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Hyatt Vancouver Downtown Alberni
Vancouver, Canada · Hyatt Centric · Core Luxury
Occupies the first 15 floors of the Living Shangri-La, the James K.M. Cheng-designed, 62-story tower that has been Vancouver's tallest building since its 2008 completion. The hotel opened in January 2009 as Shangri-La's first-ever North American property, before a Brookfield-managed fund bought it in 2025, ending its Shangri-La era and renaming it Hyatt Vancouver Downtown Alberni ahead of a planned 2026 reopening as the Park Hyatt Vancouver.
- 119 rooms
- Opened 2009
- Neighborhood: BC V6C 2W6
- Rooms from 400 sq ft (37 m²)
- Architect: James K.M. Cheng
- Interiors: James K.M. Cheng
About Hyatt Vancouver Downtown Alberni
- The hotel holds both a AAA Five Diamond rating for 2026 and a MICHELIN One Key distinction for 2025, accolades earned even as the property was mid-transition between three different brand names.
- 7 km from VanDusen Botanical Garden.
History
The hotel at 1128 West Georgia Street in downtown Vancouver occupies the first 15 floors of the Living Shangri-La, a 62-storey, roughly 201-metre mixed-use tower designed by architect James K.M. Cheng and developed by Westbank and Peterson. Construction began in 2005 and the tower was completed in 2008, officially opening on 24 January 2009; it has been Vancouver's tallest building since.
The property opened in January 2009 as the Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver, the brand's first hotel in North America, with 119 rooms and suites, Chi The Spa and, latterly, the Michelin-recognised restaurant Carlino. In June 2025 the hotel was acquired via a Brookfield-managed fund, and on 1 July 2025 it left the Shangri-La group and began operating as the Hyatt Vancouver Downtown Alberni. Following a multi-million-dollar renovation it is slated to reopen as the Park Hyatt Vancouver in 2026.
The setting
9-minute walk to Vancouver Convention Centre. 3 km from Vancouver Aquarium.
Restaurants and bars
- Carlino — Restaurant · Northern Italian
Experiences
- Carlino restaurant — Recently renovated, Michelin-recommended restaurant serving northern Italian cuisine with pasta made fresh in-house daily.
- Spa — Spa wellness amenities, to be refined in the planned redesign.
Amenities
- Sweeping views of the harbor, coastal mountains, and cityscape
- Serene wellness amenities
- Bookable across all Hyatt reservation channels
Awards
- AAA Five Diamond (2026)
- La Liste World's Best Hotels (2026)
- MICHELIN One Key (2025)
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