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it's a good area for renters IMO due to proximity to 5 banks, several asian restaurants, bubble tea/ice dessert places, london drugs, papa johns, safeway & liquor store, etc. there's a 7-11 next door and dominos pizza below. on the other side is a dry cleaners and 2 religious buildings next door (i think a mosque and a chinese church?). that 'tower' right behind is a seniors home and the parking lot next to it is parking for RBC, and a japanese ramen restaurant. that place you're looking at has some parking below but it is not secured and might be only for the retail spaces below. very central as there's buses along kingsway and joyce/41st and down the hill is joyce skytrain which can be walked or bused to if lazy or carrying groceries.

that used to be a bus depot back in the 80's before they built that building there. there's some meter parking in front and limited street parking the 1 street over to the east where the london drugs is.

i would beg to differ from emperor's assessment that the area is "ghetto". i know E.Van well enough and if you call the joyce/collingwood area ghetto - especially at the top of the hill, you must be rolling in the same circles as gululemon. at worst i would call the area blue collar working class.