The project, on Barclay Street near Lost Lagoon, would replace an existing four-storey hotel with a tower containing 248 hotel rooms.

An apartment fire in Vancouver's West End on Friday night put at least 30 people out of their homes. Included in them was Brittany Cosgrove, who says if it wasn't for her four-month-old terrier, they all could have lost a lot more.

Residents are now waiting to see when they can return home.