Prospective tenants wait in the wings for VAG space: Museum and UBC both want the historic site, but the city says it’s too early to talk about what will happen
The Vancouver Museum wants the space for its urban exhibits and the University of B.C. wants to fill it with students and lectures.
They are just two of the prospective hopefuls for the heritage stone building housing the Vancouver Art Gallery when — and if — it vacates its current site.
VAG officials said Wednesday they are negotiating with the City of Vancouver for the entire square block of the former bus depot site at Georgia and Hamilton streets, where they want to build a new, greener, home.
But city manager Penny Ballem said no decisions have been made on VAG’s proposal and “it’s all up in the air” about what’s going to happen. The city had been pitching to have the new VAG on the False Creek lands.
“People have got a bit overexcited on this; we haven’t come to any conclusions whether or not that’s what we agree with,” Ballem said.
“If the art gallery ever did move out of there we would have to have those discussions on what could move in.”
She said whatever came in would have to fit into the cultural mix of the area.
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