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Something big is brewing at Vancouver's old Molson site beside Burrard Bridge

Vancouver planners see a big city-building opportunity in redevelopment of former brewery site

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When Concord Pacific bought the Molson brewery at the south end of the Burrard Bridge for a reported $185 million in 2016, then-councillor Raymond Louie said he expected it would be a “long road” before anything changed to allow a mixed-use development there.

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“The standing position of council is that it’s industrial land,” he said.

Now, a decade later, Concord is nearing a crucial turn in that long road, with the city seeking Metro Vancouver’s approval to switch the use of the site, an area of about 2½ city blocks.

Earlier this month, Vancouver council decided to apply to Metro to change the regional growth strategy, to redesignate the former brewery property from industrial use to general urban use. In a report, city planning staff said the central location presents a “unique........

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