Welcome to Vancouver, sure, it's beautiful, attracting thousands every year. But rumor has it that it's actually on the most boring cities are contextually in the world. Not my words, regardless Vancouver is growing, and in particular, Cold Harbor. Where new developments are sprouting up, like weeds can enjoy a very specific audience. Now, I want to know what all what's going on? The ceiling. Caving actually makes sense anymore. My name is Steven. I'm on a scooter in Stanley Park.

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Vancouver mountains on one side, oceans on the other and sure it is beautiful. But with such limited geography, I want to know what the future of downtown Vancouver, holes, specifically, Coal, Harbour which is why today we're teaming up with realtor extraordinaire Malad kaveri to show us around the community that I finally know a little something about starting at the iconic. Billionaire row will be make your way over to Vancouver Convention Center before any art or at the Coal Harbour Marina.

So buckle up, it's about time we found out but downtown Vancouver has to offer Malad. Thank you so much for joining us today and taking us around Cole Harbour and a little bit of downtown. What I would love to know is, how is downtown divided and is called Harbor divided even further. Within that so hard downtown is divided, traditionally it's divided into four sections, the oldest section being the West End, the second neighborhood. It's

Out of your downtown core, you know better the financial district, the third newest area is Yaletown. And finally, the newest area of downtown is Cole Harbour. So then we are seeing divisions further when we get into coldharbour itself these days. Yeah, absolutely. Of course, the Waterfront, the sort of the premium land was developing that first phase but not what we're saying, is further back on Georgia and Alberni there is a new phase of construction. You know, developers are coming in, Andre

Leaving their Mark with some very iconic buildings. What is your background to Vancouver? My story began in Vancouver when I was 9 years old. I moved here from Iran with my family, and when we moved here, my mom was looking at, you know, places to live houses neighborhoods, us coming from Tehran, very big city. She basically told me that, you know, I kind of live anywhere else except downtown after University. I was thinking, you know, I was looking around to see what kind of career that

I can have where I can still live in Vancouver because I really really love Vancouver and I really wanted a job that was able to keep me here where I can afford it where I can build a career here. So I got into real estate and that was 2008. It was awhile ago, 2008, which is notoriously the best time in global history to get into realization. It was it was an interesting time before realtor. That could arguably be one of the best time to get into real estate because it really had to focus on the fundamentals of

Marketing really have to learn the business to be able to differentiate yourself to really be able to, you know, survive and build your business. You've been to War Ready in the event of war and I survived a cute multiple times, but that you're completely right. I think you're the perfect person to be showing us around today. Let's go explore coldharbour. Let's go start with billionaires row.

But I feel like, I don't even need to ask, but why is it called billionaires room? Well, I mean, there's a lot of billionaires, a lot of high-end Brands, but I mean, you don't have to be a billionaire to live here, certainly in the multi-millions for property prices, but you know, not billions. So this church is one of those 100 million

There's that you were talking about. Well, interesting story with this church when the Shangri-La which was one of the first high-end buildings along Alberni when they were going to get their airspace rights, they weren't quite able to go that tall. So they bought the airspace over this church in order to get there. 66 story. And at the time, they were the highest tallest building in Downtown. I'd love to hear about the evolution about Bernie. How is it changing all the time that you've been here?

Well I'll burn it. Kind of all started with Hotel Vancouver. It's over 100 years old, the Fairmont purchased it and refurbished it but it up to Modern standards. Once that was done, we had Brands like Louis Vuitton, and st. John's and her meds that came into the area and it sort of just expanded from there. So over the years there's been a real Evolution from just a normal street, the sort of our high-end Street in downtown.

And what I'm seeing is a lot of commercial real estate. Is the residential here? Is it a blend? Am I wrong? Honestly downtown Vancouver is very unique in the sense. You have your residential, you have your commercial? Yeah, we're your Recreation. You have your shopping? You got your sea wall, Stanley Park. So it's really what makes it unique and probably one of the best downtown's in North America. All right, we'll talk about commercial. But what about the residential plan for the area? What is it? Now, what's the future look like, what?

We're seeing now is developers have purchased, really nice sites all along Alberni, you know, starting from Berard, all the way down to Stanley Park and really wear it. That's where the second phase of Coal Harbour is coming in. We're seeing really Ultra Luxury developments over. The next 10 years were going to have some very unique buildings with some very unique amenities. And of course, I got access to all the current amenities that are along, along the street here, billionaire row, Ultra, luxury luxury.

She shops residential commercial developers putting their stamp on the city. It all sounds amazing, but I would love to go and see what else coldharbour has to offer. Let's go check out the Waterfront.

Alberni or billionaire row. Has always been that dividing line in separating the West End to call Harvard and hearing how it organically formed around the hotel was so fascinating a street of opulence and wealth that unlike the Rodeo Drive of the world is still very much connected to the city. Look, I'm not the Target demographic for this place, at least not yet. Anyways, but Alberni Street, and

It's commercial success is a testament to Vancouver's popularity and its status as a global hub for luxury living as someone who has grown up here and traveled by the dish. What are the pros and cons of Vancouver? The first thing which a lot of newcomers, appreciate is the level of safety and it's the security that you have here. You know, with know of course there's every city has its its own issues but just over on an overall scale.

It's one of the safest and basically, you know, cleanest nicest air pollution, you know, in that regards. It's amazing. I mean really the mountains that we have here at the Lakes, the countless, countless countless Trails. So many great hikes really world-class stuff and of course in the winter you gotta go skiing, right? So okay. And then the cons, you know, we could have better, let nightlife, we could have a little more of that. I totally agree with people who complain about that. It's not

Really a Party City. It's you know, get to sleep early, get some good sleep, get up in the morning and go for a nice hike City. You know and then you can go for brunch afterwards and have a couple mimosas Milan. Has promised me that Bernie isn't the only thing that this city has to offer and my dream of living and working in downtown Vancouver in my own home, that I actually own isn't as far-fetched as it once seemed, it's just about finding the unit that best works.

For me. So this is the start of coldharbour the zit. I would call this the epicenter of Coal. Harbour, we got the Olympic torch, we got the convention center and these beautiful views,

So even though this is the heart of Coal Harbour, it's clearly still ongoing of course, it's downtown Vancouver. There's always going to be construction and that's an office tower. That's just completing behind here is the financial district. So tons of Office Buildings, a lot of those people who work in those offices live in Coal Harbour, you know, they want to be close close to home. So we got, you know, professionals and you're just a walk away from from your office and home. So I've noticed that some of the bill

He's around here like half patios and half without them. What's happening? There's a lot of mixed use buildings in Coal. Harbour for example, Rogers Tower is office and residential mix, Fairmont Pacific Rim, it's a hotel residential mix what makes this particular part of coldharbour so special. Well, this was built for the Olympics, right? This was our presentation to the world. Also, it's to this day when tourists land off the cruise ships or you know,

In first place, they go is kind of the place Convention Center or Olympic torch. So, sort of our welcome to Vancouver. This is who we are. Does that welcoming Vibe and energy translate to the buildings that are around us as well. I think it does the hustle and bustle. There's a lot of events here. Also, the proximity to the financial district in this, you know, few blocks you're going to get a lot of younger people, a lot of professionals. So it's a little less residential you have better restaurants.

It's open later as opposed to, you know, getting further west, where it becomes quieter more residential, which will go check out next. It's so cool to be on the ground floor of State thriving community and who knows? Maybe one day, I'll find my way up top. I think you will, but before you commit to this location, let me show you another location and Cole Harbour. Oh, I hope it's of a cheaper, is it?

I have always loved walks down by the convention center and Canada Place stopping to take in the sights. Watching the sea planes, taking off or grabbing, some amazing baclava, unlike other Financial hubs, Vancouver's multi-purpose properties ensure that this place isn't just a Monday to Friday 9 to 5 kind of deal. I have to ask, I've heard a lot of things about Cole Harbour being slightly, less exciting, a little bit.

The tree is that truth. Yes. It was at the beginning. Well, Harbor is the newest area, latest area in Vancouver. And we saw this trend with Yaletown, you know, we kind of saw that it took about 15 to 20 years for this neighborhood Yaletown to be fully established. Well, built up, good restaurants, good night, life coming into it. So now we're finally getting to where Cole Harbour is maturing

So slowly it's shifting and the demographic is also shifting. So it was sleepy. It's changing. And I think it's going to be a really fun neighborhood in the next few years and on Works moving further up the water towards Tommy Park. Milano wanted to show me a called Harper that is more focused on bringing young families and building communities. He thinks that if I was looking to settle down the city, this might be the best bang for my book right now.

This is the harbor of coldharbour. Yep. This is the harbor. When Coal, Harbour Marina quintessential Vancouver for you got the North Shore mountains, Stanley Park, beautiful Burrard. Inlet, how does this area different from the convention center? Where we just were, when you come further this way to, where Stanley Park, it's more residential, it's quieter, we got Bayshore Drive, it's very residential street. When I have clients that you know they say I want to live in the city but I don't want to feel like

Living in the city. I introduced them to Bayshore Drive. So, not a lot of Office Buildings. So, I would say, generally mostly residential, it's wild Tyrunt the space of a few blocks. We're seeing such a massive change in the lifestyles that it can offer someone. Yeah. What about other developments that we see coming into this area? Obviously we are a little bit limited with the geography we have. What's it look like? Well for this area the Western Bay Shore you know it was purchased about 10 years ago bike.

Concord Pacific and they have a development permit on it and soon potentially coming to Market about a 60-story condo and then they're going to refurbish the hotel itself. So you can have a brand-new 60-story high-rise right on the water here. So one of the, you know, closest prospects that we have coming coming to Market what is happening here with this crane. So this is part of what I believe the city is trying to change the demographics down here. Bye.

Building a new elementary school. It's about 350 students. So they're trying to attract more of a family-type demographic to this, you know, already built up Phase 1 of Coal Harbour so that's, you know, it's going to be a great investment. It's right. Next to the community center, it's going to be done in about a year. Kind of the city's commitment to Bringing more families to the city itself. Absolutely. I think the city wants more families, living in Coal, Harbour and other parts of downtown. So this is their way of

You know, drawing people and I already have people contacting me wanting to go to that school. So they want to rent a place in the area or are looking for purchasing, it's so true. What you've been saying about block by Block in a city and how quickly a lifestyle can change depending on where you are, what we've seen. A billionaire Rose been so different to Dimension Center, versus how quiet and peaceful it is here. What I would love to do though, is check out one of those Ultra Luxury places that you mentioned earlier. Let's go check it.

It out ultimate in luxury.

So this is what you meant when you said ultra-luxury absolutely Shangri-La. First wave they try to bring the luxury and Trump Tower. They all sort of missed the mark in my opinion but land a group over here is really hitting the nail on the head with this amazing Boutique building. So this is an example of developers in this area really trying to leave their mark.

Is this what we're looking at an example of what we should expect from all the developers coming in? Or is this the Pinnacle? I think Linda's doing something different here. They're going smaller, Boutique less units. But with very special amenities, they're going above and beyond. So they're really at the top of the ultra-luxury market. We saw one, two, three Harbor Green. When we were down by the Waterfront. How does that look Sheree? Compared to what we're seeing here? Where you going to get? Here is

State-of-the-art modern finishing, truly open concept, amazing. Amenities, you're towards somebody who wants a turnkey property, TurnKey luxury basically just take over and live the lifestyle, right? Have a home ready to go? Ready to go. Having been in quite a few presentations, enters, and seeing showrooms of lace. This is a bit unique. The developers here. Don't seem as concerned about maximizing units. Is that the case. Well, those are areas.

There are sort of taking the cookie cutter approach, the trying to build as many units as they can, so they can maximize their, you know, returns. Whereas here, with these developers, the really going for a long-term home property where, you know, when the person buys it they'll hold it for 5, 10, 15 years. You're not going to see a lot of turnover in these buildings, especially once they live in it to have the amenities people get used to it. They love this neighborhood. You're not leaving, right?

Yes, I would say the big difference. Lord, thank you so much for taking me around, Cold Harbor, today from billionaire row, and all those luxury shops to the Waterfront and seeing older Cole Harbour. But still, very sought-after to hear the future of what Cole Harbour is going to be all this talk though about Harbor and water has made me want to go and look at some of those Yachts we saw earlier. Let's go check them out. Let's go shopping. Let's do it. I want one that has like a hot tub on the front. I want

Come back private, Chef. I always knew Cole Harbour was going to be an interesting episode. Vancouver, is a City built on the backbone of the real estate industry. Which means people here are going to have some intense opinions. My big takeaway from today's tour, like my lad said, if I really don't want to leave City living behind me, then it's doable. Maybe not Cole Harbour with my current salary, but possibly Yaletown or the West End and then

Actually make my way over to Cole Harbour building My Equity. I'm square footage as I go, which ultimately brings me to our guide Malad. If I could think of any phrase to describe them, it would be fiercely. Kind a man who has a genuine passion and desire to help others around him. A motor bike enthusiasts, who Rock climbs at the weekend and loves his City. Up until now living in Vancouver City seems like a dream to me but with my Lads help.

I'm beginning to think that that dream may actually be a reality.