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V O L U M E 4 9 N U M B E R 5 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2021 BCBUSINESS 7 "COVID exposed the flaws. Apartments had rental freezes, a moratorium. Office buildings became vacant. COVID propelled industrial to be the premier asset class" –p.36 COVER: PETER HOLST. RIGHT: SAMANTHA POTYOK ( contents ) 27 Lori Fell and her dogs look for a place to call home 27 Going Places Electric motorcycles, e-scooters, hydrogen- powered semis–we check in with some of the B.C. innova- tors creating greener ways for people and businesses to get around by Nick Rockel, Pallavi Rao and Saphiya Zerrouk 36 New Territories COVID is just one of the forces transforming real estate in B.C., where industrial property rules, no one really knows what lies ahead for the office and Indigenous developers are making their mark by Frances Bula 51 Entrepreneur Of The Year EOY's Pacific Region competi- tion returns with seven winners bound for the national finals. The companies they lead range from a game-changing biotech firm to a maker of military- grade shelters by Nathan Caddell and Nick Rockel 72 The Best Catastrophe That Ever Happened to Us Not all businesses got wrecked by the pandemic. These smaller local players hope to come out on the other side better off than before by Michael McCullough 72 36 51 EOY winners Alison Taylor and Trevor Johnston, founders of Jane App