Ten towers coming to Metro Vancouver, closest to breaking ground first
This is a sample of tonight's list, ordered the way the sheet orders it, with the jobs nearest to dirt at the top and taller buildings ahead of shorter ones, and no more than three from any one municipality so the whole metro shows up. Storeys and homes are the numbers the city itself publishes, and the stage is where the record sits at the city today. The tallest on tonight's list is 6450 Nelson Avenue in Burnaby at 72 storeys, and the stage on its city record is Through council, not final.
| Address | Storeys | Homes | Stage | Phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13511 102 Avenue, Surrey | 42 | 463 | Permit just issued | Buying now |
| , Vancouver | 35 | 222 | Excavation permit issued | Buying now |
| 708 E 15th Avenue, Vancouver | 25 | — | Excavation permit issued | Buying now |
| , Vancouver | 20 | — | Excavation permit issued | Buying now |
| 2209 and 2225 Springer Avenue, Burnaby | 49 | — | Through council, not final | Bid ahead |
| 7211 Greenford Avenue, Burnaby | 41 | 276 | Approved by council | Bid ahead |
| , Burnaby | 12 | 290 | Through council, not final | Bid ahead |
| 13216 - 104 Avenue, Surrey | 24 | — | Through council, not final | Bid ahead |
| 7086 184 Street, Surrey | 25 | 226 | Through council, not final | Bid ahead |
| 628, 630, 632, 634, 636, 638 Claremont Stree…, Coquitlam | 42 | — | Approved by council | Bid ahead |
Counts only on this page. The sheet adds the city file number, the link to the original record, the declared value, the drawings where a city publishes them and the companies already named on the file.
What Earlyworks does
Earlyworks watches what Metro Vancouver's 23 municipalities publish about buildings before they exist. Every night it pulls the building permits, the development applications, the rezonings and the site plans straight from the cities' own systems, joins the records that belong to the same building, and works out what is really happening on that piece of land.
The point of it is timing. A plan room tells you about a job when it goes out to bid, which is usually a few weeks before concrete starts. The rezoning for that same building was public one to three years earlier. Earlyworks shows you the whole line, from the application filed last month to the excavation permit issued yesterday, so you can choose where you want to start the conversation. It is built for the trades that get called first: formwork, concrete, shoring, rebar, cranes and excavation.
Nothing here has to be taken on trust. Every project links back to the city record it came from, and a separate program re-checks a fresh sample against the cities' own systems every night. Those results are published on the accuracy page, mismatches included, and every feed Earlyworks reads is listed on the sources page.
Where Metro Vancouver projects sit in the process today
Of tonight's 1,096 projects in Metro Vancouver, 811 are still ahead of the bid and 108 are at the stage where the work is being bought right now. This is the full breakdown.
| Where the record sits | Projects |
|---|---|
| Excavation permit issued | 47 |
| Dig filed — soil moving | 14 |
| Permit just issued | 16 |
| Approved by council | 34 |
| Through council, not final | 229 |
| Permit issued 6-12 months ago | 34 |
| Application filed, early stage | 548 |
| Recorded as under construction | 105 |
| Permit over a year old | 69 |
The 23 municipalities Earlyworks reads in Metro Vancouver
Each one is read every night, straight from the system that municipality publishes. The number beside it is how many live projects it is carrying tonight.
Questions about construction data in Metro Vancouver
How many construction projects are coming to Metro Vancouver?
Earlyworks is tracking 1,096 live projects across Metro Vancouver tonight, pulled from Metro Vancouver's 23 municipalities. 811 of them are still ahead of the bid, meaning the application, rezoning or permit is on file and the work has not been bought yet. 384 of them are eight storeys or taller, and the tallest on the list is 72 storeys.
Where does the Metro Vancouver construction data come from?
Official city records only. Every night Earlyworks re-reads the building permits, development applications, rezonings and site plans that Metro Vancouver's 23 municipalities publish, matches the records that belong to the same building, and links every project back to the record it came from. A separate program re-checks a fresh sample against the cities' own systems each night and the results are published, mismatches included.
Can I see upcoming Vancouver construction projects for free?
Yes. During early access the sheet is an open preview, so you can open every project in Metro Vancouver, see the stage it has reached and follow the link to the city record behind it. Paid plans start at $99 a month for one metro, flat per company, and $199 a month covers all four.
See what is coming in Metro Vancouver
The sheet opens on Metro Vancouver with all 1,096 projects, filters for the ones you can actually bid, and the city record behind every line. During early access it is an open preview.