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Pacific Canada  + Apartments  |  June 3, 2024
Rendering of apartment project.
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By: Monte Stewart

Former MEC Store to Become MF Complex

A former Mountain Equipment Co-op Store on Vancouver’s west side will be reborn as a multi-family mixed-use complex.

City council approved a redevelopment plan that calls for the construction of two rental apartment towers comprising 514 suites and a city-owned 37-space child care facility. The redevelopment will include two floors of retail units on the bottom portion of a podium.

The site is located at West Broadway and Columbia Street. The redevelopment project is led by Vancouver-based firms Reliance Properties and QuadReal Group.

Mountain Equipment Co-op was rebranded as the Mountain Equipment Company after emerging from bankruptcy under new ownership in 2020. The former Broadway store was relocated to Olympic Village.

Mountain Equipment Company has voiced plans to double its store count within six years.

Rendering: City of Vancouver

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About Monte Stewart

Monte Stewart serves as Content Director - Canada for Connect Commercial Real Estate. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monte provides daily news coverage of major Canadian commercial real estate markets, including Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Calgary. He has written about the real estate sector for various media outlets and Avison Young since the early 2000s. In addition, he has covered sports, general news and business for several leading wire services and publications, including The Canadian Press, The Associated Press, The Calgary Herald, The Globe and Mail, Research Money, The Daily Oil Bulletin, Natural Gas World and The Toronto Star. Monte is active in his community as a youth basketball coach and raises funds for such charitable causes as Movember.
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