Vancouver densified in the 1990s by converting near downtown, under used, low density industrial to residential condo towers. Those were easy gains. At this po

Vancouver densified in the 1990s by converting near downtown, under used, low density industrial to residential condo towers. Those were easy gains. At this point Vancouver has basically exhausted that easy stuff and has realized that while there is some industrial still around it better well protect it so that there are still places for people to do work. Now Vancouver is in the same place as SF and has to do the much more difficult thing of upzoning existing low density single family housing areas. This has been much more contentious and slow going.