{"id":555907,"date":"2026-03-23T19:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T19:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/555907\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T19:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T19:29:10","slug":"english-bay-penthouse-sells-for-1-8-million-over-assessed-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/555907\/","title":{"rendered":"English Bay penthouse sells for $1.8 million over assessed value"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A property in Vancouver\u2019s English Bay sold for well over its assessed value, which is a sales feat we aren\u2019t seeing much in the real estate market lately.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve covered many real estate listings over the past year, and most properties are either going unsold for long periods of time or selling for much less than both the assessed value and sometimes the previously sold price.<\/p>\n<p>That wasn\u2019t the case for an English Bay penthouse located on Bidwell Street. If you\u2019ve ever wondered what it would cost to live by the beach, this condo will give you a bit of an idea.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2254896\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/83dcefb7.webp.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2254896\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Engel &amp; Volkers Vancouver<\/p>\n<p>The condo, located at 1221 Bidwell St., just sold for $7.2 million. The most recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcassessment.ca\/Property\/Info\/RDAwMDBLQ1pMSw==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">assessed value<\/a> for the penthouse suite is $5,385,000. So the property sold for just over $1.8 million more than the assessed value.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"english bay\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2254897\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1ad5be0d-1.webp.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2254897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Engel &amp; Volkers Vancouver<\/p>\n<p>Listings date back to April 2025, when it was first listed for $9,998,000. That listing was terminated in September 2025 after a price reduction to $8,498,000. In September 2025, it was listed at a much lower $7,998,000, and that listing expired in January 2026. In February, it was listed again for $7,498,000, before finally selling for $7,200,000.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2254898\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/6dd28e9b.webp.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2254898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Engel &amp; Volkers Vancouver<\/p>\n<p>According to the listing, the penthouse suite features 2,850 sq. ft. of space, three bedrooms, four bathrooms, and over 1,500 sq. ft. of outdoor living space.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"english bay\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2254899\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/af86add3.webp.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2254899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Engel &amp; Volkers Vancouver<\/p>\n<p>The listing boasts about the condo\u2019s breathtaking views that are available day and night. Those views are also available in most of the condo\u2019s rooms. The suite, which is around 13 years old, was redesigned by Fay Mihailides Design in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The penthouse also has two large terraces with \u201cmultiple loung zones,\u201d and there\u2019s a full outdoor kitchen with a BBQ included.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also a private five-car garage, which the listing describes as rare, and it includes epoxy flooring with smart storage solutions.<\/p>\n<p>The listing adds, \u201cA true gem! Your only mission is to get home!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A property in Vancouver\u2019s English Bay sold for well over its assessed value, which is a sales feat&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-555907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}