1050 Pandora Ave

Building Info

Parkway

• 6 storey rental building with 105 apartments

• 44 parking stalls, 160 bike stalls

• Built in 1911, the original facade is being maintained with the addition of a structure above and beside the original 2 storeys

• Includes street level commercial/retail space

Developer

•  District Group

• Developer Project Website

Architect

• Michael Green Architecture

• Architect Project Website 

Context

• Built in 1911, Matthew Wellburn opened up his grocery store in this building in 1914

• A burst sewage pipe in the building's basement forced the closure of the Wellburn's Market grocery store, the Cook Street Barbershop and the second floor residential suites in December 2019.  

• Heritage Information 

City of Victoria Development Tracker 

• Project Folder

Status

• January 2026 - Under construction

Media and Images

• April 6, 2024 Times Colonist story on property tax break

• December 11, 2020 Times Colonist story on project approval

• December 1, 2019 CHEK TV story (with video) on future of the building after a sewage flood 

• June 11, 2019 Victoria Buzz article on the history of the building and Wellburn's Grocery