The Hawthorn, opening in early 2025, will offer 100 new affordable non-profit rental homes in Vancouver’s Marpole community.
The new building, located at 8705 French Street (formerly 8725 French Street),* replaces Brightside’s previous property, MacLeod Manor. Brightside began the redevelopment of the property to replace the existing 46 units with 100 new units of affordable, secured rental homes for independent-living seniors, families, and people with disabilities.
Currently Brightside’s only building south of 49th Avenue, The Hawthorn provides much-needed affordable rental homes in a neighbourhood that consistently experiences critically low vacancy rates in affordable rental stock.
The Hawthorn is built to Passive House Certification standards for energy efficiency and yields a significantly reduced carbon footprint. Passive House construction means The Hawthorn is an ultra-low energy consumption building that requires very little energy for space heating and cooling.
