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(UWe BOLL) peteR hOLst increasingly scarce in the city that birthed the "casual fine din- ing" concept. "We have hand- made marble tables," Boll says, and "cutlery from Germany coming. One spoon is $100. We really go all the way." Jamie Maw, former food editor for Vancouver magazine, says Boll's ambitious gamble, while commendable, could also be his undoing. "Vancouverites are very sensitive to price point," Maw says, and it'll take more than a big name to ensure Bau- haus stays open. Daniel Boulud, owner of a Michelin two-star restaurant in New York, couldn't save Vancouver's Lumière, which shut down in 2011. Nor could celebrity chef Jeremiah Tower with Fairmont Hotel Van- couver's Griffins, which closed in 2013. At roughly $80 for a three-course meal (add another $100 for the 15-course option), Bauhaus is targeting what Maw calls the "celebra- tory and expense account" market— which is small and doesn't lend itself to repeat visits. For his part, Boll has a few tricks up his sleeve to dif- ferentiate himself from other fine- dining offerings, like staying open later, 1 a.m., as an upscale alternative for late-night drinks and tapas. While he's fully aware of the pitfalls of the restaurant business, Boll notes that his film career has been shaped by a need for survival— mixing tax incentives with shoe- string budgets, producing two or three movies a year. "I'm not a subsidized filmmaker. I had to make money." • vanCouver's CeleBrity Chefs–past and future The Future Is Massive N u m e r o l o g y 4,500 sqUaRe Feet of actual gardens on top of telus garden. 19.5% by Melissa Edwards 156,091 C u B i C f e e t of city airspace taken up by the cantilevered encroach- ments on the Richmond and seymour street sides of the telus garden building. That's how much more office space is in one single new building—the over- hang-laden Telus Garden, into which employees start moving this spring— than has been constructed in total in Vancouver's downtown core since 2009. In fact, a full 1.7 million square feet of office space will be completed in 2015—the largest single-year increase since the city began recording such data in 1954. Kevin McNaney, the City of Vancouver's head of planning for the downtown area, said the city's typical "seven-year cycle" of office space creation was disrupted by high construction costs and residential speculation prior to the Olympics. The result has been a 14-year buildup of demand, which is now finally being released. $9,600 annual fee telus will pay to the city to lease the airspace. Daniel Boulud Lumière (2008-2011) Jeremiah Tower griffins (1995-2013) Jamie Oliver Jamie's italian (coming soon) HIS NEW DIGS Gastown is the happening hood for fine dining, Uwe Boll says speaking of Office Space, the 1999 comedy never fails to entertain That's how much more office space is in one single new building—the over- That's how much more office space is in one single new building—the over- That's how much more office space is in one single new building—the over hang-laden Telus Garden, into which employees start moving this spring— than has been constructed in total in Vancouver's downtown core since single-year increase since the city began recording such data in 1954. Kevin McNaney, the City of Vancouver's head of planning for the downtown area, said the city's typical "seven-year cycle" of office space creation was disrupted by high construction costs and residential speculation prior to the Olympics. The result has been a 14-year buildup of demand, which is now finally being released. peaking of Office , the 1999 comedy never fails to entertain elus will pay to he city to lease the airspace. rden. top of tel tel t top of elus garden. may 2015 BCBusiness 15

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