BCBUSINESS.Ca May 2014 BCBusiness 49
The Great Land Grab
AS DEVELOPERS FACE NEW DEMANDS FROM GLOBAL LOGISTICS FIRMS
AND RUN UP AGAINST FINITE RESOURCES, IT'S TIME TO MOVE BEYOND OLD
DEBATES ABOUT WAREHOUSES VERSUS CROPS AND FIND INNOVATIVE WAYS TO
ACCOMMODATE INDUSTRY ON SCARCE LAND // by Christopher Pollon
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p h o t o g r a p h y b y P A U L J O S E P H
T
here were high- ves all around last Decem-
ber when Transportation and Infrastructure
Minister Todd Stone presided over the long-
awaited opening of the South Fraser Perimeter
Road. After ve years of construction, a key
piece of the puzzle was nally in place, trans-
forming the Lower Mainland into a transportation hub
that would link our ports and rail yards with manufac-
turers, exporters and consumers the world over.
There's just one problem, though. As we build our
transportation infrastructure, we also need land—and
lots of it—to manufacture, store and sort all those mate-
rials and goods that are moving through our province.
And land is at a distinct premium in the Lower Mainland.
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