Regent Hotel

• Questions surround Vancouver SRO hotel sitting empty since June 2018

  The 1913-built Regent Hotel at 160 East Hastings Street has been decaying since the City of Vancouver shut it down at the end of June 2018.

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  Jan 1, 2025
  
• Balmoral, Regent hotels now city property after Vancouver settles with owners

  The value of the settlement, which has been approved by council, is not being revealed. 

  Politics

  Dec 4, 2020
  
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• Owners of 2 dilapidated Downtown Eastside hotels to fight expropriation in court

  The City of Vancouver took the rare step of taking control of the Balmoral and Regent hotels in November, assessing their value at just $1 each.

  Dec 5, 2019
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• Vancouver council votes to expropriate ‘blighted’ Downtown Eastside hotels for $1 each

  Vancouver city council is slated to vote on whether to take control of the Balmoral and Regent hotels, which were both evacuated in recent years due to deplorable conditions.

  Nov 6, 2019
• City of Vancouver could expropriate ‘blighted’ hotels in DTES for $1 each

  According to property consultants retained by the city, both the Balmoral and Regent hotels actually carry negative values into the millions of dollars.

  Oct 31, 2019
• City of Vancouver is ready to force a hotel with over 1,000 violations out of its owners’ hands

  There's been no action by the owners to address the issues in this building that's home to low-income residents in the Downtown Eastside.

  Politics

  Jun 21, 2018
• VPD investigate shooting at Downtown Eastside hotel

  Officers responded to reports of shots fired inside the Regent Hotel at 160 East Hastings Street around 2:30 p.m.

  Mar 14, 2017
• Fire at Regent Hotel on Downtown Eastside

  Vancouver fire crews battled a blaze inside the Regent Hotel Saturday night.

  Nov 20, 2016
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• Fire breaks out at Vancouver’s Regent Hotel

  Firefighters have now extinguished a fire burning at Vancouver's Regent Hotel.

  Sep 28, 2016