S p e c i a l F e a t u r e
C I T Y O F B U R N A B Y
Four Anchors
The city's town centres—Metrotown,
Brentwood, Edmonds and Lougheed—
provide oce, retail and professional services
to Burnaby's local businesses and residents
W
hile it may be a stretch on
some levels to compare
Burnaby's four town
centres to New York
City's boroughs, they are
completely alike in this
regard: as with Manhattan,
Brooklyn and New York's other classic
neighbourhoods, Burnaby's Metrotown,
Lougheed, Brentwood and Edmonds
town centres are each destinations
unto themselves, self-sustaining and
independent, yet sharing common
services, social policies and amenities.
It could also be argued that the town
centres share at least some of the razzle-
dazzle for which The Big Apple is famous.
Take Metrotown, whose famous mall has
redeƒned what a shopping/entertainment
experience should be. And of course the
town centres share New York's vibrant
ethnic diversity, as anyone who has
wandered through the lively and colourful
Brentwood town centre can attest.
Constant evolution is required for
any town centre to thrive, and on this
score, Edmonds (located close to the New
Westminster border) recently transformed
into a distinct area of residential high rises,
restaurants and retail outlets, cumulatively
creating a pleasing urban vibe.
Meanwhile, 72 acres of the Lougheed
Town Centre is currently the subject of an
ambitious redevelopment that calls for the
construction of as many as 30'residential
towers, and residential and commercial
space mostly clustered near SkyTrain's
Lougheed Town Centre Station.
Brentwood is undergoing a massive
overhaul that, when completed in the
fall of 2018, will make it one of the largest
urban destinations in North America,
Viewed by many as a shining
example of what a town centre
should be, Metropolis at Metrotown
continues to evolve and build upon
its reputation of being a
shopping and business mecca
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