Vancouver, British Columbia

Southwynd Place — Vancouver Seniors Housing Redevelopment

Vancouver's largest non-profit-owned social housing redevelopment.

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)

The Current Building

For over 50 years, home to Vancouver seniors.

Southwynd Place has offered stable, affordable, independent-living housing to Vancouver seniors since the 1970s — a quiet civic institution built and stewarded by two of the city's founding service organizations.

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

The Redevelopment

A new chapter for the site — and for the neighbourhood.

The Southwynd Place site is being expanded into a vibrant, intergenerational community with homes for seniors, families, and the local workforce — steps from the Marine Drive SkyTrain Station and the growing Marpole town centre.

The redevelopment continues the Society's original mission while responding to Vancouver's most urgent housing needs, and it does so on land already stewarded by a nonprofit for half a century.

Project Status

Rezoning approved by Vancouver City Council.

The project is now advancing through the development permit, building permit, and financing stages.

Current residents. Existing tenants will be relocated during construction and offered homes at Southwynd Place upon completion of the new building.

Aerial map showing 8080 Yukon Street at the centre of a 250-metre radius circle that reaches the Marine Drive SkyTrain Station

8080 Yukon Street · 250 m from Marine Drive Station

Street-level architectural rendering of the Southwynd Place redevelopment showing the building podium, balconies, pedestrians and public realm

Street-level view of the podium and public realm along the site frontage. (GBL Architects)

About the Society

Kiwanis-Soroptimist (1974) Senior Citizens Housing Society

The Society is a Vancouver nonprofit that has provided affordable housing for independent seniors for more than fifty years. It was established in 1974 by two of the city's long-standing service organizations and continues to be governed as a mission-driven, non-commercial steward of the land at 8080 Yukon Street.

Founding Partners

Over half a century ago, these two organizations partnered to build Southwynd Place. Today, that same partnership is delivering its next chapter.

Kiwanis Club of Vancouver

A Vancouver service club with a century-long history of civic contribution, including its founding role in creating affordable seniors housing at 8080 Yukon Street.

kiwanisvancouver.ca

Soroptimist International of Vancouver

A Vancouver chapter of the global Soroptimist movement, dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls and a co-founder of the Southwynd Place housing society.

soroptimistvancouver.org

In the News

The redevelopment has been recognized as the largest non-profit-led social housing project in Vancouver's history. Read on Daily Hive →