The Taylor Building - 310 Water Street

Taylor Building - 310 Water Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 1B8, BCS521 - located in Downtown area of Vancouver West, near the crossroads Water Street and Cambie Street. Taylor Building is situated near Waterfront Skytrain Station connecting to skytrain, seabus and west coast express, surrounded by cafes, pubs and clubs. Walking distnace to waterfront, Harbour Square, Portside Park, Simon Fraser University, London Drugs, Money Mart, Vancouver Film School, Victory Square, Army and Navy, Pigeon Park, Steamworks Vancouver, JJ Bean Coffee, Vancouver Community Centre, Starbucks Coffee, Waves Coffee, Canada Place, MTI Community College, Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver Harbour Water Airport, Stanley Park, Robson Street with its shopping and a square. The restaurants in the neighbourhood are Meat and Bread, Wild Rice, Java Cat Cafe, Cassis Bistro, La Taqueria, Gorilla Food, La Casita and Old Spaghetti Factory. The Taylor Building was originally built as an commercial building in 1911, now adapted for use as residential units on the upper floors and retail space on the main floor and lower level. This building is valued as a representation of the classically-influenced Edwardian era commercial style that was prevalent in Gastown during the early twentieth century. The Salient Group re-developer Taylor Building in 2003. This 5-level building has a concrete construction and brick exterior finishing. Taylor Building offers 22 loft style units with one bedroom and one bathroom. This historical building has large opening heritage windows and yellow brick facade with turn-of-the-century cornices and details. The features are storage lockers in lower level for every unit, a bike storage in lower level for every unit, proximity Card security access control to building, enter-phones at North and South entrance and security cameras at the North/South entrances as well as in the basement. Taylor Building has a common rooftop deck and individual roof access to private roof decks for penthouse units. Most homes offer an open concept floor plan, 10-14 foot ceilings, sandblasted heavy timber beams, steel braces, brick or heritage concrete feature walls, refinished original wood floors, stainless steel appliances, granite countertops in the kitchen, laminated translucent glass in the bathrooms, built-in closets, in-suite full size stacked washer/dryer, ample closet space and translucent glass kitchen backsplash. Penthouse homes have 2-bathrooms: one with shower, one with tub