Southwynd Place

Vancouver, British Columbia

Southwynd Place

An intergenerational, nonprofit-owned housing community at 8080 Yukon Street.

Address
8080 Yukon Street
Vancouver, BC V5X 4L6
Owner
Kiwanis-Soroptimist (1974) Senior Citizens Housing Society
Status
Rezoning approved by Vancouver City Council
Aerial architectural rendering of the Southwynd Place redevelopment at 8080 Yukon Street, Vancouver, showing the proposed towers and surrounding neighbourhood at dusk
Concept of the Southwynd Place redevelopment at 8080 Yukon St., Vancouver. (Soroptimist International of Vancouver/Kiwanis Club of Vancouver/GBL Architects)

Southwynd at a Glance

  • More than fifty years of affordable seniors housing
  • Rezoning approved by the City of Vancouver
  • Mixed-income, intergenerational community
  • Nonprofit-owned in perpetuity
  • Steps from Marine Drive SkyTrain Station

The Redevelopment

A new chapter for the site and for the neighbourhood.

Southwynd Place will become Western Canada's largest nonprofit-led, mixed-income rental community, a master-planned neighbourhood built around intergenerational living, where seniors, families and workforce households share a single, connected community.

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Street-level architectural rendering showing the building podium, balconies, pedestrians and public realm

Southwynd Today

For more than fifty years, home to Vancouver seniors.

Southwynd Place has offered stable, affordable, independent-living housing to Vancouver seniors for more than fifty years. It is owned by the Kiwanis-Soroptimist (1974) Senior Citizens Housing Society, a Vancouver nonprofit founded by two of the city's long-standing service organizations and governed as a mission-driven, non-commercial steward of the land at 8080 Yukon Street.

Current tenants. Eligible existing tenants are being relocated ahead of construction and supported to find interim housing, and will be offered homes at Southwynd Place upon completion of the new building.

Units
90 homes
Property Management
Red Door Property Management
Ownership
Kiwanis-Soroptimist (1974) Senior Citizens Housing Society
Rent
Fixed low rate
Accessibility
Wheelchair accessible
Pets
Not permitted
Eligibility
Independent seniors, age 60+, with BC residency

Partners

Delivery and Financing Partners

Kiwanis-Soroptimist is partnered with Purpose Driven Development as Development and Financing Lead.

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Ownership & Governance

Ownership & Governance

Southwynd Place is governed by the volunteer board of the Kiwanis-Soroptimist (1974) Senior Citizens Housing Society.

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News & Updates

Latest

  • · From the Society

    Rezoning enacted: Southwynd Place moves to permitting

  • · From the Society

    Council approves final rezoning refinements and enacts the Housing Agreement By-law

  • · From the Society

    Development permit application filed for the first phase

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