Alberni by Kengo Kuma
1568 Alberni Street, forty-three storeys, one hundred and eighty homes. Kengo Kuma's first high-rise anywhere in North America, and the building carries his name instead of a marque.
The developer's claim is the record. Peterson states that “Kengo Kuma's first North American high-rise brings his signature balance of structure and softness to Vancouver's West End,” with 180 homes across forty-three storeys, developed in partnership with Westbank. A first by an architect of that standing is a landmark claim in the register's sense: it is about the building and not about a licence.
The name is the interesting part. Alberni by Kengo Kuma puts the architect where a hotel marque would normally sit — the same grammar as a branded residence, with an architect's practice in place of an operator. The register holds this as a landmark record and not a branded one, because no licence, no operating agreement and no service standard travels with the name. What the buyer gets is a building, not a programme.
Peterson lists it under Ownership Properties and does not spell out the form of title, so the tenure line stays empty. Completion year, bedroom range and price are likewise unpublished, and the building is closed to most non-Canadians until 1 January 2027.
Who it is not for
Not for a buyer who reads an architect's name as a service promise: nothing here is operated or managed. Not for a non-Canadian before 1 January 2027.
Sources
- petersonbc.com (the developer's property page: ‘Kengo Kuma's first North American high-rise brings his signature balance of structure and softness to Vancouver's West End’; 180 homes; 43 storeys; in partnership with Westbank; listed under Ownership Properties — https://petersonbc.com/property/alberni-by-kengo-kuma/
- cmhc-schl.gc.ca (the purchase prohibition — https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/professionals/housing-markets-data-and-research/housing-research/consultations/prohibition-purchase-residential-property-non-canadians-act/faq)
Pages read are linked.
Verification
- Official source
- Checked
- Inventory
- From official source
- Property confirmation
- Pending
- Last verified
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Booking
Private Residences records addresses; it does not broker them. Enquiries are passed to the party named in the record, and nothing on this site is an offer.
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In the journal
13.10.2026 · Canada's two index cities, and a marque found missing from under three hundred estates
The UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index 2026 names twenty-three cities. The register holds all twenty-three in the atlas and held published records in fourteen. Toronto and Vancouver were two of the nine blanks. They are blanks no longer: thirteen records, six in each city and one lifted out of intake, every one verified against an operator, a developer or an architect page rather than an agent's listing.
Investment migration — the facts the rule turns on
The rule for Canada: No property route — and a purchase ban to 2027 — checked 24.09.2026.
| Entry price | Not established | 13.10.2026 · searched in the record's sources; not published |
The register publishes the facts and the rule; it does not say whether any purchase qualifies. Eligibility attaches to a sale, not to a building, and the register is not immigration counsel.