Marine-Hamilton is the City of North Vancouver's westernmost, waterfront-edge neighbourhood, a compact band of older detached houses and ground-oriented homes sitting just north of the City's Harbourside business park and the redeveloping Burrard Inlet shoreline. It is genuinely mixed: much of the land here is industrial or employment, which the residential zoning does not touch, so the multiplex opportunity is concentrated in the residential pockets along and around Marine Drive, Hamilton Avenue, and West 1st to 3rd Street. What makes those pockets stand out is transit, the R2 Marine Drive RapidBus runs directly through the neighbourhood, so many of the residential lots fall inside the frequent-transit band that unlocks up to six homes under the Ground-Oriented Zone, adopted December 8, 2025. Venture Pacific partners with Marine-Hamilton owners as a general partner: you contribute the land, and we carry design, permitting, financing, and the construction risk.
- Zone
- Ground-Oriented (CNV)
- Units
- Up to 6 near the R2
- Transit
- R2 RapidBus through the area
- In effect
- December 8, 2025 (Bylaw 9137)
In short, Marine-Hamilton is the City of North Vancouver's waterfront-edge neighbourhood, where the R2 Marine Drive RapidBus runs through the residential blocks, putting many lots in the six-home tier of the Ground-Oriented Zone adopted December 8, 2025 (Bylaw 9137). The opportunity is concentrated in the residential pockets, not the industrial land. Venture Pacific partners with owners through a GP/LP structure, the owner contributes the land; Venture Pacific carries design, permits, financing, and construction.
Why Marine-Hamilton's transit matters for your lot
The City of North Vancouver's Ground-Oriented Zone sets unit counts by lot size and distance to frequent transit. Lots of 280 m² or smaller allow up to three homes; larger lots allow four; and lots within 400 metres of a frequent-transit stop can reach six, with a 1.0 floor-space ratio and no minimum parking. Marine-Hamilton is one of the few City neighbourhoods where frequent transit runs right through the residential blocks: the R2 Marine Drive RapidBus stops at Marine Drive and Hamilton Avenue and at West 3rd Street and Bewicke Avenue, both inside the neighbourhood, running roughly every eight to ten minutes all day.
Because the neighbourhood is narrow and hugs that Marine Drive and West 3rd corridor, many, likely most, of its residential lots sit within 400 metres of an R2 stop, which puts the six-home tier genuinely in reach here rather than as a rare edge case. Buildings are still capped at three storeys, and the zone is by-right, so a compliant six-home design does not need a rezoning. For a corridor this close to Lonsdale Quay and the SeaBus to downtown Vancouver, that is a strong combination.
What this means for a Marine-Hamilton homeowner
Marine-Hamilton is small and mixed, so the honest picture is that the multiplex opportunity is concentrated in its residential pockets, not spread across the whole neighbourhood, the industrial and waterfront-employment land is off the table. But for an owner of an older detached or ground-oriented home in those residential blocks, the transit access makes this one of the stronger west-side locations for a six-home project.
Venture Pacific confirms that before you commit. A feasibility review measures your lot, confirms whether it falls inside the R2 transit band, checks for constraints, and models the pro forma, so the decision to partner rests on facts rather than the headline unit count.
- Free feasibility review: site analysis, unit-count confirmation, and a preliminary pro forma
- Design to CNV Ground-Oriented standards, a layout that makes the most of the six-home transit tier
- Permit management through the roughly three-to-five-month CNV review
- Construction financing arranged and carried by Venture Pacific, you bring the land, not capital
- Construction and quality control end to end, with the construction risk on us
Where multiplex projects fit in Marine-Hamilton
The residential blocks sit between Marine Drive and the Burrard Inlet waterfront, next to the Harbourside business park and the North Harbour waterfront redevelopment, a large, multi-phase project bringing homes, retail, a waterfront park, and Spirit Trail greenway improvements to the shoreline. That gives the neighbourhood an unusual setting for the City: family-scale ground-oriented housing a short walk from both a rapid bus and a rebuilt waterfront.
The best multiplex sites are the older detached lots on the residential streets near the Marine Drive and West 3rd RapidBus stops, where the six-home tier applies. Marine-Hamilton is not among the Grand Boulevard, East 10th, and East 19th Street blocks the City held out for heritage review, so it sits in the by-right Ground-Oriented Zone. A feasibility review confirms your lot's size, transit distance, and any site constraints before design begins.
Questions about Marine-Hamilton
How many homes can I build on my Marine-Hamilton lot?
Under the City of North Vancouver's Ground-Oriented Zone, larger lots allow four homes, and lots within 400 metres of a frequent-transit stop can reach six. Because the R2 Marine Drive RapidBus runs through Marine-Hamilton with stops at Marine Drive and Hamilton Avenue and at West 3rd and Bewicke, many residential lots here fall inside that band and can reach six homes. We confirm the exact number for your lot in a feasibility review.
Is my Marine-Hamilton property residential or is it in the industrial area?
That is the first thing to check, because the Ground-Oriented Zone applies to residential lots, not to the industrial and waterfront-employment land that makes up much of Marine-Hamilton. If your lot is in the residential blocks near Marine Drive, Hamilton Avenue, and West 1st to 3rd Street, it likely qualifies, and often for the six-home tier because of the R2. A feasibility review confirms your lot's zoning and unit count.
Does Marine-Hamilton really qualify for six homes where other west-side areas don't?
In many cases, yes. The difference is transit. The six-home allowance needs a lot within 400 metres of a frequent-transit stop, and Marine-Hamilton has two R2 RapidBus stops on its own streets, so its narrow band of residential lots is unusually well covered compared with west-side neighbourhoods where the rapid bus only runs along one edge. The measured distance for your specific lot is something we confirm during feasibility.
Is Marine-Hamilton affected by the City's heritage hold-outs?
No. The roughly 410 lots the City held out for further heritage study are on the east and central side of the City, parts of Grand Boulevard, East 10th Street, and East 19th Street, not in Marine-Hamilton. The residential blocks here sit in the by-right Ground-Oriented Zone. We still confirm your specific address during feasibility.
What is the first step for a Marine-Hamilton homeowner?
A free feasibility review. We confirm your lot is residential rather than industrial, measure it, check its distance to the R2 stops for the six-home allowance, look for site constraints, and run a preliminary pro forma, before you commit to anything. That review tells you whether a four- or six-home project makes sense on your Marine-Hamilton lot.
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Whether you're curious about the multiplex value of your land or looking to partner on a missing-middle build, we're here to start the conversation.