550 Beatty - 550 Beatty Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 2N7, VAS1322 - located in Downtown area of Vancouver West, near the crossroads Beatty Street and Dunsmuir Street. 550 Beatty is walking distance to  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, Harbour Square, Waves Coffee, Portside Park, Waterfront Skytrain Station, Canada Place, MTI Community College, Vancouver Convention Centre and Vancouver Harbour Water Airport. 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 bus stops near the building and Stadium-Chinatown Skytrain Station is only steps away. Downtown shopping and entertainment, Chinatown and Yaletown are minutes away. 550 Beatty was originally built in 1906, and then converted into residential building in 1982. It was the first heritage loft conversion of its kind in Crosstown  Vancouver that was done by Henderson Developments who have done a number of developments throughout the Crosstown Vancouver area. This 7-level building has a brick construction and brick exterior finishing. The building has big units, starting at just over 900 SqFt and moving up to penthouses with over 2000 SqFt of open plan living. With exposed concrete, brick and beans, Five Fifty has a very strong presence from the past mixed in with todays modern lifestyles. The building offers a bike room, an elevator, in-suite laundry, a storage, common rooftop deck and secure underground parking. Most homes offer spacious dining/living areas, fireplaces, open floor plans, hardwood floors, balconies and stainless steel apliances.