Robinson Tower stands on Helmcken Street at the downtown edge of Yaletown, a 1995 tower with a fitness centre and a sauna. The location is central and walkable: Yaletown's restaurants and boutiques along Mainland and Hamilton Streets are a short walk south, the downtown core and shopping sit to the north, and the False Creek seawall and David Lam Park are within easy reach. Urban Fare groceries and Emery Barnes Park handle daily needs, and the Yaletown-Roundhouse Canada Line station links downtown and the airport without a car. With a central position between Yaletown and downtown, Robinson Tower is an easy place to live.
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Robinson Tower
488 Helmcken
Yaletown, Vancouver Downtown, BC
V6B 6E4
Direct to Inspections - Addition / Alteration - Interior alterations to replace a failed PT strand in the 5th floor slab of this mixed use building on this site…
Apr 2018
Addition / Alteration · $850,000
High Density Housing / Commercial - Addition / Alteration - Exterior alterations to provide targeted building envelope repairs to the South and East Elevation o…
Mar 2018
Addition / Alteration · $15,000
#1704 Exterior alteration to add a air conditioning unit on the patio of unit #1704. Acceptable for DB application per K Campbell.
Aug 2017
Addition / Alteration · $477,000
Enquiry Centre - Addition / Alteration - Interior alterations to this existing Multiple Dwelling building in conjunction with replacing the domestic waterpiping…
Jul 2017
Addition / Alteration · $75,000
#1704 Interior alterations to renovate unit #1704 on the 15th and 16th floors of this existing Mixed-Use building on this site. Work to relocate the kitchen for…
Source: City of Vancouver issued building permits, open data. A history of permitted work is a sign of an actively maintained building.
About Yaletown
Yaletown is Vancouver's warehouse-district-turned-waterfront neighbourhood, on the north shore of False Creek between Beatty and Drake Streets. Its heart is the heritage core along Mainland and Hamilton Streets, where brick-and-timber warehouses and their raised loading docks now hold restaurants, patios, cafes, and boutiques. South of that, glass towers built atop the former rail yards line the Marinaside seawall, with David Lam and George Wainborn parks, the marina, and the Aquabus ferries to Granville Island along the water. Day to day it is highly walkable: Urban Fare covers groceries, Emery Barnes Park gives the centre a green square, and the Roundhouse Community Centre anchors community life. Transit is excellent - the Yaletown-Roundhouse Canada Line station links downtown, the airport, and Richmond without a car, and BC Place and Rogers Arena sit just across the eastern edge.
Pet policies at Robinson Tower are set per unit by each owner - many of our rentals here welcome pets on approval. Check the individual listing or call us at 604-984-7368.
What is Robinson Tower's assessed value?
As of the 2026 BC Assessment, Robinson Tower has a total assessed value of $67,602,002.
Are there rentals available in Robinson Tower right now?
Not at the moment, but units at Robinson Tower come up regularly - join our waitlist or browse other Yaletown rentals and we'll notify you when one is listed.
