Main triplex listings

Triplexes for Sale in Main, Vancouver, BC

No active MLS® triplexes are listed in Main right now. Three-home multiplex buildings, often built under BC's small-scale multi-unit housing rules. Most active inventory is pre-sale or coming-soon.

Listings shown reflect MLS® data as of August 19, 2026.

Living in Main

The Main Street corridor (sometimes called Main / Riley Park) runs from about 16th Avenue south through Mount Pleasant's southern edge into Riley Park. Main itself is a long, walkable spine of independent retail, bakeries, and bars. Riley Park, Hillcrest Centre, and Queen Elizabeth Park sit just west. Schools include Charles Dickens Elementary and Sir Charles Tupper Secondary.

Young families and creative-industry buyers who want the Main Street lifestyle but more space than a Mount Pleasant condo. A growing share of Main buyers are 30-something dual-income professionals making their first equity-building purchase.

Main has seen steady new-build duplex and townhome activity, with prices trending up as the corridor matures. Median pricing typically sits a step below Mount Pleasant and well below the west side.

Written by MultiLiving Editorial, sourced from REBGV/FVREB transaction data, BC Housing permit records, and local neighbourhood knowledge. Listed by Grand Central Realty, BC Financial Services Authority licence X035686.

Why buy a triplex in Main

Main Street / Riley Park triplexes are a growing format on one of Vancouver's most walkable east-side corridors. Units typically run 1,000 to 1,400 sf across two and a half storeys, with rooftop decks more common than traditional rear yards because of the corridor's narrower lot pattern. The Main Street lifestyle — independent restaurants, bakeries, breweries, and the Hillcrest Centre and Queen Elizabeth Park nearby — makes the two rental units in a whole-building purchase highly tenantable. Owner-occupier buyers choose the Main triplex for the smallest-strata format: effectively just two neighbours sharing a building, with far less governance complexity than a 20-unit townhome strata.

What to watch for when buying a triplex in Main

Main has multiple developers working across the duplex, townhome, and triplex formats simultaneously, and their triplex experience is still building for most of them — pull the specific developer's prior triplex completions, not their general multi-family track record. For pre-sales verify the deposit schedule and whether the purchase agreement includes completion-delay provisions. Read the proposed strata bylaws before depositing — some Main triplexes have early-version bylaws with restrictive rental provisions that limit your flexibility.

Compare with nearby neighbourhoods

Buyers shopping triplexes in Main often also look at these adjacent neighbourhoods. The triplex price band and inventory mix differ noticeably between them — worth a side-by-side comparison.

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Buyer questions about triplexes in Main

There are no active MLS® triplexes listed in Main, Vancouver right now. Brand new triplexes here are often sold pre-construction — register below to be notified before they hit the general MLS® market, sometimes 3–6 months in advance. MultiLiving tracks the full pipeline of new-build multiplex projects across Vancouver and will alert you as soon as a matching triplex launches in Main. In the meantime, browse nearby neighbourhoods below to see comparable homes that are active today. Registering takes under a minute and carries no cost or obligation to buy through MultiLiving.
Asking prices for triplexes in Main, Vancouver vary widely based on lot, finish, and unit count — check each listing for the current ask. Most triplexes in Main, Vancouver are brand new construction, so prices reflect current land and building costs in Vancouver. Final sale prices on new builds are often within 2–5% of the asking price. Owner-occupied buyers can use CMHC-insured mortgages with as little as 5% down on the first $500,000 of the price (10% on the portion above, on homes up to $1.5M), and lenders can count 50% of projected rental income from the other units toward your qualifying income — which meaningfully lowers the effective cost of entry.
A triplex in Main is a ground-oriented home with its own front door, private outdoor space, and typically two or three storeys above grade. Compared to a condo, you get more living space, no shared building corridors, and land ownership directly under your unit — no strata tower management. Compared to a detached house in Vancouver, you get a lower purchase price because the land cost is shared across the triplex's units. Under BC Bill 44 (2024), most lots in Main now allow triplex-scale development, which is expanding the supply of brand new ground-oriented homes.
Most triplexes listed in Main, Vancouver are brand new construction or recently completed under BC's Bill 44 small-scale multi-unit housing rules (in force June 2024). New builds typically come with a 2-5-10 BC Home Warranty, and first-time buyers purchasing new construction qualify for 30-year amortization on CMHC-insured mortgages (versus 25 years for resales). Resale triplexes also appear when listed — look for "year built" on individual listings to distinguish new from resale, and ask your agent to pull the strata documents and depreciation report on any resale over five years old.
Save this search from any listing card on this page — MultiLiving will email you whenever a new triplex appears in Main or any matching neighbourhood you have saved. No cost and no obligation to buy through MultiLiving. You can also register your interest in pre-sale triplexes specifically: MultiLiving's agent team has early access to some new triplex projects in Vancouver before they launch publicly, and registered buyers are contacted first. Typically pre-sale buyers get a 3 to 6 month advantage over buyers waiting for the home to reach the public MLS® listing. There's no minimum commitment to register, and you can unsubscribe from alerts at any time.

Active listings

No active MLS® triplexes in Main right now. New triplexes here are typically sold pre-sale, before they reach the public MLS® feed.

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Triplexes for sale near Main

Active triplexes in the neighbourhoods next door — Mount Pleasant, Fraser and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. Each card shows the home's exact address.