150K + Yaletown HOUSEHOLDVancouver INCOMEMetro Vancouver IS $200,000+

Figure 9: Dwellings by MajorAREA Structural Type INCLUDES A MIX OF

Yaletown HIGH INCOMEVancouver AND LOWMetro Vancouver

Single-Detached Semi-Detached/INCOMESingle-Detached HOUSEHOLDSSemi-Detached/ Single-Detached Row Row

3% 0% 15% 29% 5%

58%

12% % 97% % 80% 25 OF RESIDENTS 21 HAVE PURSUED Apartment Apartment Apartment Semi-Detached/ HAVE THE EDUCATION LEVEL POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION Row OF A BACHELOR’S DEGREE signiﬁcantly higher than Vancouver & Metro Vancouver

Semi-Detached/Row FigureOTHER 10: Age of Housing LEADING Stock OCCUPATIONS INCLUDE: MOST COMMON OCCUPATIONS 60% FOR RESIDENTS ARE IN BUSINESS, 50%» Sales & service (18%) FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION 40% % » Management (18%) 30%

20 % of dwellings » Natural & applied sciences (13%) 20%

10%

0% % % Pre-1960 1961 to 1980 1981 to 1990 1991 to 2000 2001 and newer 43 51 Yaletown Vancouver1.8 Metro Vancouver OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE SINGLE PERSON AVERAGE PERSONS ARE FAMILIES HOUSEHOLDS PER HOUSEHOLD higher than Vancouver (39%) and Metro Vancouver (29%)

YALETOWNFigure AVERAGE 13: Commercial Business ANNUAL Size $ Small - Medium EXPENDITURE PER HOUSEHOLD (21-50 employees) 90,122 Small (5-20 10% indicative of the disposableemployees) income buying power in this area 6% Large (more than 50 employees)

32%

% OF DWELLINGS YALETOWN HOUSING IS ARE APARTMENTS MOSTLY NEW 97 52% Micro (under 5 much higher than Vancouver (80%) or Metro Vancouver (58%) employees)

HIGH-END, SMALL SIZE % % CONDOMINIUMS HAVE FILLED 54 46 THE SPACE OF RESTORED ARE HOME OF RESIDENTS HERITAGE BUILDINGS OWNERS ARE RENTERS

96% OF COMMERCIAL SPACE IS ZONED AS H3-A which is a special zoning created for Yaletown to encourage conversion and renovation of existing warehouse buildings

4% OF COMMERCIAL SPACE IS ZONED AS CD-1

YALETOWN IS HOME TO HOME TO THE DAVID LAM, GEORGE ROUNDHOUSE COMMUNITY ARTS WAINBORN, HELMCKEN & RECREATION CENTRE & YALETOWN PARKS

HOME TO YALETOWN-ROUNDHOUSE STATION ON THE SKYTRAIN CANADA LINE

EASY ACCESS TO YVR AIRPORT AND CANADA PLACE

KEY EVENTS INCLUDE: » Halloween events %

50 » CandyTown » Pet-A-Palooza OF THE BIA IS 2 DESIGNATED SCHOOLS » Taste of Yaletown » Roundhouse Fun Fair HERITAGE NEARBY » Vancouver International Jazz Festival » Queer Arts Festival

TOP INDUSTRIES ARE RETAIL 16% BUSINESSES OPERATE AND PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC & 842 IN YALETOWN TECHNICAL SERVICES 16%

FASTEST » Agriculture, forestry, ﬁshing & hunting GROWING » Educational services SUB-SECTORS INCLUDE: from 2011-2016 » Health care & social assistance

% MICRO 52 BUSINESSES with fewer than ﬁve employees

LEASE RATES FOR GROUND LEVEL COMMERCIAL ARE $52-$62 PER SQ. FT.

LEASE RATES FOR OFFICE/ SECOND LEVEL ARE $11-$24 PER SQ. FT. DOMINANT AGE RANGE DOMINANT EDUCATION LEVEL FAST FACTS % 30-34 36 BIA SIZE RESIDENTIAL MARKET SIZE YEARS BACHELOR’S DEGREE average age is 40.7 22 BLOCKS 1.4 SQ. KM. BUSINESS SIZE RESIDENTIAL CATCHMENT AREA POPULATION % 842 BUSINESSES; 52 27,381 RESIDENTS OF WHICH HAVE FEWER THAN 11.6% growth from 2011-2016 FIVE EMPLOYEES with a population density of COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL 15,904 SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE PER SQ. KM. RE-DEVELOPMENT

COMMERCIAL SIZE SINCE 2001 reﬂecting the area’s regeneration during the dot-com era of the late 1990s 539 PROPERTIES with an assessed commercial value of $1.9 BILLION ATTRACTIONS

DOMINANT HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Roundhouse BC Place 28 Heritage Vancouver David Lam $ Community Arts & Buildings Seawall Park 200,000+ Recreation Centre

POPULATION GROWTH OF DOMINANTDOMINANT AGE RANGE AGEDOMINANT GROUP EDUCATION LEVEL FAST FACTS% IS % 12 30-3430-3436 BACHELOR’S DEGREE BIAfrom SIZE 2011-2016 RESIDENTIAL MARKET SIZE YEARS YALETOWN average age is 40.7 22YALETOWNINFO.COM BLOCKS 1.4 SQ. KM. BUSINESS SIZE RESIDENTIAL CATCHMENT AREA POPULATION % THE TOP 3 % 842 BUSINESSES;% 52% LANGUAGES27,381 RESIDENTS74 4OF WHICH HAVE3 FEWER THAN SPOKEN11.6% growth fromAT 2011-2016 HOME ARE ENGLISH MANDARINFIVE EMPLOYEESFARSI (PERSIAN) with a population density of COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL HOME LANGUAGE: ETHNIC40% ORIGIN: 15,904 SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE»»English is the PER predominant% SQ. household KM. language, with just over Refers35% to the culture or ethnic roots with which% residents identify 74% of residents52 identifyingREPORTED it as the language spoken most often themselves. Respondents may select56 more thanHAVE one ethnic MOVED origin 30%RE-DEVELOPMENT in their homeWESTERN (see Figure 2). EUROPEAN HERITAGEif applicable. TO THE AREA WITHIN 25% Mandarin is the second most used language in the home (3.7%), SINCE 2001 COMMERCIAL»» particularly SIZE English (18%), Scottish (13%), Irish (12%), »»The cultural make up of the YaletownTHE PAST catchment 5 YEARSarea is very reﬂecting the area’s regeneration slightly lowerand thanGerman Vancouver (9%) (4.8%). 20%similar to Vancouver, with a slightly higher percentage of during the dot-com era of the late 1990s residents reporting Western European heritage (English 18%, Yaletown also sees a higher representation of Farsi (Persian) population % of total »» PROPERTIES 15% 539 population % of total Scottish 13%, Irish 12%, and German 9%). with anspeaking assessed households commercial (3.4%) value ofas compared to Vancouver and 10% $ Metro Vancouver. »10%»ATTRACTIONSThe one exception is residents reporting Chinese heritage (18%), which is lower than Vancouver (28%) but similar to that of Metro 1.9»»There is alsoBILLION a higher proportion of Korean, Spanish, French and 5% VancouverUnder 20 (21%)20 to(see 34 Figure35 to 3).44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 or Older Japanese speaking households as compared with Vancouver and Under 20 20THE to 34 DOMINANT35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 or Older Metro Vancouver. »»ResidentsYaletown of Yaletown are alsoVancouver more mobile than theirMetro city Vancouver and DOMINANT HOUSEHOLD INCOME regional counterparts – 63% have moved to the area in the Figure 2: Dominant Languages HOUSEHOLD INCOME past five years, as compared with Vancouver (47%) and Metro $ Roundhouse BCIS Place 28 Heritage Vancouver David Lam Yaletown Vancouver Metro Vancouver CommunityVancouver Arts (44%). & Of$ these, 16%Buildings come from outsideSeawall Canada, Park 200,000+ Recreationmore than Centre double the Metro Vancouver percentage of 8%. + Dominant 200,000 Figure 3: Ethnic Origin English 74.2% 66.4% 66.5% Figure 3: Ethnic Origin1 Other AREA INCLUDES A MIX OF Mandarin 3.7% 4.8% 5.7% 30% POPULATION GROWTH OF DOMINANTHIGH AGE INCOME GROUP AND LOW Farsi (Persian) 3.4% 0.7% 1.1% 25% Cantonese 2.4% 9.7% 5.4% % 20% IS INCOME HOUSEHOLDS Korean 1.8% 120.8% 1.4% 30-34 15% fromSpanish 2011-2016 1.1% 0.9% 0.8%

% of population 10% French 0.8% 0.6% 0.4%

Vietnamese 0.2% 1.1% 0.6% 5%

Tagalog 0% 0.1% 1.5% 1.3% (Filipino) English Chinese Scottish Irish Canadian

Source: Statistics CanadaTHE 2016 TOPCensus% 3 % 25 OF RESIDENTS % Yaletown21% HAVE PURSUEDVancouver % Metro Vancouver LANGUAGESHAVE THE EDUCATION LEVEL74 Source: Statistics Canada4POSTGRADUATE 2016 Census EDUCATION3 SPOKENOF A BACHELOR’S AT HOME DEGREEARE ENGLISH MANDARINsigniﬁcantly higher than VancouverFARSI & (PERSIAN) Metro Vancouver

Figure 4: Average Household Income

20% % OTHER LEADING OCCUPATIONS% INCLUDE: MOST COMMON 52 OCCUPATIONSREPORTED 56 HAVE MOVED 15% FOR RESIDENTS ARE IN TO THE AREA WITHIN WESTERN EUROPEAN BUSINESS, HERITAGE » Sales & service (18%) particularly English (18%), Scottish (13%), Irish (12%), FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION 10% THE PAST 5 YEARS and German (9%)

% % of households » Management (18%) 5% 20 » Natural & applied sciences (13%) BIZMAP.CA 4 Updated August 2018 0% Less than $20K $20-$39K $40-$59K $60-$79K $80-$99K $100-$149K $150K +

Yaletown THE DOMINANTVancouver Metro Vancouver % % HOUSEHOLD INCOME 43 51 IS $ 1.8 OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE SINGLE PERSON AVERAGE PERSONS+ ARE FAMILIES HOUSEHOLDS 200,000PER HOUSEHOLD higher than Vancouver (39%) and Metro Vancouver (29%) Figure 9: Dwellings by Major Structural Type

Yaletown AREA VancouverINCLUDES A MIXMetro Vancouver OF

Single-Detached Semi-Detached/HIGHSingle-Detached INCOMESemi-Detached/ AND LOWSingle-Detached Row Row YALETOWN AVERAGEINCOME ANNUAL HOUSEHOLDS $ 3% EXPENDITURE PER0% HOUSEHOLD15% 90,122 29% indicative of the disposable income buying power in this area5% 58%

12%

97% 80%

% Apartment % Apartment Apartment Semi-Detached/ 25 OF RESIDENTS 21 HAVE PURSUED Row %HAVEOF DWELLINGSTHE EDUCATION LEVEL POSTGRADUATEYALETOWN EDUCATION HOUSING IS 97 OFARE A BACHELOR’S APARTMENTS DEGREE signiﬁcantlyMOSTLY higher than NEW Vancouver & Metro Vancouver much higher than Vancouver (80%) or Metro Vancouver (58%) Semi-Detached/Row Figure 10: Age of Housing Stock

60%OTHER LEADING OCCUPATIONS INCLUDE: MOST COMMON OCCUPATIONS % % HIGH-END, SMALL SIZE 50% FOR RESIDENTS ARE IN CONDOMINIUMS BUSINESS, HAVE FILLED » Sales & service (18%) 5440% 46 FINANCETHE & ADMINISTRATION SPACE OF RESTORED ARE HOME OF RESIDENTS % HERITAGE BUILDINGS OWNERS30% » Management (18%) ARE RENTERS % of dwellings 20% 20 » Natural & applied sciences (13%) 10%

0% Pre-1960 1961 to 1980 %1981 to 1990 1991 to 2000 2001 and newer % % Yaletown 96 Vancouver Metro Vancouver OF COMMERCIAL SPACE 43 51 IS ZONED1.8 AS OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE SINGLE PERSON AVERAGEH3-A PERSONS ARE FAMILIES HOUSEHOLDS which is a specialPER zoning HOUSEHOLD created for Yaletown higher than Vancouver (39%) and Metro Vancouverto encourage (29%) conversion and renovation of existing warehouse buildings

Figure 13: Commercial Business Size

Small - Medium YALETOWN AVERAGE ANNUAL% (21-50 employees) $ Small (5-20 10% EXPENDITUREemployees) PER HOUSEHOLD4 90,122 6% Large (more than indicative of the disposable income buying OFpower COMMERCIAL in this area 50 employees)SPACE IS ZONED AS CD-1 32%

% OF DWELLINGS YALETOWN HOUSING IS 52% Micro (under 5 97 YALETOWNARE APARTMENTS IS HOME TO HOMEMOSTLY TO THE NEW employees) much higher than Vancouver (80%) or Metro Vancouver (58%) DAVID LAM, GEORGE ROUNDHOUSE COMMUNITY ARTS WAINBORN, HELMCKEN & RECREATION CENTRE & YALETOWN PARKS HIGH-END, SMALL SIZE % % CONDOMINIUMS HAVE FILLED 54 46 THE SPACE OF RESTORED ARE HOME OF RESIDENTS HERITAGE BUILDINGS OWNERS ARE RENTERS HOME TO YALETOWN-ROUNDHOUSE STATION ON% THE SKYTRAIN CANADA96 LINE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE IS ZONED AS EASY ACCESS H3-ATO which is a special zoning created for Yaletown toYVR encourage AIRPORT conversion and renovation of existingAND warehouseCANADA buildings PLACE 4% OF COMMERCIAL SPACE KEY EVENTS INCLUDE: » Halloween events % IS ZONED AS CD-1 50 » CandyTown » Pet-A-Palooza OF THE BIA IS 2 DESIGNATED SCHOOLS » Taste of Yaletown » Roundhouse Fun Fair HERITAGE NEARBY » Vancouver International Jazz Festival » Queer Arts Festival YALETOWN IS HOME TO HOME TO THE DAVID LAM, GEORGE ROUNDHOUSETOP INDUSTRIES COMMUNITY ARE RETAIL ARTS 16% OPERATE WAINBORNBUSINESSES, HELMCKEN &AND RECREATION PROFESSIONAL, CENTRE SCIENTIFIC & 842& YALETOWNIN YALETOWNPARKS TECHNICAL SERVICES 16%

FASTEST » Agriculture, forestry, ﬁshing & hunting GROWING » EducationalHOME TOservices SUB-SECTORS INCLUDE: YALETOWN-ROUNDHOUSE from 2011-2016 » Health care & social assistance STATION ON THE SKYTRAIN CANADA LINE 52% MICRO BUSINESSES TO EASYwith ACCESS fewer than ﬁve employees YVR AIRPORT LEASEAND RATESCANADA FOR GROUND PLACE LEVEL COMMERCIAL ARE $52-$62 PER SQ. FT.

LEASE RATES FOR OFFICE/ KEY EVENTS INCLUDE: » Halloween events % SECOND LEVEL ARE $ $ 50 » CandyTown 11- 24 »PERPet-A-Palooza SQ. FT. OF THE BIA IS 2 DESIGNATED SCHOOLS » Taste of Yaletown » Roundhouse Fun Fair HERITAGE NEARBY » Vancouver International Jazz Festival » Queer Arts Festival

TOP INDUSTRIES ARE RETAIL 16% BUSINESSES OPERATE AND PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC & 842 IN YALETOWN TECHNICAL SERVICES 16%

FASTEST » Agriculture, forestry, ﬁshing & hunting GROWING » Educational services SUB-SECTORS INCLUDE: from 2011-2016 » Health care & social assistance

% MICRO 52 BUSINESSES with fewer than ﬁve employees

LEASE RATES FOR GROUND LEVEL COMMERCIAL ARE $52-$62 PER SQ. FT.

with a population density of COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL 15,904 SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE PER SQ. KM. RE-DEVELOPMENT

COMMERCIAL SIZE SINCE 2001 reﬂecting the area’s regeneration during the dot-com era of the late 1990s 539 PROPERTIES with an assessed commercial value of $ ATTRACTIONS 1.9 BILLION DOMINANT AGE RANGE DOMINANT EDUCATION LEVEL FAST FACTS % DOMINANT HOUSEHOLD INCOME 30-34 36 YEARS BACHELOR’S DEGREE $BIA SIZE RESIDENTIAL MARKET SIZE Roundhouse BC Place 28 Heritage Vancouver David Lam Communityaverage ageArts is & 40.7 Buildings Seawall Park 200,000+ Recreation Centre 22 BLOCKS 1.4 SQ. KM. BUSINESS SIZE RESIDENTIAL CATCHMENT AREA POPULATION % POPULATION GROWTH OF 842DOMINANT BUSINESSES; AGE GROUP 52 27,381 RESIDENTS% IS OF WHICH HAVE FEWER THAN 11.6% growth from 2011-201612 30-34FIVE EMPLOYEES from 2011-2016 with a population density of COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL 15,904 SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE PER SQ. KM. RE-DEVELOPMENT THE TOP 3 % % % LANGUAGES 74 SINCE4 2001 3 COMMERCIAL SIZE reﬂecting the area’s regeneration SPOKEN AT HOME ARE ENGLISH during theMANDARIN dot-com era of the late 1990sFARSI (PERSIAN) 539 PROPERTIES with an assessed commercial value of $ ATTRACTIONS 1.9 BILLION% % 52 REPORTED 56 HAVE MOVED TO THE AREA WITHIN DOMINANT40% HOUSEHOLDWESTERN INCOME EUROPEAN HERITAGE

particularly English (18%), Scottish (13%), Irish (12%), Roundhouse BC Place THE28 Heritage PAST Vancouver5 YEARSDavid Lam 35% $ and German (9%) Community Arts & Buildings Seawall Park YALETOWN200,000+ Recreation Centre YA30%LETOWNINFO.COM

25%

20% Photo by Britney Gill

POPULATION population % of total GROWTH OF DOMINANT AGE GROUP 15% % of total population % of total THE DOMINANT % IS 10% 12 30-34HOUSEHOLD INCOME from5% 2011-2016 Under 20 20 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 or Older IS Under 20 20 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 or Older $ + Yaletown Vancouver Metro Vancouver 200,000

AREA INCLUDES A MIX OF THE TOP 3 % %HIGH INCOME AND% LOW Figure 3: Ethnic Origin LANGUAGES 74 4 INCOME HOUSEHOLDS3 SPOKEN AT HOME ARE ENGLISH MANDARIN FARSI (PERSIAN) 30%

25%

HOUSEHOLD20% INCOME: EDUCATION: »15%»Yaletown is a wealthy% area, with much higher median household Highest certificate, diploma or degree for% residents 15 years+ incomes ($80,873) thanREPORTED average for Vancouver ($65,327) or in private households. HAVE MOVED % of population 10% 52 % % 56 Metro Vancouver ($72,662).OF RESIDENTS HAVETO PURSUED THE AREA WITHIN 5% WESTERN25 EUROPEAN HERITAGE»»The dominant21 educational level for Yaletown area residents is »»The dominantparticularly HAVEhousehold English THE income (18%), bracket Scottish is over(13%), $200,000, Irish (12%), a Bachelor’sPOSTGRADUATE degree, with 35% of residents EDUCATION having attained this 0% EDUCATION LEVEL THE PAST 5 YEARS which is higherand German than the (9%) city and regional bracket of $100,000 English OF ChineseA BACHELOR’SScottish DEGREEIrish Canadian level (see Figuresigniﬁcantly 5). higher than Vancouver & Metro Vancouver to $124,999. Additionally, 21% of residents have achieved an education above Yaletown Vancouver Metro Vancouver »» »»However, the Yaletown catchment area is also home to a higher bachelor level, significantly higher than the city or region. percentage of households with incomes of less than $20,000, in keeping with the number of social housing units in the Figure 5: Education Levels

catchment (see Figure 4). Metro OTHER LEADING YaletownOCCUPATIONSVancouver INCLUDE: MOST THE DOMINANT Vancouver Figure 4: HouseholdCOMMON Income OCCUPATIONS Distribution FORFigure 4: AverageRESIDENTS Household Income ARE IN Population 15 years or older BUSINESS, » Sales & serviceHOUSEHOLD (18%) INCOME No certificate, diploma or 20% 4% 13% 14% FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION degree IS $ % High school» Management certificate (18%) 17% 24% 29% 15% 200,000+ Trades certificate or diploma 4% 5% 6% 20 College» Naturalor other & applied sciences (13%) 16% 15% 17% 10% non-university AREA INCLUDES A MIX OF

% of households University (some/bachelor/ 60% 43% 34% higher) 5% HIGH INCOME AND LOW % % Source: Statistics Canada 2016INCOME Census HOUSEHOLDS 0% Less than $20K $20-$39K43$40-$59K $60-$79K $80-$99K $100-$149K51 $150K + 1.8 OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE SINGLE PERSON AVERAGE PERSONS Yaletown Vancouver Metro Vancouver PER HOUSEHOLD Source: Statistics Canada 2016ARE Census FAMILIES HOUSEHOLDS higher than Vancouver (39%) and Metro Vancouver (29%) % % 25 OF RESIDENTS 21 HAVE PURSUED HAVE THE EDUCATION LEVEL POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION Figure 9: Dwellings by Major$ Structural Type YALETOWN AVERAGE ANNUAL OF A BACHELOR’S DEGREEEXPENDITURE PERsigniﬁcantly HOUSEHOLD higher than Vancouver & Metro Vancouver Yaletown 90,122Vancouver Metro Vancouver indicative of the disposable income buying power in this area Single-Detached Semi-Detached/ Single-Detached Semi-Detached/ Single-Detached Row Row BIZMAP.CA 3% 5 Updated August 2018 0% 15% 29% 5% OTHER INCLUDE: MOST COMMON OCCUPATIONS LEADING OCCUPATIONS 58% FOR RESIDENTS ARE IN BUSINESS, » 12% Sales & serviceYALETOWN (18%) HOUSING IS FINANCE97% % &OF ADMINISTRATION DWELLINGS80% 97% ARE APARTMENTS » Management (18%)MOSTLY NEW muchApartment higher than Vancouver (80%)Apartment or Metro VancouverApartment (58%)Semi-Detached/ Row 20 » Natural & applied sciences (13%)

HIGH-END, SMALL SIZE % % Semi-Detached/Row % HAVE FILLED % Figure 10: Age of HousingCONDOMINIUMS Stock 54 46 THE SPACE OF RESTORED 60% 43 51 ARE HOME 1.8OF RESIDENTS HERITAGEOF HOUSEHOLDS BUILDINGSARE SINGLE PERSONOWNERS AVERAGEARE RENTERS PERSONS 50% ARE FAMILIES HOUSEHOLDS PER HOUSEHOLD higher than Vancouver (39%) and Metro Vancouver (29%) 40%

30% % of dwellings 20% % YALETOWN AVERAGE ANNUAL96 10% $ 90,122 EXPENDITURE PER HOUSEHOLDOF COMMERCIAL SPACE 0% indicative of the disposable income buyingIS power ZONED in this area AS Pre-1960 1961 to 1980 1981 to 1990 1991 to 2000 2001 and newer H3-A Yaletown Vancouver Metro Vancouver which is a special zoning created for Yaletown to encourage conversion and renovation of existing warehouse buildings

% OF DWELLINGS YALETOWN% HOUSING IS 97 ARE APARTMENTS MOSTLY4 NEW Figure 13: Commercialmuch higher Business than Size Vancouver (80%) or Metro Vancouver (58%) OF COMMERCIAL SPACE Small - Medium IS ZONED AS (21-50 employees) CD-1 Small (5-20 10% employees) 6% Large (more than HIGH-END, SMALL SIZE 50 employees) % % CONDOMINIUMS HAVE FILLED 32% 54 46 THE SPACE OF RESTORED ARE HOME OF RESIDENTS YALETOWNHERITAGE ISBUILDINGS HOME TO OWNERSHOME TO THE ARE RENTERS DAVID LAM, GEORGE ROUNDHOUSE COMMUNITY ARTS

WAINBORN52%, HELMCKENMicro (under 5 & RECREATION CENTRE & YALETOWN PARKS employees) 96% OF COMMERCIAL SPACE IS ZONED AS H3-A which is a special zoning created for Yaletown HOME TOto encourage conversion and renovation of YALETOWN-ROUNDHOUSEexisting warehouse buildings STATION ON THE SKYTRAIN CANADA4 LINE% OF COMMERCIAL SPACE ISEASY ZONED ACCESS AS TO YVR AIRPORTCD-1 AND CANADA PLACE

YALETOWN IS HOME TO HOME TO THE DAVID LAM, GEORGE KEY EVENTS INCLUDEROUNDHOUSE: » Halloween COMMUNITY events ARTS % WAINBORN, HELMCKEN & RECREATION CENTRE 50 » CandyTown » Pet-A-Palooza OF THE BIA& IS YALETOWN2 PARKS DESIGNATED SCHOOLS » Taste of Yaletown » Roundhouse Fun Fair HERITAGE NEARBY » Vancouver International Jazz Festival » Queer Arts Festival

TOP INDUSTRIES ARE RETAIL 16% BUSINESSES OPERATE HOME TO YALETOWN-ROUNDHOUSEAND PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC & IN YALETOWN % 842 STATIONTECHNICAL ON SERVICESTHE SKYTRAIN 16 CANADA LINE

» Agriculture, forestry, ﬁshing & hunting FASTEST EASY ACCESS TO GROWING » Educational servicesYVR AIRPORT SUB-SECTORS INCLUDE: AND CANADA PLACE from 2011-2016 » Health care & social assistance

% MICRO KEY EVENTS INCLUDE52: BUSINESSES» Halloween events % with fewer than ﬁve employees

50 » CandyTown » Pet-A-Palooza OF THE BIA IS 2 LEASE RATES FOR GROUND DESIGNATED SCHOOLS » Taste of Yaletown » Roundhouse Fun Fair LEVEL COMMERCIAL ARE HERITAGE NEARBY $ $ » Vancouver International Jazz Festival52- 62» QueerPER Arts SQ. Festival FT.

LEASE RATES FOR OFFICE/ TOP INDUSTRIES ARE RETAIL 16% OPERATE SECOND LEVEL ARE BUSINESSES AND $PROFESSIONAL,11-$24 PER SQ. SCIENTIFIC FT. & 842 IN YALETOWN TECHNICAL SERVICES 16%

FASTEST » Agriculture, forestry, ﬁshing & hunting GROWING » Educational services SUB-SECTORS INCLUDE: from 2011-2016 » Health care & social assistance

% MICRO 52 BUSINESSES with fewer than ﬁve employees

LEASE RATES FOR GROUND LEVEL COMMERCIAL ARE $52-$62 PER SQ. FT.

COMMERCIAL SIZE SINCE 2001 reﬂecting the area’s regeneration during the dot-com era of the late 1990s 539 PROPERTIES with an assessed commercial value of $1.9 BILLION ATTRACTIONS

DOMINANT HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Roundhouse BC Place 28 Heritage Vancouver David Lam $ Community Arts & Buildings Seawall Park 200,000+ Recreation Centre

DOMINANT AGE RANGE DOMINANT EDUCATION LEVEL FAST FACTS % POPULATION GROWTH OF 30-34DOMINANT AGE36 GROUP YEARS BACHELOR’S DEGREE BIA SIZE RESIDENTIAL MARKET% SIZE IS 12 average30-34 age is 40.7 22from 2011-2016 BLOCKS 1.4 SQ. KM. BUSINESS SIZE RESIDENTIAL CATCHMENT AREA POPULATION % 842 BUSINESSES; 52 RESIDENTS OF WHICH HAVE FEWER THAN THE27,381 TOP 3 11.6% growth from 2011-2016 % FIVE% EMPLOYEES% LANGUAGES 74 4 3 with a population density of SPOKEN AT HOME ARE ENGLISH COMMERCIALMANDARIN DEVELOPMENT POTENTIALFARSI (PERSIAN) 15,904 SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE PER SQ. KM. RE-DEVELOPMENT % % REPORTED HAVE MOVED COMMERCIAL 52 SIZE SINCE 2001 56 reﬂecting the area’s regeneration WESTERN EUROPEAN HERITAGEduring the dot-com era of the lateTO 1990s THE AREA WITHIN 539 PROPERTIESparticularly English (18%), Scottish (13%), Irish (12%), THE PAST 5 YEARS with an assessedand commercial German (9%)value of $1.9 BILLION ATTRACTIONS

DOMINANT HOUSEHOLD INCOME THE DOMINANT Roundhouse BC Place 28 Heritage Vancouver David Lam $ Community Arts & Buildings Seawall Park 200,000+ Recreation Centre HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS $200,000+ POPULATION GROWTH OF DOMINANT AGE GROUP % IS AREA INCLUDES A MIX OF 12 30-34HIGH INCOME AND LOW from 2011-2016 INCOME HOUSEHOLDS

THE TOP 3 % % % LANGUAGES % 74 4 % 3 SPOKEN25 OFAT RESIDENTSHOME ARE ENGLISH MANDARIN21 HAVE PURSUEDFARSI (PERSIAN) HAVE THE EDUCATION LEVEL POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION YALETOWNOF A BACHELOR’S DEGREE signiﬁcantly higher than Vancouver & Metro Vancouver YALETOWNINFO.COM% % 52 REPORTED 56 HAVE MOVED TO THE AREA WITHIN WESTERN EUROPEAN HERITAGEOTHER LEADING OCCUPATIONS INCLUDE: MOST COMMONparticularly OCCUPATIONS English (18%), Scottish (13%), Irish (12%), THE PAST 5 YEARS FOR RESIDENTSand German ARE (9%) IN BUSINESS, » Sales & service (18%) FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION % » Management (18%)

20 » Natural & applied sciences (13%) THE DOMINANT

OCCUPATION: FAMILY STRUCTURE:HOUSEHOLD INCOME »»The majority of Yaletown area% residents work in the business,% »»Of the 15,910 householdsIS $ in the Yaletown BIA catchment area, finance & administration (20%), sales & service (18%), and 51% are single-person households,200,000 significantly higher than+ management occupations43 (18%) (see Figure 6). These51 sectors Vancouver or Metro Vancouver. 1.8 of occupation accountOF HOUSEHOLDS for 56% of BIA resident occupations.ARE SINGLE PERSON AVERAGE PERSONS »»Fewer households identify as families2 (43%) and most couples »»While these sectorsARE are FAMILIE also the topS three occupationalHOUSEHOLDS areas (73%) have no childrenAREA (see INCLUDES Figure 7).PER HOUSEHOLD A MIX OF for city and regional residents, proportionately morehigher Yaletown than Vancouver (39%) and Metro Vancouver (29%) Average numberHIGH of persons INCOME per household AND is 1.8 whichLOW is below area residents work in business, finance & administration »» the averages of Metro Vancouver (2.5) and Vancouver (2.2). and in management occupations than their city and regional INCOME HOUSEHOLDS counterparts, as reflected in their higher household incomes. Figure 7: Family Structure

Metro Figure 6: Occupation YALETOWN AVERAGE ANNUALYaletown Vancouver $ Vancouver Metro Yaletown Vancouver EXPENDITURE PER HOUSEHOLD 90,122 Vancouver Number of households 15,910 283,920 960,895 indicative of the disposable income buying power in this area Business, finance & Average number of persons per 20% 16% 16% 1.8 2.2 2.5 administration household

2 Sales & service % 18% 24% 24% % of households with families% 43% 57% 71% OF RESIDENTS Number of families HAVE PURSUED6,915 160,855 679,365 Management 25 18% 12% 12% 21 HAVE THE EDUCATION LEVEL Average numberP ofOSTGRADUATE persons per EDUCATION Natural & applied sciences 13% 9% 7% 2.4 2.7 2.9 family signiﬁcantly higher than Vancouver & Metro Vancouver Education, law, social,OF A BACHELOR’S DEGREE 11% 12% 11% Average number of children per community & government 1.3 1.5 1.5 % OF DWELLINGS family YALETOWN HOUSING IS Art, culture, recreation & sport 8% 8% 5% ARE APARTMENTS Source: Statistics Canada 2016MOSTLY Census NEW Health97 7% 7% 6% much higher than Vancouver (80%) or Metro Vancouver (58%) Trades, transport & equipment 3% 7% 12% operators & related OTHER LEADING OCCUPATIONS INCLUDE: MOSTN/A COMMON OCCUPATIONS1% 2% 2% FORManufacturing RESIDENTS & utilities ARE IN 1% 2% 3% BUSINESS, » Sales & service (18%) Natural resources, agriculture HIGH-END,& SMALL0% SIZE1% 1% % % FINANCE& related production ADMINISTRATION CONDOMINIUMS HAVE FILLED » Management (18%) Source: Statistics% Canada 2016 Census 54 46 THE SPACE OF RESTORED ARE HOME OF RESIDENTS 20 HERITAGE BUILDINGS OWNERS» Natural & applied sciences (13%) ARE RENTERS

% % 43 51 96% 1.8 OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE SINGLE PERSON OF COMMERCIALAVERAGE PERSONSSPACE ARE FAMILIES HOUSEHOLDS IS ZONEDPER AS HOUSEHOLD higher than Vancouver (39%) and Metro Vancouver (29%) H3-A which is a special zoning created for Yaletown 2 Census family is defined as a married couple and the children, if any, of either and/or both spouses; a BIZMAP.CA couple living common law and the children, if any, of either and/or both partners; or a lone toparent encourage of conversion and renovation of any marital status with at least one child living in the same dwelling and that child or those children. 6 Updated August 2018 existing warehouse buildings $ YALETOWN AVERAGE ANNUAL 90,122 EXPENDITURE PER HOUSEHOLD indicative of the disposable income buying4 power% in this area OF COMMERCIAL SPACE IS ZONED AS CD-1 % OF DWELLINGS YALETOWN HOUSING IS 97 ARE APARTMENTS MOSTLY NEW much higher than Vancouver (80%) or Metro Vancouver (58%) YALETOWN IS HOME TO HOME TO THE DAVID LAM, GEORGE ROUNDHOUSE COMMUNITY ARTS WAINBORN, HELMCKEN HIGH-END, SMALL SIZE % & RECREATION CENTRE % & CONDOMINIUMS YALETOWN PARKS HAVE FILLED 54 46 THE SPACE OF RESTORED ARE HOME OF RESIDENTS HERITAGE BUILDINGS OWNERS ARE RENTERS

HOME TO YALETOWN-ROUNDHOUSE96% STATIONOF ON COMMERCIAL THE SKYTRAIN SPACE CANADAIS LINE ZONED AS H3-A which is a special zoning created for Yaletown to encourage conversion and renovation of existingEASY warehouse ACCESS buildings TO YVR AIRPORT AND CANADA PLACE 4% OF COMMERCIAL SPACE IS ZONED AS CD-1 KEY EVENTS INCLUDE: » Halloween events %

50 » CandyTown » Pet-A-Palooza OF THE BIA IS 2 DESIGNATED SCHOOLS » Taste of Yaletown » Roundhouse Fun Fair HERITAGE NEARBY YALETOWN IS HOME TO » Vancouver InternationalHOME Jazz Festival TO THE» Queer Arts Festival DAVID LAM, GEORGE ROUNDHOUSE COMMUNITY ARTS WAINBORN, HELMCKEN & RECREATION CENTRE & YALETOWN PARKS TOP INDUSTRIES ARE RETAIL 16% BUSINESSES OPERATE AND PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC & 842 IN YALETOWN TECHNICAL SERVICES 16%

FASTEST » Agriculture,HOME forestry,TO ﬁshing & hunting » EducationalYALETOWN-ROUNDHOUSE services GROWING STATION ON THE SKYTRAIN SUB-SECTORS INCLUDE: from 2011-2016 » HealthCANADA care & social LINE assistance

EASY ACCESS TO % MICRO 52YVR BUSINESSESAIRPORT AND withCANADA fewer than ﬁve PLACE employees

LEASE RATES FOR GROUND LEVEL COMMERCIAL ARE $52-$62 PER SQ. FT. KEY EVENTS INCLUDE: » Halloween events %

50 » CandyTown LEASE RATES» Pet-A-Palooza FOR OFFICE/ OF THE BIA IS 2 SECOND LEVEL ARE $ $ DESIGNATED SCHOOLS » Taste of Yaletown 11- 24 »PERRoundhouse SQ. Fun FT. Fair HERITAGE NEARBY » Vancouver International Jazz Festival » Queer Arts Festival

TOP INDUSTRIES ARE RETAIL 16% BUSINESSES OPERATE AND PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC & 842 IN YALETOWN TECHNICAL SERVICES 16%

FASTEST » Agriculture, forestry, ﬁshing & hunting GROWING » Educational services SUB-SECTORS INCLUDE: from 2011-2016 » Health care & social assistance

% MICRO 52 BUSINESSES with fewer than ﬁve employees

LEASE RATES FOR GROUND LEVEL COMMERCIAL ARE $52-$62 PER SQ. FT.

COMMERCIAL SIZE SINCE 2001 reﬂecting the area’s regeneration during the dot-com era of the late 1990s 539 PROPERTIES with an assessed commercial value of $1.9 BILLION ATTRACTIONS

DOMINANT HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Roundhouse BC Place 28 Heritage Vancouver David Lam $ Community Arts & Buildings Seawall Park 200,000+ Recreation Centre

POPULATION GROWTH OF DOMINANT AGE GROUP 12% IS 30-34 from 2011-2016

THE TOP 3 % % % LANGUAGES 74 4 3 SPOKEN AT HOME ARE ENGLISH MANDARIN FARSI (PERSIAN)

% % 52 REPORTED 56 HAVE MOVED WESTERN EUROPEAN HERITAGE TO THE AREA WITHIN particularly English (18%), Scottish (13%), Irish (12%), THE PAST 5 YEARS and German (9%) YALETOWN YALETOWNINFO.COM

THE DOMINANT Photo by Jillian Ong HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS $200,000+

AREA INCLUDES A MIX OF HIGH INCOME AND LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS

% % SPENDING PATTERNS:25 OF RESIDENTS 21 HAVE PURSUED »»The average annualHAVE expenditure THE EDUCATION per household inLEVEL the Yaletown »»Yaletown-areaPOSTGRADUATE households spend 24% EDUCATION of their income on shelter, BIA catchmentOF area A ($90,122) BACHELOR’S is higher than DEGREE Vancouver which is highersigniﬁcantly than Vancouver higher than and Vancouver Metro Vancouver & Metro (21% Vancouver each) ($84,710) or Metro Vancouver ($87,106). (see Figure 8). »»This is substantial, given that household sizes are smaller in the »»With everything within walking distance or a quick Canada Line BIA, and indicative of the disposable income buying power in SkyTrain ride away, these households also spend comparatively this area. less on transportation (9%) as compared with Vancouver (11%) OTHERand Metro Vancouver (12%). INCLUDE: MOST COMMON OCCUPATIONS LEADING OCCUPATIONS Figure 8: Household Spending FOR RESIDENTS ARE IN BUSINESS, » YaletownSales & service (18%)Vancouver Metro Vancouver FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION $ % $ % $ % » Management (18%) Food % $8,946 10% $9,168 11% $8,956 10% Shelter $21,207 24% $17,983 21% $18,037 21% 20 » Natural & applied sciences (13%) Household operation, furnishing & equipment $5,784 6% $5,656 6% $6,125 7%

Clothing $4,551 5% $3,858 5% $3,759 4%

Transportation $8,332 9% $9,563 11% $10,862 12%

Health & personal care $3,672 4% $3,492 5% $3,603 5%

Recreation, education & reading materials% % $6,067 7% $6,272 7% $6,627 7% Tobacco, alcohol & games43 of chance 51 $2,490 3% $2,038 2% 1.8$1,935 2% Personal taxes & insuranceOF HOUSEHOLDS ARE SINGLE PERSON$24,554 27% $22,820 27% AVERAGE$23,361 PERSONS26% Other ARE FAMILIES HOUSEHOLDS$4,517 5% $3,858 5% PER HOUSEHOLD$3,844 5% Total expenditure per household higher than Vancouver$90,122 (39%) and Metro100% Vancouver$84,710 (29%) 100% $87,106 100%

Source: Pitney Bowes 2016

$ YALETOWN AVERAGE ANNUAL 90,122 EXPENDITURE PER HOUSEHOLD indicative of the disposable income buying power in this area

BIZMAP.CA 7 Updated August 2018 % OF DWELLINGS YALETOWN HOUSING IS 97 ARE APARTMENTS MOSTLY NEW much higher than Vancouver (80%) or Metro Vancouver (58%)

HIGH-END, SMALL SIZE % % CONDOMINIUMS HAVE FILLED 54 46 THE SPACE OF RESTORED ARE HOME OF RESIDENTS HERITAGE BUILDINGS OWNERS ARE RENTERS

96% OF COMMERCIAL SPACE IS ZONED AS H3-A which is a special zoning created for Yaletown to encourage conversion and renovation of existing warehouse buildings

4% OF COMMERCIAL SPACE IS ZONED AS CD-1

YALETOWN IS HOME TO HOME TO THE DAVID LAM, GEORGE ROUNDHOUSE COMMUNITY ARTS WAINBORN, HELMCKEN & RECREATION CENTRE & YALETOWN PARKS

HOME TO YALETOWN-ROUNDHOUSE STATION ON THE SKYTRAIN CANADA LINE

EASY ACCESS TO YVR AIRPORT AND CANADA PLACE

KEY EVENTS INCLUDE: » Halloween events %

50 » CandyTown » Pet-A-Palooza OF THE BIA IS 2 DESIGNATED SCHOOLS » Taste of Yaletown » Roundhouse Fun Fair HERITAGE NEARBY » Vancouver International Jazz Festival » Queer Arts Festival

TOP INDUSTRIES ARE RETAIL 16% BUSINESSES OPERATE AND PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC & 842 IN YALETOWN TECHNICAL SERVICES 16%

FASTEST » Agriculture, forestry, ﬁshing & hunting GROWING » Educational services SUB-SECTORS INCLUDE: from 2011-2016 » Health care & social assistance

% MICRO 52 BUSINESSES with fewer than ﬁve employees

LEASE RATES FOR GROUND LEVEL COMMERCIAL ARE $52-$62 PER SQ. FT.

with a population density of COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL 15,904 SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE PER SQ. KM. RE-DEVELOPMENT

COMMERCIAL SIZE SINCE 2001 reﬂecting the area’s regeneration during the dot-com era of the late 1990s 539 PROPERTIES with an assessed commercial value of $1.9 BILLION ATTRACTIONS

DOMINANT HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Roundhouse BC Place 28 Heritage Vancouver David Lam $ Community Arts & Buildings Seawall Park 200,000+ Recreation Centre

POPULATION GROWTH OF DOMINANTDOMINANT AGE RANGE AGEDOMINANT GROUP EDUCATION LEVEL FAST FACTS% % 12 30-34IS 30-3436 BIA SIZE RESIDENTIAL MARKET SIZE YEARS BACHELOR’S DEGREE from 2011-2016 average age is 40.7 22 BLOCKS 1.4 SQ. KM. BUSINESS SIZE RESIDENTIAL CATCHMENT AREA POPULATION % THE TOP 3 % 842 BUSINESSES;% 52% LANGUAGES27,381 RESIDENTS74 4OF WHICH HAVE3 FEWER THAN SPOKEN11.6% growth fromAT 2011-2016 HOME ARE ENGLISH MANDARINFIVE EMPLOYEESFARSI (PERSIAN)

with a population density of COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL 15,904 SIGNIFICANT % % PEOPLE 52 PER SQ.REPORTED KM. RE-DEVELOPMENT56 HAVE MOVED WESTERN EUROPEAN HERITAGE TO THE AREA WITHIN 40%SINCE 2001 COMMERCIALparticularly SIZE English (18%), Scottish (13%), Irish (12%), THE PAST 5 YEARS reﬂecting the area’s regeneration and German (9%) 35% during the dot-com era of the late 1990s

539 PROPERTIES 30% with an assessed commercial value of $ 25%ATTRACTIONS 1.9 BILLION 20% % of total population % of total 15%

% of total population % of total THE DOMINANT DOMINANT HOUSEHOLD INCOME 10% HOUSEHOLD INCOME Roundhouse BC Place 28 Heritage Vancouver David Lam $ Community5% Arts & IS Buildings Seawall Park Under 20 20 to 34 $ 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 or Older 200,000+ Recreation Centre 200,000+ Yaletown Vancouver Metro Vancouver

AREA INCLUDES A MIX OF POPULATION GROWTH OF DOMINANTHIGH AGEINCOME GROUP AND LOW 12% Figure 3:IS Ethnic30-34 Origin INCOME HOUSEHOLDS from 2011-2016 30%

25% 40%

20% 35% 15% 30%

THE TOP% 3 % of population 10% % % % HAVE PURSUED% 25% OF RESIDENTS 21 25 5% LANGUAGESHAVE THE EDUCATION LEVEL74 4POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION3 20% SPOKEN AT HOME ARE ENGLISH 0% MANDARINsigniﬁcantly higher than VancouverFARSI & (PERSIAN) Metro Vancouver OF A BACHELOR’S DEGREE English Chinese Scottish Irish Canadian % of total population % of total 15% % of total population % of total Yaletown Vancouver Metro Vancouver 10%

5% Under 20 20 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 or Older Under 20 20 %to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 or Older OTHER % INCLUDE: MOST COMMON 52 OCCUPATIONSREPORTED LEADING OCCUPATIONS56 HAVE MOVED Yaletown Vancouver Metro Vancouver TO THE AREA WITHIN FOR RESIDENTSWESTERN ARE IN EUROPEAN HERITAGEFigure 4: Average Household Income BUSINESS, » Sales & service (18%) particularly English (18%), Scottish (13%), Irish (12%), 20% THE PAST 5 YEARS FINANCEand German & ADMINISTRATION (9%) % » Management (18%) Figure 3: Ethnic Origin 15%

20 » Natural & applied sciences (13%) 10% 30% % of households 25% 5% THE DOMINANT 20% % % HOUSEHOLD INCOME 15% 0% Less than $20K $20-$39KIS $40-$59K $60-$79K $80-$99K $100-$149K $150K + % of population 10% 43 51 $ 1.8 OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE SINGLE PERSON AVERAGE PERSONS+ Yaletown 200,000Vancouver Metro Vancouver 5% ARE FAMILIES HOUSEHOLDS PER HOUSEHOLD 0% higher than Vancouver (39%) and Metro Vancouver (29%) English Chinese Scottish Irish Canadian AREA INCLUDES A MIX OF Yaletown Vancouver Metro Vancouver HIGH INCOME AND LOW YALETOWN AVERAGEINCOME ANNUAL HOUSEHOLDS $ Figure 9: Dwellings by Major Structural Type EXPENDITURE PER HOUSEHOLD 90,122 Yaletown Vancouver Metro Vancouver indicative of the disposable income buying power in this area Figure 4: Average Household Income Single-Detached Semi-Detached/ Single-Detached Semi-Detached/ Single-Detached YALETOWN Row Row 20% YALETOWNINFO.COM 3% 0% 15% 29% 15% % % 5% 25 OF RESIDENTS 21 HAVE PURSUED 58% 10% %HAVEOF DWELLINGSTHE EDUCATION LEVEL POSTGRADUATEYALETOWN EDUCATION HOUSING IS12% 97% signiﬁcantly higher 80%than Vancouver & Metro Vancouver % of households OFARE A BACHELOR’S APARTMENTS DEGREE MOSTLY NEW 5%97 much higher than Vancouver (80%) or Metro Vancouver (58%) Apartment Apartment Apartment Semi-Detached/ Row

0% Less than $20K $20-$39K $40-$59K $60-$79K $80-$99K $100-$149K $150K + Place OTHER LEADING OCCUPATIONS INCLUDE: MOST COMMONYaletown OCCUPATIONSVancouver Metro Vancouver HIGH-END, SMALL SIZE % % FORHOUSING RESIDENTS MIX: ARE IN CONDOMINIUMSSemi-Detached/Row BUSINESS, HAVE FILLED » Sales & service (18%) Almost all the dwelling units in the BIA catchment area (97%) 54FigureFigure 10: 10: Age Age of Housing of Housing Stock Stock »» & 46 FINANCEare apartments,THE whichADMINISTRATION SPACE is substantially OF RESTORED higher than Vancouver ARE HOME OF RESIDENTS 60% (80%) %or MetroHERITAGE Vancouver (58%) BUILDINGS(see Figure 9). OWNERS» Management (18%) ARE RENTERS 50% Figure 9: Dwellings by Major Structural Type 20Figure 9: Dwellings by Major Structural Type » Natural & applied sciences (13%) 40% Yaletown Vancouver Metro Vancouver 30% Single-Detached Semi-Detached/ Single-Detached Semi-Detached/ Single-Detached Row Row % of dwellings 20% % 3% % % 96 0% 15% 10% 29% OF COMMERCIAL SPACE 43 5% 51 1.8 0% IS ZONED AS OF HOUSEHOLDS 58%ARE SINGLE PERSON AVERAGE PERSONS Pre-1960 1961 to 1980 1981 to 1990 1991H3-A to 2000 2001 and newer ARE FAMILIES HOUSEHOLDS12% PER HOUSEHOLD which is a special zoning created for Yaletown higher than Vancouver (39%) and MetroYaletown Vancouver (29%) Vancouver Metro Vancouver 97% 80% to encourage conversion and renovation of Source: Statistics Canada 2016 Censusexisting warehouse buildings

Apartment Apartment Apartment Semi-Detached/ Row »The split of rental and owned residences in the Yaletown area is Source: Statistics Canada 2016 Census » YALETOWN AVERAGEsimilar to the city ANNUAL (46% and 54% respectively). »The majority of$ homes in the Yaletown BIA catchment area Apartment/condominium% prices vary widely ($950,000 to $7.5 » EXPENDITURE»» PER HOUSEHOLD are new, with 57% 90,122being built after 2001; more than double million) reflecting the4 diversity of buildings and designs in the Vancouver (23%) or Metro Vancouver (27%) for the same period indicative of the disposableFigure 13:area Commercial incomeand are Business buyinggenerally SizeOF power much COMMERCIAL in higher this area than the $844,700 SPACE average (see Figure 10). Semi-Detached/Row for Vancouver WestIS and ZONED $693,500 for ASMetro Vancouver.Small - Medium Figure 10: Age of Housing Stock (21-50 employees) Unique in Vancouver, the Yaletown catchment area is also home CD-1 » While very few are available, attached homes in the Yaletown » Small» (5-20» 10% 60% to a number of restored heritage buildings, where high-end, employees)BIA catchment area are priced from $1.94-$1.98 million (at 6% small size condominiums have filled the space of abandoned time of report production). This is higher for this housingLarge (more type than 50% 50 employees) warehouses. compared to elsewhere.

40% New buildings have mirrored this look and feel, and the »» % OF DWELLINGS »»Rents are32% also muchYALETOWN higher than other VancouverHOUSING areas, rangingIS 30%catchment area has a wonderful aesthetic of brick and from $3,500 to $12,000 per month for a two-bedroom. cobblestone thatARE is both attractiveAPARTMENTS and functional. MOSTLY NEW

% of dwellings 97 YALETOWN IS HOME TO HOME TO THE 20% much higher than Vancouver (80%) or Metro Vancouver (58%) DAVID LAM, GEORGE ROUNDHOUSE COMMUNITY ARTS 10% WAINBORN, HELMCKEN & RECREATION52% CENTRE Micro (under 5 0% employees) Pre-1960 & YALETOWN1961 to 1980 1981 to 1990 PARKS1991 to 2000 2001 and newer HIGH-END, SMALL SIZE % % Yaletown Vancouver Metro Vancouver CONDOMINIUMS HAVE FILLED 54 46 THE SPACE OF RESTORED ARE HOME OF RESIDENTS HERITAGE BUILDINGS OWNERS ARE RENTERS HOME TO

BIZMAP.CA YALETOWN-ROUNDHOUSE Figure 13: Commercial Business Size 8 Updated August 2018 Small - Medium STATION ON% THE SKYTRAIN (21-50 employees) CANADA96 LINE Small (5-20 10% employees) OF COMMERCIAL SPACE 6% Large (more than 50 employees) IS ZONED AS EASY ACCESS H3-ATO 32% which is a special zoning created for Yaletown toYVR encourage AIRPORT conversion and renovation of existingAND warehouseCANADA buildings PLACE

52% Micro (under 5 % employees) 4 OF COMMERCIAL SPACE KEY EVENTS INCLUDE: » Halloween events % IS ZONED AS CD-1 50 » CandyTown » Pet-A-Palooza OF THE BIA IS 2 DESIGNATED SCHOOLS » Taste of Yaletown » Roundhouse Fun Fair HERITAGE NEARBY » Vancouver International Jazz Festival » Queer Arts Festival YALETOWN IS HOME TO HOME TO THE DAVID LAM, GEORGE ROUNDHOUSETOP INDUSTRIES COMMUNITY ARE RETAIL ARTS 16% WAINBORNBUSINESSES, HELMCKEN OPERATE &AND RECREATION PROFESSIONAL, CENTRE SCIENTIFIC & 842& YALETOWNIN YALETOWN PARKS TECHNICAL SERVICES 16%

FASTEST » Agriculture, forestry, ﬁshing & hunting GROWING » EducationalHOME TOservices SUB-SECTORS INCLUDE: YALETOWN-ROUNDHOUSE » Health care & social assistance from 2011-2016 STATION ON THE SKYTRAIN CANADA LINE 52% MICRO EASYBUSINESSES ACCESS TO with fewer than ﬁve employees YVR AIRPORT AND LEASE RATESCANADA FOR GROUND PLACE LEVEL COMMERCIAL ARE $52-$62 PER SQ. FT.

LEASE RATES FOR KEY EVENTS INCLUDE: » HalloweenOFFICE/ events % SECOND LEVEL ARE $ $ 50 » CandyTown 11- 24 »PERPet-A-Palooza SQ. FT. OF THE BIA IS 2 DESIGNATED SCHOOLS » Taste of Yaletown » Roundhouse Fun Fair HERITAGE NEARBY » Vancouver International Jazz Festival » Queer Arts Festival

TOP INDUSTRIES ARE RETAIL 16% BUSINESSES OPERATE AND PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC & 842 IN YALETOWN TECHNICAL SERVICES 16%

FASTEST » Agriculture, forestry, ﬁshing & hunting GROWING » Educational services SUB-SECTORS INCLUDE: from 2011-2016 » Health care & social assistance

% MICRO 52 BUSINESSES with fewer than ﬁve employees

LEASE RATES FOR GROUND LEVEL COMMERCIAL ARE $52-$62 PER SQ. FT.

COMMERCIAL SIZE SINCE 2001 reﬂecting the area’s regeneration DOMINANTduring the dot-com AGE RANGE era of the lateDOMINANT 1990s EDUCATION LEVEL FAST539 PROPERTIES FACTS % with an assessed commercial value of 30-34 36 ATTRACTIONS BIA$ SIZE RESIDENTIAL MARKET SIZE YEARS BACHELOR’S DEGREE 1.9 BILLION average age is 40.7 22 BLOCKS 1.4 SQ. KM. DOMINANT HOUSEHOLD INCOME BUSINESS SIZE $RESIDENTIAL CATCHMENT AREA POPULATION Roundhouse BC Place 28 Heritage Vancouver% David Lam Community Arts & Buildings Seawall Park 200,000+ Recreation 842 CentreBUSINESSES; 52 27,381 RESIDENTS OF WHICH HAVE FEWER THAN 11.6% growth from 2011-2016 FIVE EMPLOYEES with a population density of POPULATION GROWTH OF COMMERCIALDOMINANT DEVELOPMENT AGE POTENTIAL GROUP % 15,904 12 SIGNIFICANTIS PEOPLE PER SQ. KM. 30-34 from 2011-2016 RE-DEVELOPMENT

COMMERCIAL SIZE SINCE 2001 reﬂecting the area’s regeneration during the dot-com era of the late 1990s 539 PROPERTIES with an assessedTHE commercial TOP value 3 of % % % $ LANGUAGES 74 ATTRACTIONS4 3 1.9 BILLIONSPOKEN AT HOME ARE ENGLISH MANDARIN FARSI (PERSIAN)

DOMINANT HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Roundhouse BC Place 28 Heritage Vancouver David Lam $ Community Arts & Buildings Seawall Park 200,000+% Recreation Centre % 52 REPORTED 56 HAVE MOVED WESTERN EUROPEAN HERITAGE TO THE AREA WITHIN particularly English (18%), Scottish (13%), Irish (12%), THE PAST 5 YEARS POPULATIONand German (9%)GROWTH OF DOMINANT AGE GROUP 12% IS 30-34 from 2011-2016 THE DOMINANT HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS $ THE TOP 3 % % 200,000% + LANGUAGES 74 4 3 SPOKEN AT HOME ARE ENGLISH MANDARIN FARSI (PERSIAN) AREA INCLUDES A MIX OF HIGH INCOME AND LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS % % 52 REPORTED 56 HAVE MOVED WESTERN EUROPEAN HERITAGE TO THE AREA WITHIN particularly English (18%), Scottish (13%), Irish (12%), THE PAST 5 YEARS and German (9%) % % 25 OF RESIDENTS 21 HAVE PURSUED HAVE THE EDUCATION LEVEL POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION OF A BACHELOR’S DEGREE signiﬁcantly higher than Vancouver & Metro Vancouver THE DOMINANT HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS $ OTHER INCLUDE: MOST COMMON OCCUPATIONS LEADING 200,000 OCCUPATIONS + FOR RESIDENTS ARE IN BUSINESS, » Sales & service (18%) FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION AREA INCLUDES A MIX OF % » ManagementHIGH (18%) INCOME AND LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS 20 » Natural & applied sciences (13%)

% % 43% 51 % 1.8 25OF HOUSEHOLDS OF RESIDENTS ARE SINGLE PERSON 21 HAVE PURSUEDAVERAGE PERSONS HAVEARE FAMILIETHE EDUCATIONS LEVELHOUSEHOLDS POSTGRADUATE EDUCATIONPER HOUSEHOLD higher than Vancouver (39%) and Metro Vancouver (29%) OF A BACHELOR’S DEGREE signiﬁcantly higher than Vancouver & Metro Vancouver

$ YALETOWN AVERAGE ANNUAL EXPENDITUREOTHER PER HOUSEHOLD INCLUDE: MOST COMMON90,122 OCCUPATIONS LEADING OCCUPATIONS indicative of the disposable income buying power in this area FOR RESIDENTS ARE IN BUSINESS, » Sales & service (18%) FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION % » Management (18%)

20 » Natural & applied sciences (13%) % OF DWELLINGS YALETOWN HOUSING IS 97 ARE APARTMENTS MOSTLY NEW much higher than Vancouver (80%) or Metro Vancouver (58%) 43% 51% 1.8 OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE SINGLE PERSON AVERAGE PERSONS HIGH-END,ARE FAMILIE SMALLS SIZE HOUSEHOLDS % PER HOUSEHOLD% CONDOMINIUMS HAVE FILLEDhigher than Vancouver54 (39%) and Metro Vancouver (29%) 46 THE SPACE OF RESTORED ARE HOME OF RESIDENTS YALETOWNHERITAGE BUILDINGS OWNERS ARE RENTERS YALETOWNINFO.COM$ YALETOWN AVERAGE ANNUAL 90,122 EXPENDITURE PER HOUSEHOLD indicative of the disposable income buying power in this area 96% OF COMMERCIAL SPACE IS ZONED AS H3-A % OF DWELLINGS YALETOWNwhich is a special zoning HOUSING created for YaletownIS MOSTLYto encourage conversion and renovation of 97 ARE APARTMENTS existing warehouseNEW buildings much higher than Vancouver (80%) or Metro Vancouver (58%) 4% HIGH-END, SMALL SIZE % OF COMMERCIAL% SPACE CONDOMINIUMS HAVE FILLED 54 IS ZONED 46AS THE SPACE OF RESTORED ARE OF CD-1RESIDENTS Photo by Britney Gill HOME HERITAGE BUILDINGS OWNERS ARE RENTERS

COMMERCIAL BUILDING MIX: RECREATION AND LEISURE: »»The BIA has two predominant types of commercial zoning, »»With the presence of a wide variety of restaurants, shops and primarily H3-AYALETOWN (96%), which is a ISspecial HOME zoning TOcreated for other amenitiesHOME close TO to residents’ THE% doorsteps, Yaletown is an Yaletown to encourageDAVID conversion LAM, GEORGE and renovation of existing attractive area of the96 lower mainland.COMMUNITY ARTS warehouse buildings and produce a contemporary mix of ROUNDHOUSE Home to the RoundhouseOF COMMERCIALCommunity Arts and Recreation SPACE commercial, industrialWAINBORN and residential, HELMCKEN uses. The remaining 4% »» & Centre and 28RECREATION heritage buildings (along CENTRE Hamilton and Mainland is CD-1, a special purpose zone tailored to meet the needs of a IS ZONED AS & YALETOWN PARKS between Nelson and Davie) there are plenty of opportunities for specific site. H3-A local engagement. which is a special zoning created for Yaletown »The quality of commercial buildings in the BIA is considered » Other notable recreationto encourage and leisure conversion activities and include: renovation close of good, as a large majority have been renovated or redeveloped, »» proximity to the seawall,existing parks, warehouse and a number buildings of designated while maintaining the historical charm of circa 1900 architectural cycling routes. features. »»98% of the current business floor space in the BIA is licensed as PARKS AND GREENSPACE:% commercial, while 2% is industrial. HOME TO4 There are several parks within the BIA boundaries; smaller »The total assessed value of properties in the BIA is $1.90 »» YALETOWN-ROUNDHOUSE » parks include YaletownOF Park COMMERCIAL and Helmcken Park, and SPACE larger billion, ranked fifth most valuable of all Vancouver BIAs and greenspacesSTATION includeIS David ON Lam THE Park andSKYTRAINAS George Wainborn representing 13% of all BIA property outside of downtown. ZONED Park. EmeryCANADA Barnes Park LINE is just outside the BIA.CD-1

EASY ACCESS TO YVR AIRPORT YALETOWN IS HOME TO HOME ANDTO THE CANADA PLACE DAVID LAM, GEORGE ROUNDHOUSE COMMUNITY ARTS WAINBORN, HELMCKEN & RECREATION CENTRE & YALETOWN PARKS

KEY EVENTS INCLUDE: » Halloween events %

50 BIZMAP.CA » CandyTown » Pet-A-Palooza 9 OF THE BIA IS Updated August2 2018 DESIGNATED SCHOOLS » Taste of Yaletown » Roundhouse Fun Fair HERITAGE NEARBY HOME TO » Vancouver InternationalYALETOWN-ROUNDHOUSE Jazz Festival » Queer Arts Festival STATION ON THE SKYTRAIN CANADATOP INDUSTRIES LINE ARE RETAIL 16% BUSINESSES OPERATE AND PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC & IN YALETOWN % 842 TECHNICALEASY SERVICESACCESS TO 16 YVR AIRPORT AND CANADA PLACE FASTEST » Agriculture, forestry, ﬁshing & hunting GROWING » Educational services SUB-SECTORS INCLUDE: » Health care & social assistance from 2011-2016 KEY EVENTS INCLUDE: » Halloween events %

50 » CandyTown » Pet-A-Palooza OF THE BIA IS 2 % MICRO DESIGNATED SCHOOLS » Taste of Yaletown 52 » Roundhouse Fun Fair NEARBY BUSINESSES HERITAGE with fewer than ﬁve employees » Vancouver International Jazz Festival » Queer Arts Festival

LEASE RATES FOR GROUND TOP INDUSTRIESLEVEL COMMERCIAL ARE RETAIL ARE 16% $ $ BUSINESSES OPERATE AND PROFESSIONAL,52- 62 PER SQ. SCIENTIFIC FT. & 842 IN YALETOWN TECHNICAL SERVICES 16% LEASE RATES FOR OFFICE/ SECOND LEVEL ARE $11-$24 PER SQ. FT. FASTEST » Agriculture, forestry, ﬁshing & hunting GROWING » Educational services SUB-SECTORS INCLUDE: from 2011-2016 » Health care & social assistance

% MICRO 52 BUSINESSES with fewer than ﬁve employees

LEASE RATES FOR GROUND LEVEL COMMERCIAL ARE $52-$62 PER SQ. FT.

COMMERCIAL SIZE SINCE 2001 reﬂecting the area’s regeneration during the dot-com era of the late 1990s 539 PROPERTIES with an assessed commercial value of $ ATTRACTIONSDOMINANT AGE RANGE DOMINANT EDUCATION LEVEL FAST1.9 BILLION FACTS % 30-34 36 YEARS BACHELOR’S DEGREE BIADOMINANT SIZE HOUSEHOLD INCOMERESIDENTIAL MARKET SIZE average age is 40.7 $ Roundhouse BC Place 28 Heritage Vancouver David Lam 22 BLOCKS 1.4 SQ. KM. Community Arts & Buildings Seawall Park 200,000+ Recreation Centre BUSINESS SIZE RESIDENTIAL CATCHMENT AREA POPULATION % 842 BUSINESSES; 52 POPULATION27,381 GROWTH RESIDENTS OF DOMINANTOF WHICH AGE HAVE GROUP FEWER THAN 11.6% growth from 2011-2016 % IS FIVE EMPLOYEES with a population density of 12 30-34 from 2011-2016 COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL 15,904 SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE PER SQ. KM. RE-DEVELOPMENT THE TOP 3 COMMERCIAL SIZE SINCE 2001 % reﬂecting the area’s% regeneration % LANGUAGES 74 during the4 dot-com era of the late 1990s3 539 PROPERTIESSPOKEN AT HOME ARE ENGLISH MANDARIN FARSI (PERSIAN) with an assessed commercial value of $1.9 BILLION ATTRACTIONS % % DOMINANT HOUSEHOLD52 REPORTED INCOME 56 HAVE MOVED WESTERN EUROPEAN HERITAGE Roundhouse BC Place TO28 Heritage THE AREAVancouver WITHINDavid Lam $ Community Arts & Buildings Seawall Park 200,000+particularly English (18%), Scottish (13%), Irish (12%), Recreation Centre THE PAST 5 YEARS and German (9%)

POPULATION GROWTH OF DOMINANT AGE GROUP % 12 IS 30-34THE DOMINANT from 2011-2016 HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS $200,000+ THE TOP 3 % %AREA INCLUDES% A MIX OF LANGUAGES 74 4 HIGH INCOME3 AND LOW SPOKEN AT HOME ARE ENGLISH MANDARIN FARSI (PERSIAN) INCOME HOUSEHOLDS

% % 52 REPORTED 56 HAVE MOVED WESTERN EUROPEAN HERITAGE TO THE AREA WITHIN % % particularly English OF (18%), RESIDENTS Scottish (13%), Irish (12%), HAVETHE PURSUED PAST 5 YEARS and German25 (9%) 21 HAVE THE EDUCATION LEVEL POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION OF A BACHELOR’S DEGREE signiﬁcantly higher than Vancouver & Metro Vancouver

THE DOMINANT OTHER LEADING OCCUPATIONS INCLUDE: MOST COMMON OCCUPATIONS HOUSEHOLD INCOME FOR RESIDENTS ARE IN BUSINESS, » Sales & serviceIS (18%)$ FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION 200,000+ % » Management (18%)

20 » Natural & appliedAREA sciences INCLUDES (13%) A MIX OF HIGH INCOME AND LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS 43% 51% 1.8 OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE SINGLE PERSON AVERAGE PERSONS ARE FAMILIES HOUSEHOLDS PER HOUSEHOLD higher than Vancouver (39%) and Metro Vancouver (29%) % % 25 OF RESIDENTS 21 HAVE PURSUED HAVE THE EDUCATION LEVEL POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION OF$ A BACHELOR’S DEGREEYALETOWN AVERAGEsigniﬁcantly ANNUAL higher than Vancouver & Metro Vancouver 90,122 EXPENDITURE PER HOUSEHOLD indicative of the disposable income buying power in this area

OTHER INCLUDE: MOST COMMON OCCUPATIONS LEADING OCCUPATIONS FOR RESIDENTS ARE IN BUSINESS, » Sales & service (18%) FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION % % OF DWELLINGS » Management (18%)YALETOWN HOUSING IS 97 ARE APARTMENTS MOSTLY NEW 20 » Natural & applied sciences (13%) much higher than Vancouver (80%) or Metro Vancouver (58%)

% % HIGH-END, SMALL SIZE % % CONDOMINIUMS43 HAVE FILLED51 1.8 ARE SINGLE PERSON54 AVERAGE46 PERSONS THEOF SPACEHOUSEHOLDS OF RESTORED ARE HOME OF RESIDENTS ARE FAMILIES HOUSEHOLDS PER HOUSEHOLD HERITAGE BUILDINGShigher than VancouverOWNERS (39%) and Metro Vancouver (29%) ARE RENTERS

YALETOWN AVERAGE ANNUAL $ % 90,122 EXPENDITURE PER HOUSEHOLD96 indicative of the disposable income buyingOF power COMMERCIAL in this area SPACE IS ZONED AS H3-A which is a special zoning created for Yaletown to encourage conversion and renovation of existing warehouse buildings % OF DWELLINGS YALETOWN HOUSING IS 97 ARE APARTMENTS MOSTLY% NEW much higher than Vancouver (80%) or Metro Vancouver (58%) 4 OF COMMERCIAL SPACE IS ZONED AS CD-1 HIGH-END, SMALL SIZE % % CONDOMINIUMS HAVE FILLED 54 46 THE SPACE OF RESTORED ARE HOME OF RESIDENTS HERITAGE BUILDINGS OWNERS ARE RENTERS YALETOWN IS HOME TO HOME TO THE DAVID LAM, GEORGE ROUNDHOUSE COMMUNITY ARTS WAINBORN, HELMCKEN & RECREATION CENTRE & YALETOWN PARKS 96% YALETOWN OF COMMERCIAL SPACE YALETOWNINFO.COM IS ZONED AS H3-A which is a special zoning created for Yaletown to encourage conversion and renovation of HOME TOexisting warehouse buildings YALETOWN-ROUNDHOUSE STATION ON% THE SKYTRAIN CANADA4 LINE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE IS ZONED AS EASY ACCESS CD-1TO YVR AIRPORT AND CANADA PLACE

Photo by Jillian Ong YALETOWN IS HOME TO HOME TO THE TRANSPORTATION:DAVID LAM, GEORGE »»Almost 50%ROUNDHOUSE of the BIA is designated COMMUNITY heritage, with 28 ARTS designated heritage buildings, including the beautifully-restored »Home to the Yaletown-RoundhouseWAINBORN, HELMCKEN Station on the Canada KEY EVENTS INCLUDE& RECREATION: » Halloween CENTRE events » Roundhouse Community and Arts Recreation Centre and the SkyTrain% line, &the BIA has easy access to a number of YALETOWN PARKS previously mentioned converted warehouses along Hamilton 50destinations including Vancouver International Airport and » CandyTown » Pet-A-Palooza and Mainland streets. OFCanada THE Place.BIA IS 2 SCHOOLS » » DESIGNATED»»Bus routes include #6 Davie-Downtown and #23 Main Street- Taste of Yaletown Roundhouse Fun Fair HERITAGESunset Beach via Yaletown, and NEARBYthe Yaletown ferry dock POPULAR EVENTS: provides access to Granville Island, False Creek, Sunset Beach,» Vancouver » International»It seems there Jazz is always Festival a party» happeningQueer Arts in Festival Yaletown. Key Kitsilano and Science World. events throughout the year include:

»»With three bike lanes and five Mobi Bike stations, Yaletown is a • CandyTown,HOME TO where each Christmas Mainland Street is biker’s paradise, with a bike score of 95, and is also considered a transformedYALETOWN-ROUNDHOUSETOP INDUSTRIES into a winter wonderland. ARE RETAIL 16% walker’s paradise, with a walk scoreBUSINESSES of 97. OPERATE • TasteSTATIONAND of Yaletown, PROFESSIONAL, ONheld each THE fall SKYTRAINwhen Yaletown’s SCIENTIFIC & IN YALETOWN % 842 restaurantsTECHNICAL offer special SERVICES deals and proceeds 16 are donated EDUCATION: toCANADA the Vancouver LINE Food Bank.

»»There are two schools in the BIA: Elsie Roy Elementary (public), • Annual Halloween events, Pet-A-Palooza (celebrating and Westside School (private). Yaletown’s many pets and pet accessory shops), the Roundhouse FunEASY Fair and ACCESS Queer Arts Festival.TO » Agriculture, forestry, ﬁshing & hunting HERITAGE:FASTEST • For details visit:YVR yaletowninfo.com/events AIRPORT Shaped by the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway in » Educational servicesAND CANADA PLACE GROWING»» »»Yaletown is also a key destination for the annual Vancouver 1887, Yaletown received its name when the railway relocated International Jazz festival when the BIA hosts Let’s Hear it for SUB-SECTORSoperations from Yale INCLUDE: in the Fraser Canyon to the railway’s new Yaletown» Health with care live & music social and assistance dancing. fromwestern 2011-2016 terminus at 2675 Yukon Street.

KEY EVENTS INCLUDE: » Halloween events % % MICRO 52 50 » CandyTown BUSINESSES» Pet-A-Palooza OF THE BIA IS 2 with fewer than ﬁve employees DESIGNATED SCHOOLS » Taste of Yaletown » Roundhouse Fun Fair HERITAGE NEARBY LEASE RATES FOR GROUND » Vancouver International Jazz FestivalLEVEL COMMERCIAL» Queer Arts Festival ARE $52-$62 PER SQ. FT. BIZMAP.CA % 10 Updated August 2018 TOP INDUSTRIES ARE RETAIL 16 BUSINESSES OPERATE LEASE RATES FOR OFFICE/ AND PROFESSIONAL,SECOND LEVEL ARE SCIENTIFIC & IN YALETOWN % 842 TECHNICAL$11-$24 SERVICES PER SQ. 16 FT.

FASTEST » Agriculture, forestry, ﬁshing & hunting GROWING » Educational services SUB-SECTORS INCLUDE: from 2011-2016 » Health care & social assistance

% MICRO 52 BUSINESSES with fewer than ﬁve employees

LEASE RATES FOR GROUND LEVEL COMMERCIAL ARE $52-$62 PER SQ. FT.

COMMERCIAL SIZE SINCE 2001 reﬂecting the area’s regeneration during the dot-com era of the late 1990s 539 PROPERTIES with an assessed commercial value of $1.9 BILLION ATTRACTIONS

DOMINANT HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Roundhouse BC Place 28 Heritage Vancouver David Lam $ Community Arts & Buildings Seawall Park 200,000+ Recreation Centre

POPULATION GROWTH OF DOMINANT AGE GROUP % DOMINANTIS AGE RANGE DOMINANT EDUCATION LEVEL FAST FACTS12 30-34 %

from 2011-2016 30-34 36 BIA SIZE RESIDENTIAL MARKET SIZE YEARS BACHELOR’S DEGREE average age is 40.7 22 BLOCKS 1.4 SQ. KM. BUSINESS SIZE THE TOP 3 RESIDENTIAL CATCHMENT AREA POPULATION % % % % LANGUAGES 74 8424 BUSINESSES;3 52 SPOKEN27,381 AT HOME RESIDENTS ARE ENGLISH MANDARINOF WHICH HAVEFARSI FEWER (PERSIAN) THAN 11.6% growth from 2011-2016 FIVE EMPLOYEES

with a population density of COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL % % 15,904 52 REPORTED SIGNIFICANT 56 HAVE MOVED PEOPLEWESTERN PER SQ. KM. EUROPEAN HERITAGERE-DEVELOPMENTTO THE AREA WITHIN particularly English (18%), Scottish (13%), Irish (12%), THE PAST 5 YEARS and German (9%) COMMERCIAL SIZE SINCE 2001 reﬂecting the area’s regeneration during the dot-com era of the late 1990s 539 PROPERTIES with an assessed commercial value of $ ATTRACTIONS 1.9 BILLION THE DOMINANT HOUSEHOLD INCOME DOMINANT HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS $ $ Roundhouse BC Place200,000 28 Heritage Vancouver David+ Lam Community Arts & Buildings Seawall Park 200,000+ Recreation Centre AREA INCLUDES A MIX OF HIGH INCOME AND LOW POPULATION GROWTH OF DOMINANTINCOME AGE HOUSEHOLDS GROUP 12% IS 30-34 from 2011-2016

% % 25 OF RESIDENTS 21 HAVE PURSUED THEHAVE TOP THE 3 EDUCATION LEVEL % POSTGRADUATE% EDUCATION% LANGUAGESOF A BACHELOR’S DEGREE 74 4signiﬁcantly higher than Vancouver3 & Metro Vancouver SPOKEN AT HOME ARE ENGLISH MANDARIN FARSI (PERSIAN)

OTHER LEADING OCCUPATIONS INCLUDE: MOST COMMON% OCCUPATIONS % FOR RESIDENTS AREREPORTED IN HAVE MOVED 52 BUSINESS, » Sales & service (18%) 56 FINANCEWESTERN & ADMINISTRATION EUROPEAN HERITAGE TO THE AREA WITHIN particularly English (18%), Scottish (13%), Irish (12%), » Management (18%) THE PAST 5 YEARS %and German (9%)

20 » Natural & applied sciences (13%)

% % THE DOMINANT 43 51 HOUSEHOLD1.8 INCOME OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE SINGLE PERSON IS AVERAGE PERSONS ARE FAMILIES HOUSEHOLDS $ PER HOUSEHOLD higher than Vancouver (39%) and Metro Vancouver (29%)200,000+

AREA INCLUDES A MIX OF $ YALETOWN AVERAGE HIGHANNUAL INCOME AND LOW 90,122 EXPENDITURE PER HOUSEHOLDINCOME HOUSEHOLDS indicative of the disposable income buying power in this area

% % %25OF DWELLINGS OF RESIDENTS 21 YALETOWN HAVE PURSUED HOUSING IS 97 HAVEARE THE APARTMENTS EDUCATION LEVEL POSTGRADUATEMOSTLY NEW EDUCATION much higher OFthan VancouverA BACHELOR’S (80%) or Metro DEGREE Vancouver (58%) signiﬁcantly higher than Vancouver & Metro Vancouver

% % HIGH-END, SMALL SIZE OTHER LEADING OCCUPATIONS INCLUDE: MOST COMMONCONDOMINIUMS OCCUPATIONS HAVE FILLED 54 46 FOR RESIDENTS ARE IN THE SPACE OFBUSINESS, RESTORED ARE» HOMESales & service (18%) OF RESIDENTS FINANCEHERITAGE & ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS OWNERS ARE RENTERS % » Management (18%)

20 » Natural & applied sciences (13%) 96% % % OF COMMERCIAL SPACE 43 51 IS ZONED1.8 AS H3-A OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE SINGLE PERSON which is a specialAVERAGE zoning created PERSONS for Yaletown ARE FAMILIES HOUSEHOLDS to encourage conversionPER HOUSEHOLD and renovation of higher than Vancouver (39%) and Metro Vancouverexisting (29%) warehouse buildings

% $ YALETOWN AVERAGE ANNUAL4 EXPENDITURE PER HOUSEHOLDOF COMMERCIAL SPACE 90,122 IS ZONED AS indicative of the disposable income buying power in this area CD-1

YALETOWN HOUSING IS %YALETOWNOF DWELLINGS IS HOME TO HOME TO THE ARE MOSTLY NEW 97 DAVID LAMAPARTMENTS, GEORGE ROUNDHOUSE COMMUNITY ARTS much higher than Vancouver (80%) or Metro Vancouver (58%) WAINBORN, HELMCKEN & RECREATION CENTRE & YALETOWN PARKS

HIGH-END, SMALL SIZE % % CONDOMINIUMS HAVE FILLED 54 46 THE SPACE OF RESTORED ARE HOME OF RESIDENTS

HERITAGE BUILDINGS OWNERSHOME TO ARE RENTERS YALETOWN-ROUNDHOUSE STATION ON THE SKYTRAIN CANADA LINE 96% OF COMMERCIAL SPACE ISEASY ZONED ACCESS AS TO YVR AIRPORTH3-A which is a special zoning created for Yaletown toAND encourage CANADA conversion and PLACE renovation of existing warehouse buildings

% KEY EVENTS INCLUDE4: » Halloween events % OF COMMERCIAL SPACE

50 » CandyTown IS ZONED» Pet-A-Palooza AS OF THE BIA IS 2 CD-1 DESIGNATED SCHOOLS » Taste of Yaletown » Roundhouse Fun Fair YALETOWNHERITAGE NEARBY YALETOWNINFO.COM » Vancouver International Jazz Festival » Queer Arts Festival

YALETOWN IS HOME TO HOMETOP INDUSTRIES TO THE ARE RETAIL 16% DAVID LAMBUSINESSES, GEORGE OPERATE ROUNDHOUSEAND PROFESSIONAL, COMMUNITY SCIENTIFIC ARTS & IN YALETOWN % 842WAINBORN, HELMCKEN &TECHNICAL RECREATION SERVICES CENTRE 16 & YALETOWN PARKS Doing Business Here » Agriculture, forestry, ﬁshing & hunting BUSINESSFASTEST MIX: Figure 12 highlights the key types of businesses within the BIA’s »»842 businesses operate in the Yaletown BIA, a growth of 3% »» » Educational services GROWINGfrom 2011-2016. largest sectors: SUB-SECTORS INCLUDE: Retail (16%), professional, scientific and technical Figure 12: BreakdownHOME of MajorTO Service and Retail Businesses from»» 2011-2016 » Health care & social assistance services (16%), accommodation and food service (11%) YALETOWN-ROUNDHOUSEYaletown and information and cultural industries (10%) are the Business Type # % dominant business types in the Yaletown BIA STATION ON THE SKYTRAIN (see Figure 11). ProfessionalCANADA Services LINE% Computer Services MICRO 73 9% »Reflecting Yaletown’s emphasis on all things food, the 52 » Consultants BUSINESSES53 6% proportion of accommodation and food service businesses is with fewer than ﬁve employees much higher than the city and region. Barristers & Solicitors EASY ACCESS TO35 4% Accommodation & Food Service Figure 11: Business Mix YVR AIRPORT Class 1 Restaurants LEASE RATES FOR GROUND 56 7% Metro Limited Food Service EtstablishmentsLEVELAND COMMERCIAL ARE34 4% Yaletown Vancouver CANADA PLACE Vancouver $ $ Retail 52- 62 PER SQ. FT. Business Type # % # % # % Miscellaneous Retailer 60 7% Professional, scientific 137 16% 4,823 15% 13,798 15% & technical services Health Care & Social AssistanceLEASE RATES FOR OFFICE/ Retail 135 16% 5,957 18% 9,441 10% Health Services SECOND LEVEL ARE 61 7% Accommodation & food Health & Beauty $ $ » Halloween events42 5% 96 11% 3,559 11% 6,600 KEY7% EVENTS INCLUDE: service 11- 24 PER SQ. FT. % Cosmetologists 23 3% Information & cultural 50 81 10% 918 3% 1,749 » 2%CandyTown » Pet-A-Palooza OFindustries THE BIA IS 2 Other Major Groupings Other: 240 28% 9,045 28% 26,185 28% Administration 25 3% SCHOOLS » » DESIGNATED Taste of YaletownFinancial Services Roundhouse Fun23 Fair 3% Health care & social 79 9% NEARBY3,515 11% 9,511 10% HERITAGEassistance Source: City of Vancouver Open Data Catalogue 2016 » Vancouver International Jazz Festival » Queer Arts Festival Other services 76 9% 1,990 6% 8,072 9% »»Sectors on the rise include agriculture, forestry, fishing and Finance & insurance 44 5% 1,706 5% 3,822 4% hunting (+200%), educational services (+33%) and health care Administrative support, and social assistance (+30%). % waste management & 41 5% 1,834 6% 4,780 5% TOP INDUSTRIES ARE RETAIL 16 remediation BUSINESSES OPERATE» »Sectors in declineAND includePROFESSIONAL, mining, quarrying, and SCIENTIFIC oil and gas & All other (less than 18% IN YALETOWN25% 38% extraction (-20%), manufacturing (-17%), construction% (-14%), 5% in BIA) 842 TECHNICAL SERVICES 16 and administrative support (-11%). Source: City of Vancouver Open Data Catalogue 2016 / Statistics Canada 2016 Census

FASTEST » Agriculture, forestry, ﬁshing & hunting GROWING » Educational services SUB-SECTORS INCLUDE: from 2011-2016 » Health care & social assistance

BIZMAP.CA 11 Updated August 2018 % MICRO 52 BUSINESSES with fewer than ﬁve employees

LEASE RATES FOR GROUND LEVEL COMMERCIAL ARE $52-$62 PER SQ. FT.

with a population density of COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL 15,904 SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE PER SQ. KM. RE-DEVELOPMENT

COMMERCIAL SIZE SINCE 2001 reﬂecting the area’s regeneration during the dot-com era of the late 1990s 539 PROPERTIES with an assessed commercial value of $1.9 BILLION ATTRACTIONS

DOMINANT HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Roundhouse BC Place 28 Heritage Vancouver David Lam $ Community Arts & Buildings Seawall Park 200,000+ Recreation Centre

POPULATION GROWTH OF DOMINANT AGE GROUP 12% IS 30-34 from 2011-2016

THE TOP 3 % % % LANGUAGES 74 4 3 SPOKEN AT HOME ARE ENGLISH MANDARIN FARSI (PERSIAN)

% % 52 REPORTED 56 HAVE MOVED WESTERN EUROPEAN HERITAGE TO THE AREA WITHIN particularly English (18%), Scottish (13%), Irish (12%), THE PAST 5 YEARS and German (9%)

THE DOMINANT HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS $200,000+

AREA INCLUDES A MIX OF HIGH INCOME AND LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS

% % 25 OF RESIDENTS 21 HAVE PURSUED HAVE THE EDUCATION LEVEL POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION OF A BACHELOR’S DEGREE signiﬁcantly higher than Vancouver & Metro Vancouver

OTHER INCLUDE: MOST COMMON OCCUPATIONS LEADING OCCUPATIONS FOR RESIDENTS ARE IN BUSINESS, » Sales & service (18%) FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION % » Management (18%)

20 » Natural & applied sciences (13%)

43% 51% 1.8 OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE SINGLE PERSON AVERAGE PERSONS ARE FAMILIES HOUSEHOLDS PER HOUSEHOLD higher than Vancouver (39%) and Metro Vancouver (29%)

$ YALETOWN AVERAGE ANNUAL 90,122 EXPENDITURE PER HOUSEHOLD indicative of the disposable income buying power in this area

% OF DWELLINGS YALETOWN HOUSING IS 97 ARE APARTMENTS MOSTLY NEW much higher than Vancouver (80%) or Metro Vancouver (58%)

HIGH-END, SMALL SIZE % % CONDOMINIUMS HAVE FILLED 54 46 THE SPACE OF RESTORED ARE HOME OF RESIDENTS HERITAGE BUILDINGS OWNERS ARE RENTERS

40%

35% 30% 96% 25% OF COMMERCIAL SPACE 20% IS ZONED AS % of total population % of total 15% H3-A % of total population % of total which is a special zoning created for Yaletown 10% to encourage conversion and renovation of existing warehouse buildings 5% Under 20 20 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 or Older

Yaletown Vancouver Metro Vancouver 4% OF COMMERCIAL SPACE IS ZONED AS Figure 3: Ethnic Origin CD-1

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% of population 10% DAVID LAM, GEORGE ROUNDHOUSE COMMUNITY ARTS 5% WAINBORN, HELMCKEN & RECREATION CENTRE 0% & YALETOWN PARKS English Chinese Scottish Irish Canadian

Yaletown Vancouver Metro Vancouver

Figure 4: Average Household Income HOME TO

20% YALETOWN-ROUNDHOUSE STATION ON THE SKYTRAIN 15% CANADA LINE

10%

% of households EASY ACCESS TO 5% YVR AIRPORT AND 0% CANADA PLACE Less than $20K $20-$39K $40-$59K $60-$79K $80-$99K $100-$149K $150K +

Yaletown Vancouver Metro Vancouver

KEY EVENTS INCLUDE: » Halloween events %

50 » CandyTown » Pet-A-Palooza OFFigure THE9: Dwellings BIA by Major IS Structural Type 2 DESIGNATED SCHOOLS » Taste of Yaletown » Roundhouse Fun Fair Yaletown VancouverNEARBY Metro Vancouver HERITAGESingle-Detached Semi-Detached/ Single-Detached Semi-Detached/ Single-Detached Row Row » Vancouver International Jazz Festival » Queer Arts Festival

3% 0% 15% 29% 5% TOP INDUSTRIES ARE RETAIL 16% BUSINESSES58% OPERATE AND PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC & IN YALETOWN 12% % 97% 842 80% TECHNICAL SERVICES 16

Apartment Apartment Apartment Semi-Detached/ Row FASTEST » Agriculture, forestry, ﬁshing & hunting GROWING » Educational services Semi-Detached/Row YALETOWNSUB-SECTORS INCLUDE: Figure 10: Age of Housing Stock » Health care & social assistance fromYALETOWNINFO.COM 2011-2016

60%

50% % MICRO 40% 52 BUSINESSES 30% with fewer than ﬁve employees % of dwellings 20%

10% LEASE RATES FOR GROUND LEVEL COMMERCIAL ARE 0% $ $ Pre-1960 1961 to 1980 1981 to 1990 1991 to 2000 2001 and newer 52- 62 PER SQ. FT.

Yaletown Vancouver Metro Vancouver LEASE RATES FOR OFFICE/ SECOND LEVEL ARE $11-$24 PER SQ. FT. Photo by Britney Gill

Figure 13: Commercial Business Size3 Figure 13: Commercial Business Size »Other anchor tenants include branches of most major Small - Medium » (21-50 employees) banks and the Yaletown Brewing Company. Small (5-20 10% LEASE AND VACANCY RATES employees) 6% Large (more than Commercial vacancy rates are low (about 4.2%), making 50 employees) »» Yaletown a competitive real estate market for service businesses. 32% »»Lease rates for ground commercial are very high ($52-$62 per sq. ft. for ground level commercial and $11-$24 per sq. ft. for office/second level).

Photo by Jillian Ong 52% Micro (under 5 employees)

Source: City of Vancouver Open Data Catalogue 2016 »»Micro-sized businesses remain the dominant size in the BIA, with 52% of businesses having fewer than five employees3 (see Figure 13). »»The largest businesses in the BIA are video, film and animation production services (Line 21 Media Services, Technicolour Canada, Inc. and Animal Logic Studios Ltd.), SAP Canada Inc. (software) and Urban Fare (grocery).

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

yaletowninfo.com Contact: Annette O’Shea, Executive Director Phone: 604-683-7473 Email: [email protected]

3 ‘Number of employees’ is a voluntary field within the City of Vancouver business license application, BIZMAP.CA which can result in missing data or data that is not updated when business licenses are renewed; as a result, complete or accurate data does not exist for all businesses. Businesses with an unknown 12 Updated August 2018 number of employees have been eliminated from this analysis, but the data may include businesses that have not updated the ‘number of employees’ field. YALETOWN YALETOWNINFO.COM About Bizmap Technical Notes

A collaboration between Small Business BC, Vancouver BIAs and the All data presented in this profile is based on the best data available City of Vancouver, Bizmap exists to give the public ready access to at time of development. The results may differ from estimates market area data for key business districts in a clear and relatable produced in other studies using different data and alternative way to help grow sustainable communities. methodologies. The data was obtained from sources which have been deemed reliable and, while thought to be correct, is not To learn more about Bizmap and view additional neighbourhood guaranteed by Bizmap or any of its contributing partners. profiles, visitbizmap.ca . METHODOLOGY: Partners Data for this profile was extracted using both BIA and custom market area boundaries and analyzed by Lucent Quay Consulting Inc. and SMALL BUSINESS BC: Small Business BC.

Small Business BC (SBBC) is British Columbia’s premiere resource centre for knowledge-based business products and services. Our Data Sources team is made up of experts who are ready to help you at every stage, whether you’re thinking of starting, expanding or exiting your small PEOPLE: business. We offer guided support, education, one-on-one advisory »»Pitney Bowes 2016 services, business plan and market research assistance and dozens of »»Statistics Canada 2011 Census free resources designed to save you time and money. »»Statistics Canada 2016 Census

SBBC’s core activities are supported by funds from Western PLACE: Economic Diversification Canada and the Ministry of Jobs, Trade and »»City of Vancouver Technology. • Analysis of BC Assessment Authority Data • Comparative BIA Levies and Levy Rates CITY OF VANCOUVER: • Open Data Catalogue 2011 & 2016 The City of Vancouver values and helps support its downtown and • VanMAP neighbourhood commercial districts as vibrant and unique places • Zoning Map to live, work, shop, visit and conduct business. Through the City’s »»Mobi (Vancouver Bike Share) BIA Program, 22 Business Improvement Areas and their managing »»Padmapper associations (BIAs) are funded through dedicated property tax levies »»Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver within each defined BIA area. The mandate of the BIAs is to promote »»Statistics Canada 2016 Census and improve business and business conditions within their respective »»TransLink districts. The Bizmap site is a project made possible through »»Vancouver Rental Properties matching funds from the City and 16 participating BIAs in partnership »»Walk Score with Small Business BC. DOING BUSINESS HERE: VANCOUVER BIA PARTNERSHIP: »»City of Vancouver Open Data Catalogue 2011 & 2016 Realtor.ca Business Improvement Areas (BIAs) are specially funded business »» districts. The districts are managed by non-profit groups of property owners and business tenants whose goal is to promote and Usage improve their business district. BIAs are active in their communities, promoting business, tourism, safety, and street beautification. The following terms and conditions govern usage of Bizmap data. This information includes (but is not limited to) any data figures, ADDITIONAL PARTNERS & SUPPLIERS: custom data comparisons and text for which Bizmap references. Lucent Quay Consulting Inc. Bizmap data and analysis is available for the public to use freely KIMBO Design Inc. but is not for reproduction or repurposing. Bizmap should be cited appropriately if the profile, in whole or part, is used in reports, business plans or any other document or collateral.

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