Chief George Leonard Building Indigenous Housing Development

under construction

The Chief George Leonard Building is a nine-storey, 85,500-square-foot affordable housing complex located at 1766 Frances St. in the Grandview-Woodland neighbourhood in East Vancouver. It is designed to meet Passivhaus standards, constructed primarily from mass timber with modular and prefabricated components using robotic technology. The project provides 84 units of affordable housing for Vancouver's Indigenous community, including a mix of one to four-bedroom layouts, with at least one-third of the units set aside for residents earning less than the BC Housing Income Limit. The building also includes cultural and community facilities such as a Head Start program space, an external sweat lodge, and a child care facility.