The Melville, Residential skyscraper in Coal Harbour, Vancouver, Canada
The Melville is a 141-metre residential skyscraper at 1189 Melville Street in Coal Harbour, downtown Vancouver. It is the tallest fully residential building in Vancouver and the tallest all-residential tower in Western Canada. The complex also includes a smaller building housing a Loden hotel.
The Melville was completed in 2007 as a 43-storey tower at 1189 Melville Street, part of Coal Harbour's redevelopment from railway land into a residential district. Its 141-metre height made it the tallest fully residential building in Western Canada at the time, and it remains Vancouver's tallest all-residential tower.
The tower's name comes from the adjacent Melville Street, and its podium incorporates a smaller building housing the Loden hotel, a luxury property of the Loden chain. Residents and hotel guests thus share the same Coal Harbour block, where the tower's slender profile is visible from the waterfront promenade.
The location in Coal Harbour offers quick access to the waterfront, parks, and shops within walking distance. Since the building combines residential and hotel operations, both visitors and residents share amenities and services.
When it opened, the tower was the tallest all-residential building in Western Canada, marking a milestone for the region's housing development. This distinction reflected the growing trend of building large residential complexes in North American city centers.
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