The Holborn Group is proposing a major development in Vancouver that will see three of the tallest towers built in British Columbia.

Designed by Henriquez Partners Architects, the $2.8-billion mixed-use development project in downtown Vancouver will include towers at 68, 69, and 80 storeys.

Spanning three sites at 501 & 595 West Georgia Street and 388 Abbott Street, the project will provide commercial job space in the Central Business District, increase hotel rooms downtown, and deliver a broad spectrum of housing types including social housing, rental and condominiums at a major transit node.

According to Holborn, the project is about ambitious city-building — unlocking public benefits on under-utilized land in a way that supports some of the city’s most urgent needs. Proposed uses will include a dynamic blend of non-market housing, market rental, and market residential, hotel, retail, and cultural spaces — a new hub, delivering energy, equity, and opportunity to the heart of Vancouver.

The development will include 1,939 new homes, of which 1,288 market residential, 273 rental, 378 non-market housing, and 920 room hotel. Four striking towers—rising from 400 to 1,033 feet—will transform the skyline. The tallest, on West Georgia will feature a public observation deck with panoramic views, a conference centre, and a new public plaza to energize the streetscape. As a gift to the city, a 38-storey tower of non-market homes at 388 Abbott will feature a childcare facility, and a public art gallery celebrating the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.

The buildings’ design draws inspiration from glass sponge reefs found off the B.C. coast and aims to significantly reduce embodied carbon emissions. If approved, completion could take more than a decade.