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part of the foundation for some of the buildings and plaza, as well as serving as two levels of underground parking, portions of the warehousing and a call centre.) "This was a very non-traditional approach spearheaded by Bentall Kennedy and the design team rose to the challenge, says Coady. "It has been a great success and has given the campus much of its unique character." To address the complexities of the building technologies, the design and construction teams, as well as the owner, developer, engineers and consultants, followed an integrated design process protocol. They worked collaboratively from start to inish to bring the elements of the building system, from site to structure to end use to fruition in a fashion that consumes less than half the energy of typical construction. Broadway Tech Centre is accessible LOCATION 2910 Virtual Way Vancouver, B.C. OWNER/DEVELOPER bcIMC REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT ADVISOR Bentall Kennedy ARCHITECT B+H BuntingCoady GENERAL CONTRACTOR Stuart Olson Dominion Construction STRUCTURAL CONSULTANT CWMM Consulting Engineers MECHANICAL CONSULTANT Cobalt Engineering ELECTRICAL CONSULTANT Nemetz (S/A) & Associates Ltd. CIVIL CONSULTANT Aplin & Martin Consultants BUILDING ENVELOPE CONSULTANT exp Services Inc. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Sharp & Diamond Landscape Architecture Inc. TOTAL AREA 173,000 square feet within an eight-building, 17-acre business campus TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COST Undisclosed to transit alternatives. It sits immediately adjacent to a light rapid transit SkyTrain station, is on a major bus route, as well as along the Central Valley Greenway, a commuter bikeway that connects vast areas of Metro Vancouver. 2910 Virtual Way offers some 173,000 square feet of of ice space over four loors, the largest of the campus buildings to date. At completion, the 1.1-million-square-foot campus will include 930,000 square feet of of ice and 150,000 square feet of production/distribution space, along with a daycare facility, service-oriented retail space, on-site café and restaurant, outdoor sports courts, full-service itness facility, tenant conference room, signi icant landscaped areas and gardens, and secure underground parking. Broadway Tech Centre has won numerous awards for its sustainable design. In 2009, it netted the Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Green Roof Award for Excellence. Most recently, it received the Building Owners and Managers Association of Canada's Go Green Award for industry-approved environmental best practices in building management. BOMA awards the honour based on resource consumption, waste reduction and recycling, building materials use, interior environment and tenant awareness. It has been recognized by the Urban Development Institute for excellence in Urban Development/Of ice Development and received the 2002 National Association of Industrial and Of ice Properties (NAIOP) Comprehensive Development Award. 2910 Virtual Way just won the 2012 NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Award of Excellence for Of ice Development. "Broadway Tech Centre is a continued evolution of the understanding of the highly amenitized campus environment," says Pearce. "What we have built here is an interactive community that is transit-friendly and sustainable. We are most grateful for the response from the tenant community." ■ J.R. Trory & Company Ltd. is proud to be the waterproofing contractor for the Broadway Tech Centre 2910 Virtual Way. Serving Vancouver, Lower Mainland, and the Fraser Valley since 1976. Tel: 604-980-5074 Broadway Tech Centre – 2910 Virtual Way p.80-83Broadway Tech.indd 83 AUGUST 2012 /83 7/13/12 10:39 AM