Woodward's 43, also known as W43 or the W Building, is a 122.3 m (401 ft) tall mixed-use skyscraper located in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The 400 million dollars, nearly one million square foot project, includes 536 market housing units, 125 singles non-market housing units to be operated by PHS Community Services, 75 family non-market housing units to be handled by Affordable Housing Society, Nesters Market, London Drugs, TD Canada Trust, the National Film Board of Canada and civic offices, a daycare, public atrium and plaza, and a new 130,000 square foot addition to Simon Fraser University 's downtown campus, the SFU School for Contemporary Arts.
The market housing units constructed in the building feature both modern-look finishes and vintage analog thermostats.
[4] The "W" neon sign, which topped the building on the Eiffel Tower replica, was removed before the demolition[5] and was replicated and re-installed on January 9, 2010, now boasting energy-saving LED lights.
The redevelopment of the Woodward's site had the side-effect of displacing some of Vancouver's sex worker population;[7] however, prostitutes remain in the Downtown Eastside area.